暖冬cool夏
這裏一年四季溫暖如春，沒有酷暑沒有嚴寒......
The first day back to office started with a hectic morning. Woken up by the 8 am alarm, as I stayed late till the wee hour the night before, I got up, a bit lethargic, and went down to the kitchen . Putting a small pot of oatmeal over the stove, I hurried back upstairs to wash myself, knowing that the oatmeal could overflow in any minute. Downstairs again, I began packing what I was about to bring to the office-- a water cup, a water pitcher, a cell phone charger, an earphone, a magazine, some snacks, my lunch box packed with a stainless- steel spoon and fork…
The office is only ten minutes local drive away, and by the time I got to the office, it was almost 9. The parking lot was additionally parked with a few trucks with workers trimming the trees. The road surface looks repaved, permeating the air with the lingering asphalt. Entering the building with two masks on, I saw a new welcome-back poster next to a sanitary station.
Like a chicken set free on a wild range happily roaming and laying eggs, then being called back by the owner to the chicken coop, I succumb to going back to the office after a year-long working from home. My cell phone, so used to Wi-fi, was confusedly lost for the first few minutes, scrambling for mobile signals laboriously. While pandemic limits our freedom, it did give me an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stay at home and work. Though coming back to work at office is still partial, Tuesday and Thursday for now, I know the good time is over.
I miss the lazy morning and its leisureness without rushing to change or dress up. I miss the nap in the comfy bed. I miss the twenty minutes ping-pong time, playing, cheering and sweating. I miss my garden as I walk and tend to the plants, moving the pot from one side to the other for the best sun. I even miss the lizards who find our backyard home, boldly basking themselves almost every day around the same time in the same open spot…
People say that pandemic is disruptive in speeding up the digitalization and changing people’s behavior and mindset. Now with the vaccines fully rolled out, it is widely expected that things will soon go back to normal, or be forced to be so. But will it be that easy? How far can we go back?
Admittedly my day in office is more productive. But working with masks on for about eight hours suffocated me. For a time, my brain worked slower, as if also veiled by masks. Luckily I can work from home tomorrow alternatively, a new hybrid working mode, which won’t last for long before we are asked to return to the office completely.
Office 的描述好有趣，隔斷如雞窩，哈哈，祝賀疫苗後的回歸。
I like the cotton-made mask better, as it is more comfortable and not smelly after wearing for hours. But it might not sufficiently filter out the virus, I guess, and that is the necessity of an add-on:)
Looking back, we will definitely be nostalgic of what the two-year-long pandemic unexpectedly brought us, though disastrous it is. I even thought of finding a job that can let me work at home permanently :)
Thanks, my friend, for your reading and comment. Have a great weekend!
week to play pingpong. Two masks sound unbearable, however.
As human activities resume, there will be more striving and less time for
reflection. Years from now, I might look back on the two years of covid with
nostalgia.
謝謝你把前麵的兩篇都讀了，那天開車時LD說，人生中很多事情真是得記下來，否則都忘了。這就越覺得要常常寫，哪怕是流水賬也是一種記錄。謝謝淡然鼓勵，周末快樂!
我下個月也要回公司上班了，所以暖冬此文等於幫我預習一下了，尤其要學習你的健康飲食！那篇《往事隨風》很感人！也很喜歡你的花花們的照片！
周末快樂！
暖冬周末快樂！
原來就見過暖冬美人的片片，喜歡，問好！：）
我第一張照片是一樓入口處，第二張是大樓旁邊的cafeteria,所以顯得比較空曠。來上班的二樓員工還不少，雖然大家rotate來上班，以保持間距，但是畢竟是封閉式的辦公樓，還是有風險的。
謝謝C學者臨帖，祝健康平安!
In Rob Reiner’s 1987 cult comedy, The Princess Bride, Fezzik asks the mysterious man in black a question as they scuffle atop the Cliffs of Insanity: “Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid or something like that?” “Oh no,” replies the masked stranger, secretly a humble stable boy. “It’s just that they’re terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.”
你能看出我口罩後麵的瓜子臉啊，你這個X-ray好像看偏不準了:)) 不過還真是謝謝你的美言，凡是人都喜歡聽好話，看來我在你心中的形象很好，所以這口罩絕對不能摘下來，否則要讓你失望了。照片也隻此一次，下不為例了，歌下次補上:)) 多謝唐西臨帖留言，祝夏安!
典型的浙江靚女，瓜子臉，眉清目秀，彰顯了積極而癡情，對自己偏好的人或事，執著而專注。
這回就差一首自鳴自唱的歌，音容笑貌全cool了。
是的是滴，要適應一下，尤其是早上手忙腳亂的。我倒是可以去公司上班，但是戴口罩實在太不舒服，整個行動也很不自由的。但願疫苗是可以抵擋的，否則得不償失的。謝謝梔子花臨帖，快周末了，預祝周末快樂!
暖冬上班前做了這麽些準備工作，細心又周到。午餐好健康啊，我還停留在不吃米飯就像沒吃飯似的，哪怕隻吃幾口，否則就吃不飽：（
開心看到親愛的暖冬！：）上班保持距離，注意安全，還是謹慎為好。祝暖冬健康，愉快！^o^
在家懶散了這麽久，剛上班且得一陣適應呢，我還是喜歡上班，不自律的人在家沒有約束把自己總是熬的可疲憊。
得知mm駕臨
還帶著五月的風和詩句
我若狂欣喜
連聲道--不遲不遲
一年四季我都在這裏
----等你
Oncemm千裏迢迢提著長裙奔跑，辛苦了，送上清茶一杯歌一曲:)) 謝謝你這麽說，這照片一張臉半張遮的，年輕與否，年紀在那裏的，這相機一定有美白作用:)。多謝Oncemm的好意美言，剛剛到公司坐下，又將是全天口罩，Oncemm不急回去上班啊，享受在家的日子!
I would like to recommend a fast and healthy breakfast food: pea protein powder. I got it from Trader Joe’s and had it yesterday. It tasted very similar to soy bean powder. What you need to do is having boiling water poured into the powder. I bought the plain, unsweet version. I added a little bit sugar, the favor made me think rich soybean milk, very good!
I didn't expect you wearing glasses. Eyes are windows to heart, from your beautiful black eyes I saw part of your trait: persistent, kind, strong,dedicated ...祝好暖冬
提裙狂奔千裏
無奈長風繞青縷
遲否？遲否？
春暖已遍大洋洲
。。。
看到鏡中巧目兮盼的暖mm，好激動！你看著好年輕啊，以後可別老說自己大了，要聽你家某人的話，感覺自己永遠就是十八歲 ：）回去上班可是疫情後曆史性的第一步，祝賀暖mm比我們提前邁出這一步。hugs！
口罩一定要戴到底的，我們一起堅持，不能被CDC忽悠了:) 謝謝閣閣美言!
我是最近開始跟著老公吃得健康起來的，他一直有些指數不太好，最近才真正重視。到了這個年紀，健康是第一位的。我還略偏胖呢。
後院有蜥蜴有一陣了，開始有一天幾乎每天大搖大擺在台階下曬太陽，後來發現另一條更大更黑的，兩人還並排趴在一起，真是有意思。最近來了一條好像小一點，更靈活些，有時候尾巴歪著，頭抬著，也有幾分婀娜呢，或許是我帶著感情看，情人眼裏出西施:)
我這件衣服是我媽在國內買的，就是隨便穿穿。謝謝小小留言，你常常出差，比我辛苦的，祝你健康平安!
跟我想象中的暖冬很接近，端莊，文雅，大氣。以後我再看你的文章，眼前就會浮現你的形象了。^_^
口罩還是繼續戴一段時間吧，我也不敢摘，安全為上。
好像暖冬戴著兩個口罩，是的，雖然打過疫苗，還是要做好防護，暫時不能摘口罩，盡量保持距離，勤洗手！
暖冬的午餐都是營養健康食品，難怪身材保持這麽好，讚！
小蜥蜴拍的真可愛，我們家後院也有很多，是益蟲，吃其它小蟲呢。
還是在家上班比較安全，其實如果沒有這個病毒，我也不介意回去上班。但是現在警報並沒有解除的，這都急吼吼地全麵開放了。但願你們能一直在家上班。謝謝思韻妹妹的甜言蜜語，我照單全收了。順祝大寶高中學業進步，大小寶前程似錦!
一直戴著口罩是不舒服哈，現在就更加了解那些醫務人員工作的不易了。
哎呀，幸虧我們還可以居家辦公，我這身子骨，真的是不想再奔波折騰了！悄悄告訴姐，如果我必須回去上班，估計也得先染染頭發，哈哈哈！
是嗎，德州情況這麽糟糕啊。不過加州其實情況也很糟糕，州裏欠聯邦好多錢，但是債多不壓身，最近還要發錢:( 我也是應該慶幸這樣一份穩定的工作，雖然也有不開心的時候，但總體上說還是比較輕鬆的。謝謝姐姐美言和input,有幫助的。姐姐多保重身體!
看到這“突然覺得自己和它一樣是個仰人鼻息的小媳婦。”就笑了，人的適應能力是很強的，很快就會適應回公司上班的日子。
Texas opting out of federal pandemic unemployment benefits effective June 26
This includes the $300 weekly unemployment check from federal officials
沒人空曠的地方當然可以摘口罩，但是一天蹲著cubicle裏，又是空調房，隻能期盼其他員工都健健康康了!好久不見土豆了，問候!
頭一次看你近照，原來你這麽年輕啊，眼睛好看！
我們已經搬回了傢，下決心隻在傢工作。
在佛州，我的窗前天天有蜥蜴光顧，一開始很害怕，後來就習慣了。在我們臨走前，窗前的灌木上竟然盤了兩條黑蛇。
問好！
我是隻要周圍沒人，就把口罩拉下一些透透氣。
好一個"小龜女"，你肯定是隻雌的啊。師傅人善，所以動物都到你家蹭吃蹭住:) 我家後院很小，而且這裏很幹燥，很少有青蛙的。享受這樣的日子吧，師傅，人生很短的。謝謝師傅臨帖留言，等著你頒獎呢!
“員工就像下蛋的雞”理論，太確切了，就是這麽回事。
我家後院也有lizards，還有兔子，鳥，鬆鼠，青蛙，烏龜。。今天早上還看到了一隻鷹！陽台下年年有一對知更鳥來築窩，生兒育女。三年前一隻小烏龜誤闖我家車庫，我收養了它。艾瑪，小龜女也是一枚吃貨，胃口超好，長勢驚人。4 月 剛過完 3 歲生日～～