You can be sure his illness would have been counted as covid, just as mine would have been, had they been counting back then.

I figure I can go sit alone in a house I love, in a town I know and feel safe in, rather than sit alone in this house I do NOT love, in a town I do not feel safe in. Too bad it's still in NYS, but no state will truly be safe soon. I'm hoping NYS will get over this sooner too.

I didn't eat the cricket. I saved it from Freddy, who was skulking nearby. The tiny creature was grateful.