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Worst personal decision among the rich and famous: the couple formerly known as the Sussex Royals fleeing to Los Angeles. What were they thinking? I lived less than ten years total in England and I still have fond memories. If I had all the money in the world, and the family situation was different, I would go back to England in a heartbeat. Can you imagine how "he" must feel, having grown up in England with all those memories? And that lifestyle?
How much stuff is really moving through the mail? We will never know but two data points. Amazon Prime members who are used to same day delivery, maybe two day delivery, are being told that delivery times are being extended to make sure that "critical" items are moving first. Books, etc., are being shipped much less slowly so food and toilet paper can move more quickly. That was the first data point. Second data point: today I saw a person driving a Budget rent-a-van -- and it was one of those huge vans -- delivering packages. Obviously this is an entrepreneur contracting with someone -- probably Amazon, to deliver packages. So, now we have UPS, FedEx, USPS, Amazon, and now private individuals delivering packages.
Daily grocery store visit: well-stocked; prices high. Shelves stocked 25% to 50% of normal. Toilet paper still in more-than-adequate supply. Most interesting: pallets with Hershey syrup (mentioned before). Today, now, ice cream is definitely being bought up, maybe not hoarded, but definitely being bought up.
Similac, baby formula, is on back-order at Amazon.
Internet connectivity: no problems, but I do note some strain on bandwidth. Subtle.
Atmospheric CO2: if atmospheric CO2 doesn't decrease over the next few months, it will be evidence that manmade contribution is minimal / trivial / unimportant. Or that month-to-month reporting is a ridiculous exercise. Or that it's going to take cutting gasoline demand by more than 50% to make a difference.
Word for the day: betamists -- professional walkers. Before there were accurate ways to measure distance, people were hired to walk to measure distances between two points. They had exact, reproducible strides.
Locked down. My goal, previously posted, was to teach Sophia to ride her bike. We accomplished that in two days a couple of weeks ago. Today, another beautiful ride in the park.
Other exercises during the day:
- reading first-grade books
- addition, subtraction, and flashcards
- telling time (on the hour; on the half-hour) -- accomplished
- working on coins, currency -- started yesterday
- animal recognition
- bird sounds
- IMO (Facetime) with her TutorTime friends
- arts and crafts; stencils; painting;
- ProCreate on the iPad
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