Artie's been out all morning and stayed on the ground. We have our first Mardi Gras parades tonight so I brought her back in to hang, to give me one less thing to be distracted by while I try to remember how human gatherings work.

I'm not looking forward to it exactly, it's a lot of noise and social after a really anxious week, but it's SO GOOD for the city that we can do this...

(YES I intend to observe the fuck out of any and all city safety measures, and then some. These are smaller parades and our local COVID numbers are looking quite good. This is a calculated risk and kind of a test run. Although I admit it might be less "do I avoid Mardi Gras this year" and more "do I figure out a way to incorporate an N95 respirator into a zebra mask, pronto." :> )