Shelter-in-Place Journal, Day 184

The air was so much better yesterday that the JCC was able to plan to reopen this morning; our trainer texted us last night to offer us an 8am spot, which we took. On our short drive to the JCC, Diane asked if what she was seeing on the windshield was rain – and it was! We got hit by occasional droplets while we were working out, too. I didn’t know how to react!

The rain didn’t last, but the breathable air did, for which I am grateful.

I finished 2009’s photos today; it feels like quite an accomplishment! Only 11 years to go!

And because I’m a very careful and thoughtful person, I’ve already installed iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on my iPhone and iPad, and I’ll install WatchOS 7 overnight.

I moved all the apps I don’t actively access daily to the App Library (and even got rid of a few apps that I just don’t use), but I haven’t yet figured out how to take advantage of the widgets that are now available on the iPhone.

I’m down to one Home Screen for the first time since the App Store opened; I’m sure it won’t last, but it looks good for now.

Shelter-in-Place Journal, Day 183

The air was noticeably better this morning, so we took our usual walk. Then we did something we hadn’t done for at least 183 days – we visited our chiropractor.

Diane started going there after her first Prius got totaled back in 2005 (actually, it was a different chiropractor – but when he moved to the Central Valley and brought in a replacement we liked him, too). We’d stopped going at the beginning of the lockdown, but we’ve been noticing more aches and pains of late, so we decided to go in for a tune-up – it seems to have helped!

I spent most of the rest of the day in front of the computer processing photos from 2009 – I finished our Labo[u]r Day Weekend trip to Banff. Not only did I reduce the stash of photos from 347 to 110, but I labeled and geotagged them all and did some editing. And then I went back to my blog entries from that trip and restored all the photos that had gone missing when I closed my Flickr account – those days look a lot better now!

I have two days left 2009 to deal with – neither of which has a blog entry to help jog my memory. And one day was a wine country tour, so those memories may need a lot of jogging!