day 16

i say i am going to write a blog... what was that two weeks ago
well technically come back to the blog i started years ago and start adding to it
it seemed like a good way to get things out on paper so to speak as we go through this time

today i just wanted to write on actual paper
and then remembered well this is out here... and when you take the time to type, it is marginally as rewarding

so today...  it was a work day - well duh, it is monday after all
i had client calls in the AM... i was expecting to have client calls for 2 days but it turns out that people are more concerned about the immediate future than their not so immediate future called retirement.  i spoke to 4 people about their accounts.  for the client that was on the schedule this may not be all that far off from the norm.. and since we have all been working from home there wasn't anyone on location to rally folks to schedule times to meet

from there was a bunch of emails on how the CARES Act will work between our varying providers
and tomorrow the calls about the CARES Act begin
I am not one to pretend to interpret laws.. so i will sit on the phone and listen to the steps that people will have to take and that will be that

the other random take away from my day - my desk chair - i think it would more likely be called a task chair based on it's size... and what i have noticed starting my third week of sitting in said chair day after day... it is NOT comfortable.. there is something in the way it sits that throws my hips off
and then well i am sitting in the chair for extended periods of time...  i don't have a printer to go to... i don't have any co workers to go chat with... and the next thing i know there is  dull pain in my hips...  i have raised the chair.... i have lowered the chair.... i have rolled a blanket to create a bolster to move legs and hips differently... i have moved a box under my feet...
going forward i think i need to make more of an effort to get away from the chair for a time to not get so stiff
tomorrow i will work on that better

today i also went for a run - that is the main reason why i really want to write with pen and paper - write down some run notes - i probably will do that as it is easier to go back to review
it feels odd getting up in the middle of the work day to go for a run - but i am not stopping to get lunch anywhere etc so may as well take the 30 minutes and go for a run
i have to limit my outside time - the pollen is killing me - itches my eyes and my throat

and lastly i had the frozen pizza i bought days ago for dinner... an odd monday night treat
usually that is  thursday or friday night thing - but i thought it would be a good time to offset the other healthier eating (actually down a pound) that i have been doing.  it was tasty. not the best but tasty.

sorry just rambling on about a few more things

my co worker sent my an article about this college athlete that killed herself.. a rather sad article. she jumped out of a parking deck.  it came up as we were talking about the fake smiles of social media and the reality in peoples heads.. i would guess this time inside and in close quarters can get to people.. and then there are others out there posting away on social media like they are out there not social distancing. i can see where this may get to people.  it is a strange world we live in these days

i also read of 3 people i know having family members pass away.  that surely wasnt fun.  hopefully that won't become the norm.

we watched Frozen II

and texted with the woman that normally cleans my house and watches my dog - she is going stir crazy