I'm in Twisp for a few days, taking in the last bit summer weather. It's going to be a quiet visit. Amanda is out-of-town working on the clinical hours required for her master's degree in psychiatric nursing. If all goes well, she graduates next spring after several years of remote classwork through Gonzaga University.
An enormous undertaking and everything is more complicated in a remote rural area. For example, she can't find enough in-person hours closer to home. The lack of clinics in Central Washington shows the great need for more working professionals and mental health resources. We're so proud of her.
Obviously life is harder for Tom when Mom is away, but they're pulling together as a family. The girls are super busy with school and activities, but hopefully I'll see them in the evening.
With people back from summer travel and school started, no surprise that Covid is going around the Valley like crazy. My dear neighbor and her husband have both been sick. Seeing her is always a highlight of my visits, but unfortunately not this time. I'll leave some soup on the plague doorstep today and wave from a distance. Covid is pretty much poo pooed now as just a mild illness, but who wants it? Especially when we’ve never had it, at least that we know of. Soon we can get our booster shots.
I'll just putter around the house and watch the wildlife. It's smoky today from fires in the north Cascades; yesterday I drove by the still smoldering landscape.
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