Back to School

The local school district opened its buildings to students on Monday.  I was  there to witness the occasion, wondering how the pups would do unsupervised for over eight hours.  It's a different experience being among the students.  Everyone is masked, desks are six feet apart, and students aren't talking much, because too much talking creates a wet mask which is uncomfortable on the face.  Students can't gather in groups inside. There are now four half-hour lunch hours to accompany students, who now eat at desks instead of round tables.  Classrooms only have at most 15 students.  On Thursday and Friday, students with last names starting with L-Z will be in school, while other ones continue their lessons online at home. It's going to be an interesting school year, as I don't think this pandemic will be over before the spring semester is over.  I admire the teachers dealing with all these changes.

I won't be hiking or walking the dogs as much going forward, but I will try to walk the pups and perhaps Zeke and Sweetie in that one hour before heading to the school.  I did almost three miles with the dogs on Monday, but only half of that yesterday.  I think I need to separate the pups so that they don't feed off of each other.  Gretel is too spastic when she is around Hansel.

The sun is still hazy from California fires and there is no monsoon in sight.  Oregon continues to burn, with 1600 homes destroyed.  These fires are all so tragic, and I know we could face a fire season if we don't get any rain. Tropical depression Katina off the Baja Coast never made landfall in Mexico, nor brought any rain to the parched Southwest.  We do have Cat 1 Sally slowly churning across Alabama  and Georgia, but we won't get any rain from that.

tbc

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