We Keep Going
It's September 2021. Yes, this feels like a war journal, because basically, it is. We sat out the winter, mostly. When spring came, Ian and I were chomping at the bit. We launched ourselves at the house, plan in hand, ready to roll. And we did make some progress. Until the "Third Wave" of Covid happened in Nova Scotia. We were all being asked to stay in place and only leave our homes for necessities. For weeks. I discussed this with Ian. I was sure there wasn't a legal restriction on travel inside the municipality, but The Powers That Be were using very strong language discouraging it. Even going so far as to scold and demonize cottage owners specifically. We decided to stay put until the travel bans were over. This cost us quite a few weeks of work in good weather. Finally, the restrictions lifted and we got back to work. Throughout this time we were also both taking time to get vaccinated (and post-vax recovery), I had a call-back on a mammogram, insurance th...