I don't think I mentioned it, but last week at my every-two-month doctors' appointment to get my migraine prescription refilled, I asked my doctor if he would write up the order to have the Covid19 Antibody test done. I'd checked online and saw that Quest Diagnostics was now offering it and I wanted to get it done.

"Why?", you ask? Well, I have a co-worker on my team that I'm in pretty close proximity to who is a right-wing, gun toting, tin foil hat wearing, hillbilly conspiracy nut libertarian who was convinced we both had it back in early February when we both got really sick. I kept telling him there's no way we had it, I always get a bad respiratory infection once a year around that time. Yes, this was the worst I'd ever had, it was a really bad one, but not Covid19. If we did have it back then, the entire office would have gotten it and the older, more vulnerable guys would have been wiped out and they weren't. He wouldn't stop going on about how he KNEW we'd gotten it and we were an example of herd immunity working and all of this lockdown nonsense was the liberal government taking away our freedoms, blah, Blah, BLAH. Anyway, I figured, even though I was confident I'd never had the virus, I'd get the test done and then the guy would have to shut up. In the off-chance I DID have the antibodies, I would start donating plasma to the Red Cross. It's win-win.

So, I had the antibody test done last Friday and my doctor called me this past Monday night with the results. "Robin, I have good news and bad news for you!" "Give it to me doc", "The good news is, you don't have any antibodies, but the bad news is, you don't have any immunity and you can still get the virus. But you are a very good patient and a very nice person". I LOVE that last part! LOL, he didn't have to say that! When I was in his office, he asked how I was holding-up (he has been my doctor for at least 20 years, so he knows my work, family, etc.) and I told him it's hard to stay happy sometimes. We talked about it for a few moments, he gave me advice and I went on my way. So for him to say that last bit in our phone call was simply to meant to cheer me up, which was so sweet of him. I appreciate that he did it.

The next time I saw the co-worker a few days later, I told him "Sorry dude, I took the antibody test and it came up negative. We didn't have the virus". He actually had to think about it for a few minutes! He started to talk about different strains, but stopped, knowing they would have come up as well. So he finally said "Good! I'll have to tell my wife, she will be surprised". So the REALLY good part of all this is I don't have to listen to that particular theory any more from him. Small favors indeed!

Yesterday, he tried to engage me in a conversation he knew would provoke me (I don't know why, he's been doing it a lot lately). He said "Who are the democrats going to get in place of Biden?". I didn't even look up (I rolled my eyes though). I replied "They're not, it's going to be Biden". "Not if he's on trial for those illegal activities he's been caught in" (he believes all the UNPROVEN right wing propaganda). I said "It will be Biden". "He was involved in illegal activities". To which I said "Trump got elected, didn't he?", then I walked into a meeting.

I'm so tired of the bullshit the administration says and that there is actually a segment of our population that actually believes it. With no proof, he says Joe Scarborough murdered someone years ago? Really??!!?? Murder??!??!? Obama is at the center of the worst political crimes in history? Seriously? What were those crimes exactly? Actually legitimately winning the Electoral College and popular vote in his elections? Being better at his job than you are? Being well-respected? Educated? Well-spoken? Better-looking? More gracious? Dare I say it, cooler than you? Then GUILTY!!! It must kill him that Obama was asked to give a national commencement address that's going to be broadcast on all the networks and he wasn't. I wonder what he's going to be tweeting while it's on? Poison, that's what. Divisive poison.

I hope to all that is good in this world that smart people, YOUNG people vote in November and they don't sit out the election. We just can't have a repeat of 2016. Plus, remember when Trump ripped on H.W. Bush for being a loser one-term president? Please let that happen to him. I'm no huge fan of H.W. by any means, but show some manners! Keep your stupid opinions to yourself, as you should have done with John McCain. GAH, I'm getting worked up and need to think about something else.

Deep breaths. Smile!

I was hoping the Thrilling Adventure Hour was going to be on this weekend, but I haven't gotten an email invitation, so it's not looking good. They've been averaging every two weeks or so. I guess they're busy? As they didn't have a broadcast, last week my friends and I got our cocktails ready and each logged in to watch Paul F. Tomkins and Rhea Seehorn read for Hate Mail and it was hilarious!

I'll have to check with my friends and see if they've come across any other shows that are on the internet this weekend.

Wish me luck!

Stay safe and healthy!!!

As always, working out of the house was better today than it was on Friday. I don't know if it's because Fridays are the end of a long week or if Mondays are after a weekend after a long week, but Mondays always seem a little easier, they go by faster than Fridays do when I work from home.

Or maybe it's the TV. I had it turned on this past Friday, but I didn't have it on at all until Governor Gavin came on at noon. I don't get a chance to watch his news conferences at work, so it's nice to watch them while I'm at home.

All the clients I spoke with today seemed to be in good spirits, which was really nice. It also made for a good day that I had a pretty good playlist going: Burt Bacharach, Jack Jones, Dean Martin, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald… you know, 50's and 60's stuff. I had that on most of the day, then put on some 70's disco and R&B. I can listen to music at work, but it's gotta be on low, I don't want to disturb any of the other 6 people still working there, LOL. At home I can play as loud as I like.

I've always loved the song "Wives and Lovers" by Jack Jones, but I recently paid attention to the lyrics...Jeez! You couldn't get more misogynistic! I guess it was just a different time. I still like the song though, there's just something about it. I guess you can hate the lyrics, but like a song, right?

I had a client call when I had "Shake Your Groove Thing" playing kinda loud. I had to scramble to get the volume down before they heard it, HA!

The weekend was on the quiet side, my big errand was going to Target to pick up a prescription refill and buy a new mop and bucket. Woo-Hoo! I got to spend my Sunday mopping my kitchen and bathroom floors! That's living BABY!!! At least they're clean. I've been using a Swiffer Wet Jet to clean them, but they always looked a little dirty after I was done, so I wanted to get a real mop (I threw my old one out when I moved out of my last place). I'm glad I did! The floors, especially the kitchen, were dirty, if the water was any indication (which it definitely is!).

Tomorrow is probably going to be a crummy-but-not-too-bad day. I have a client that I gave forms to back in early December that finally got them back to me in early April. Well, in the interim, the forms had been updated, so I couldn't accept them. I'd been following-up with them every few weeks and they were always "in the mail this afternoon", so I finally gave up. I figured I was only making them angry asking for docs, so they'd get them back when they could. Too bad it ended-up being 7 days after they were updated, D'Oh! So now I have two conference calls scheduled for early tomorrow morning (the first one is at 5:30am) one with our accounts department and the other one with legal so I can see if there was any way to salvage what they gave me. I'm definitely not looking forward to this.

At least the weather is cooling down....