I haven't heard anyone say it wasn't as bad as the flu. Everyone has said it "Don't let them tell you it isn't worse than than flu".
But even my sister who is so immune compromised that she's not allowed to trave, survived omnicron. Admittedly, she did get the remdesivir early on, but she didn't have to go to hospital. She was slower to recover than her husband, but just the fact that she survived it all is a miracle as far as I'm concerned. Yes, she was triple vaxxed.
I wanted to post something upbeat because my post last week was a downer. I spent the weekend with my daughter and her family, which included my grandchildren's first live Blue Jays game on Saturday. We were taking a bus to Toronto with the kids' summer camp group.
Traffic into Toronto was HORRIFIC! It was also Indy Weekend in Toronto. The worst weekend of the summer for traffic, and the weekend that sends people who live in downtown Toronto, literally running for the hills. Lakeshore Blvd. is closed from Jamieson to Strachan (pronouned "Stron"), because it's part of the race track. This doubles traffic on the Gardiner Expressway, and basically turns it into a parking lot.
On a positive note, the Gardiner - an elevated expressway, passes right by the CNE Grounds where the race is held, and the kids got to both see and hear the race cars running qualifying laps. They were virtually right underneath us. My 4 year old grandson's eyes were huge when one of the cars went screaming past on the straight away, and he said breathlessly "They're going really FAST".
The kids lasted until the 7th inning, which is better than I thought. They took them up to the concourse to run around for the rest of the game. We had to leave in the 9th inning to get to the bus by 6:15. The game was tied. I'm told the 10th was very exciting and we won. I didn't see it. And o.ur bus got lost. We found it at 7:00. Thank heavens for cell phones!
I bought a foot long and a Mike's Hard Lemonade, and spent $30. The price for the Lemonade was $13.00. I can buy a case of 4 from the LCBO for $13.25. However, the tickets and transportation were free so that was my only cost.
On a scary note, at 7:30, 20 minutes after we got on our bus, Union Station was locked down due to a shooting. Union Station is less than two blocks from the ball park, and it's connected to the Rogers Centre via a covered walkway. The shooting happened as the ball game crowd was heading home.
The bus driver avoided the downtown leg of the Gardiner Expressway going home, and stayed well north of the Lakeshore, so we just had normal city traffic heading home, which is admittedly terrible, but nothing like what we dealt with coming into the City.
Today, my friend and I went to the race track in Fort Erie. We're giddy at the drop in gas prices from $2.20 to $1.78 per litre (3.79 litres to a gallon). That's a savings of $1.50 a gallon. I saw gas at $1.62 per litre in Hamilton this weekend.
We plan on going once a month. They race on Monday and Tuesday. It's free to get in and parking is free. We each take $20 to gamble, $2 for a program, and we bought dinner. I put my $20 in my pants pocket, and my winnings and bets all go into and out of that pocket. Last time, when I came home, I had $38 in my pocket, and I had paid for my food out of that pocket. This time, I had 60 cents left. But we had a full day of fun and enjoyment watching her horses win, and mine lose.
