50% more weekend

I’m very much looking forward to the upcoming three day weekend.  Many people would be focusing on what sort of recreational activities they are planning for the holiday weekend.  I find myself first focusing on what I would like to get done over the three days, with a focus on completing those things as quickly as possible so I can then start thinking about recreational activities.  Part of the weekend will include a trip into the office to get a few after hour tasks done.  It’s never fun working after hours but I plan on having Cindy and Elsa with me so that always makes it feel less like work.

Yesterday the county commissioners voted to extend the mask wearing mandate which was due to expire.  The order has now been extended to October 22.  The general feeling is the mask mandate has coincided with a steady decline in infection numbers so it should be continued to perpetuate that trend.  I personally don’t have a problem with it but there is definitely a very vocal minority that acts like you are asking them for some supreme sacrifice to wear a mask.

I get it that people don’t like being told what to do but hell you can no longer smoke wherever you please, you can’t get service at many establishments with no shirt or shoes, and seat belts have been the law for decades.  I expect that more people wearing masks in the US will from this point forward will be a thing.  It won’t get to the point it is in some Asian countries but I don’t think it is ever completely going away.  Hell if the Rock and his family can get Covid 19, anyone can.