Mrs.J

I am kickin' it old style today. Eating a ham sandwich and have the SiriusXM Beastie Boys station on. In other words this humidity is nasty and I am sitting my can in the house. Going to make no-noodle lasagna tonight that uses Zucchini.

My girls want to be back too. But as I said above after the virtual town hall last night it became clear to me that school systems are in way over their heads with this. They had no plan in place yet when staff or a student tests positive after having been in the classroom. There is no plan yet in place about wearing masks in the classroom. There is to be no cleaning of shared surfaces in between secondary classroom changes. As of now relying on mask wearing and personal hygiene. Daycares have no concrete plans to work with the 2 day on 3 day virtual hybrid option as of yet. Teachers will swipe into the school and that means they are not symptomatic. Talk about on and off ramps with online only and in school. The only thing that I took from the meeting that I am happy about is that hybrid or full school option there will be a 100% virtual option available to all parents. I personally know of a 5th grade teacher and a BOE member who are wanting an all online first semester. Will just have to wait this out.

You should have dropped into the FCPS Town hall. I thought they were further along but it became painfully clear that once the questions started coming in they have only spent time on their preferred hybrid option. Had no plan on how to make masks mandatory. No plan on when someone tests positive. No plan on refusals to wear masks. When asked about cleaning in the classrooms of the secondary level one panelist replied that , there is not enough time between classes to even wipe down desks and would have to rely on mask wearing and personal hygiene. Sorry I do not rely on anyone else’s personal hygiene especially teenage kids. The only thing I got out of it was that we have defiantly confirmed our girls will be doing virtual learning. They touched on how it will not be like this past spring with more accountability. My whole take on the meeting... these school systems are in way over their heads when it comes to cleaning and keeping staff and students safe. They need to stay with what they know and just build up a very robust online learning platform. They do not have the budget to take this on. Our BOE will have the final decision and then the state BOE. There is no good answer.

PG Co just decided on an all virtual online first semester. Have heard MoCo is moving in that direction. Tonight Fred Co has a virtual town hall with the BOE and FCPS. From what I can gather parents in Fred Co are pushing and all online first semester. Will be tuning in from 6-8 with parent in the FCPS system to see what the decision will be.

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I find on Twitter that you need to have a decent amount of cat and dog accounts to follow. Breaks up everything else. Of course I have an account for my crazy crew of tabbies and their antics.

I have had RadarScope. But just last month looked into Radar Omega. I get a bit more for the knob price.

This better happen! Sweat my butt off at at horse show yesterday. It was down right oppressive and wearing a mask to watch the youngest Miss J compete I for one will be grateful for cooler temps. Although we did get rained on and that felt down right fantastic.

Mr. J spent some time growing up in SE GA. We visited GA one summer, this humidity is SE GA level thick sweat your a$$ off and I am not liking it.

You got what moved over me at 11/11:30. Got 1.21" out of just one storm as it passed over. Occasional lightning. I am in SW Frederick Co.

Just checked 1.21” out of that storm. There is another developing behind this but it may miss me just to the N.

Still raining and I am well over an inch. Will see if I can stay awake to get the final reading. We needed it. Have missed out the past week.

Sitting under this storm. Pouring with occasional lightning.

Yep I have wanted to mess with the pH but have left it alone. It has actually gotten too big for our small yard. Was supposed to be a Mini. Going to dig it up this fall and take it my daughters trainer’s house as she has a bigger yard up on a mountain. I will miss it but it needs a better home.

As we missed out on rain yesterday, went out to water my gardens. This is only about 1/4 of the blooms I got off of my hydrangea. Enjoy!

Yep it is. Dry over here all day. Still under the watch but really not expecting anything. All to the East today. Will turn on my Thunderstorm Pandora station and fade to sleep.

While over at our inner circle friends house yesterday in NOVA, inner circle as we board youngest daughters pony there and have been together through out these past 4 months. A storm popped up over our house. Came home to a 1/2" in the back yard gauge. So Won't have to water the gardens just the deck today.

Ok got creative tonight. Bacon wrapped chicken thighs and zucchini corn fritters.

Thanks! Yep I can see my location under those oranges and yellows.

I have RadarScope but do not have the pro tiers. If anyone has it can you just look and see what time my area got the rain? You don't have to post a photo just curious with the time frame. Location is under my name.

I thought there used to be a way but not remembering.

Woke up and saw that it rained. Surprised to see .77” in the gauge?!?! Did not hear a thing.

Dinner tonight. Asian pork tenderloin with roasted yellow squash and zucchini and onion scapes. And last night had beef verde burritos.

It has been absolutely beautiful for the start up of Horse Shows. Having to wear a mask at the rings in oppressive heat is something that I am not looking forward to.

Mr J and I decided on a deck date night. While in the past I took a Sushi we got take out tonight.