August 2 - August 8, 2020 - St Petersburg, FL Semi-Lockdown







Corona US Cases August 2 - 4,597,990
Corona US Cases August 8 - 4,912,203

Corona US Deaths August 2 - 143,733
Corona US Deaths August 8 - 150,475




Interesting things that happened this week:

- I've made contact with both Scott and Tom at work, its nice to make contact with old friends.
- I've finished the Inca Trail Challenge in less than 2 weeks and started the largest Challenge, the Hadrian's Wall.  That one is 90 miles and I have 63 days to complete it.  Should be easy enough as long as I hit the park a few times a week.  They have other challenges and they are all much longer, but I'd like to do some of them.  But most of them have already started and it would be tough to do it in the time allotted.  I might give one a shot though.
- Gil and George are bonding and the house is full of weed and music now.  After 8 hours on the phones, I can't hardly take it.  I'm doing the plasma donation twice a week and going to the park 3 or more times per week.  I think I need to make a weekly schedule to keep me busy and focused and working towards my individual goals.
- After two weeks of misery, work is slowly slowing down.   I'm still getting bad phone calls, used the abusive caller script for the first time.  But calls waiting aren't totally out of control and sometimes there are short breaks between calls.  CS is starting to warm transfer occasionally again.
- Hit season 4 of Mom - my new TV addiction.
- I had two more sessions at the plasma donation clinic.  I've made $280 with four sessions total.  I'm still in the 'new donor' promotion payout, so this won't be normal, but i'll still be able to earn around $400 per month if I'm consistent.  There are also other promotions and extra money you can earn along the way, its a nice way to make extra money and I know I'm helping people. 

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