We worked out at the JCC with our trainer this morning – outside, wearing masks. It was tiring.

After lunch, we did yet another antigen test. Diane tested negative for the second time, and it’s been 11 days since her symptoms started, so she is now Officially Recovered. My test was still positive, but the line wasn’t as dark as it was yesterday. The CDC guidelines say I don’t have to isolate any more but do need to keep wearing a mask for five more days.

At least there are plenty of pretty flowers to enjoy this time of year!

Today was Day 10 for Diane, so we each did a rapid test.

Hers was negative (hooray!).

The “Test” line was vivid on mine before the liquid got to the “Control” line. I’ll try again in a couple of days.

We did get to see the last part of the lunar eclipse tonight; I would have needed a tripod to get a photo with my big camera, but the iPhone was more amenable.

I took a RAW photo with the iPhone, too – unfortunately, not until just after totality had ended, so there’s a little bright spot at the bottom of the Moon.

I cropped the same photo really tightly – it looks interesting, but I suspect the artifacts are dominant in this version.

We Zoomed to Torah Study for the first time in over a month; this week’s portion is Behar (Leviticus 25:1–26:2). The discussion focused on the sabbatical year and why it’s important to rest the land (and ourselves) deeply from time to time. I enjoyed being back!

We spent the rest of the day at home and taking walks; it was the first really warm day of spring, so we didn’t want to go out in the middle of the day. And of course, we continued to isolate.

The most constructive thing I did today was to decide that I didn’t really have to read two months’ worth of the New York Times Book Review – a quick skim was more than adequate. And the same fate met another pile of magazines and newsletters that were haunting me. It’s not a big accomplishment, but it helps!

I had a PCR test yesterday to confirm my Covid infection and got the results this morning – yes, I definitely have Covid. I’m feeling fine (better than yesterday, with less coughing), but of course I’m isolating from other people.

I can isolate outside as well as I can inside, so we went for a couple of walks today – it was a beautiful late spring day and the sage was blooming, attracting lots of pollinators.

After we got home, we put up the new mezuzah we bought at KKBE in Charleston.

Shabbat Shalom!

When I left for vacation a month ago, I was in the middle of moving my existing home automation setup (running Indigo on a Mac mini) to Home Assistant. I was making good progress, but I didn’t want to make such a big change and leave town, so I left everything as it was.

One of the reasons I wanted to move was that Indigo was broken on Mac OS 12.3.1 – it still needed Python2 which was removed in 12.3.1. My Mac mini kept trying to get me to upgrade to 12.3.1. But I knew better and avoided the upgrade.

Tonight, I turned on the display on that Mac mini for the first time since coming home, and there was an invitation to upgrade. I almost hit “Upgrade Now” but I needed the machine for a Zoom session, so I waited.

After the Zoom, I was ready to upgrade – but thought I’d check on the status of Indigo first. Lo and behold, there was a notice of a new version of Indigo that worked on 12.3.1! I checked their forum and people said it was safe, so I installed the new version.

All is well; now I can upgrade the Mac itself. Tomorrow.

And then I can get back to looking at Home Assistant.