Rant #3,383: Keep the Ball Rolling

First the good--

Everything is going pretty well now for myself and my family.

I had another productive physical therapy session--

In spite of the fact thst my left leg was a bit stiff yesterday, continuing a trend that has spanned about a week or so.

In the middle of physical therapy, my wife received a call, and she was told that she was hired by a local retailer.

It is only a part-time job, just a few hours a week, but it will keep her occupied, put some money in her pocket, and I hope it all works out.

She begins on Monday, so let's all keep our fingers crossed that this job is a good fit for her.

Now the bad--

These are bad times for others, and I just heard that Redbox's parent company filed for bankruptcy.

Redbox was a nice, easy way to watch the newest movies, but with streaming dominating the home video market, Redbox became nothing but an afterthought.

My family occasionally rented videos from the Redbox operating at a local 7-11, but we haven't rented anything from them in a couple of years.

The company is in arrears for over $1 billion, and many people don't end up paying for their rentals, so the company is in quite a bit of trouble.

I think that Redbox could go the way of Blockbuster and other video stores--

There is simply no need for such a service at this point in time.

Streaming has simply taken over how we view and listen to our entertainment nowadays, and until something else comes along, the need to use and own and rent an actual piece of software is next to nil.

A good idea for the time, but unless Redbox somehow changes its business model--like Netflix did--it is doomed.

And then we have COVID, which will never go away.

It will continue to reinvent itself, and people are still going to get it, shots or no shots.

We now have a new version of the virus, and I know at least two people who have it.

I just found out that they had it yesterday, after one of them texted me that her husband had it--

And just a few minutes later, that she had it, too.

I have heard that several states have been inundated by this reformatted virus, so like the flu, the common cold, and countless other maladies, it isn't going away anytime soon, or ever.

So COVID is still around ... what more can one say about it that hasn't already been said?

Stay vigilant, but don't ever panic, like some still would want you to do.

Me, I am just going to work hard and be diligent about what I have to do to continue to improve the mobility of my left leg.

Just go about my business, and hopefully, the good times for my family and I will continue.

Right now, we are on something of a roll, and I don't want that ever to stop!