DAY 66

The new number of cases of COVID-19 in the state of Michigan as of 3:00 p.m. today is 773. 513 of those cases were reported by the Michigan Department of Corrections. Yesterday more than half of all newly reported cases were from the MDOC. This is a clear example of how the virus is spread in crowded conditions.

We had tickets to see James Taylor and Jackson Browne at Pine Knob (I will always call it Pine Knob) on June 13th. I was pretty sure that they would be canceling. Who wants to go sit on the hill with hundreds of other people during a pandemic? Not me. I got an email letting me know that it was rescheduled for June 12, 2021. I chose to request a refund for the ticket price. If we still want to attend I will buy tickets next year.

I am grieving for the many things that we will not be able to do this summer. All of the local festivals have been canceled. The weekly concerts on the courthouse lawn are something that we look forward to, but they will not be happening. I did, however, get confirmation that our camping reservation is still good for the beginning of July. We will be celebrating Miss Nine's birthday there. She will officially become Miss Nine Plus One.