On Friday, we lost a family member to Covid. He'd been in the hospital since mid-June and on a ventilator since July 8th, although I only learned of it a few days ago. He had a brief rally where his stats improved, and we thought he was going to pull through.

Unfortunately, he never came off the ventilator before his death. He was 44 and previously healthy. He leaves behind two daughters and a fiance, and other family members who mourn him.

In answer to the inevitable questions, I don't know whether or not he was vaccinated, nor do I know anything about his medical treatment aside from what I shared above. Respectfully, I ask that you please don't email me telling me Covid doesn't exist or anything in that vein, as many people did when I shared my own experience with the virus.

Be sure to get in touch with loved ones you haven't spoken to in a while. You never know if you'll get another chance.

Please realize that tyranny and a pandemic can exist at the same time.

Yes, this is being manipulated and in many situations, blown out of proportion. There is a virus killing people and the government is using it as a way to frighten and control people. These two truths can exist simultaneously.

Have you seen the prices of new furniture lately? Talk about sticker shock! That led me to drive my Jeep more than 300 miles this week to pick up used furnishings for my little apartment. (YAY NO MORE AIR MATTRESS AS OF SATURDAY!)

I focused on pieces with one or more of the following traits:

Extra storage space
High potential resale value
Good quality
Matches the things I already had in my storage unit

It was actually really fun to furnish a place this way. We met some incredibly nice people.

One very kind person GAVE me his dolly cart to move the heavy shelves I bought from him. Don't tell him but I'm going to sneak it onto his porch with a Home Depot gift card as a thank you. My daughter and I had a long, lovely chat with a lady from whom we bought a mirror. We met a very nice man who has family in the Valle de Guadalupe, near the part of Mexico where I just lived. Then there was a guy I accidentally paid $10 too much (the bills from the ATM had stuck together) who contacted me and offered to Paypal it back. I didn't have a single bad experience.

The apartment I'm renting did a credit check and I qualified for a zero-deposit rental, which was awesome. I used the money I had set aside for the deposit to furnish the place and still have a little bit left over for for a fall patio garden.

Look this week for my upcoming article about prepping lessons I learned from living in a tiny house. My time there was short but sweet, and very educational. 😊

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