SPOILER ALERT
If have not read Quiz #15. Old Dogs just yet, you’re about to read the answer to the “What did NOT happen?” question from that quiz.
Here’s the answer:
What did NOT happen?
A. Getting ready for social isolation, one of the items I stockpiled was prunes. In stressful times in my life, I’ve found that I usually internalize things. Prunes help, but last week, I ran out of the ones we’d bought on our last trip to the grocery store on March 13. This weekend, Sara found an old plastic container of prunes when she took inventory of our basement pantry which we keep stocked even in normal times. These old prunes have a “packaged-on” date of August, 2018. I’ve been eating them since Saturday without incident;
B. My one outside activity of the day is walking our not-so-old dogs, Happy and Stella. I hate having things in my pockets so on these now extended walks, I use an old fanny pack from my father to hold my iPhone plus the poop bags and throw toys for the dogs;
C. I work from home and am using a MAC laptop for the first time. As I’ve gotten older, I have noticed my hands are just a little bit unsteady. It took me a week to realize that the pinkie on my left hand was pressing the “Esc” key, shutting down whatever program I was working on. (I thought the MAC was broken.);
D. As I have gotten older, I have found that the index finger on my left hand shakes just a little when I get stressed. Spending 15 hours a day on my laptop, my index finger serves as a barometer for when I need to take a break;
E. I’m spending so much time on my laptop that my right wrist has started to ache. Yesterday morning, Sara suggested that I start wearing an old wrist guard that she had in the upstairs medical/linen closet. She was working so I went upstairs and fished out a brace I found in the closet. The straps seemed a little odd, but I wore it all day and it really helped. Before she went to bed, Sara came into my office (our guest room) to say good night. She looked at the brace--and told me it was a brace she’d worn for her foot. That’s why the straps were odd. Oh well.
I loved my dad--and wish him a belated "Happy Birthday, RIP"--but he never wore a fanny pack. Hopefully, I never will either.
Want more?
Here’s the next quiz in the series: Quiz #16. Dumb Kids (April Fools).
Here’s the previous quiz in the series: Quiz #14. Autocorrect.
Here’s the first quiz in the series: Quiz #1. Stella and Social Distancing, March 13, 2020
The quiz is explained here: Steve’s Stay-at-Home Coronavirus Quiz.
Here is an archive of all the quizzes.
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