Catch Ups

Fernando still isn't here, and Fiorella is worried about him. He's never cancelled before without notice. She's also worried about herself--that walkway is vital to selling her house.
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What is Fio doing today, you ask? The same old thing--packing moving boxes--but now she's a whole lot less discriminating about how she groups their contents. No more separating items into "sell" and "keep." The virus has killed the market anyway.
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When Fiorella was a child, the television had two knobs--one to turn the machine on and off, and one to control the volume. Now your girl has to use one remote to turn the TV on and another one to turn on the speaker, and different switches to get to various stations and programs. How is that progress?
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Fio's not holding her breath, but she's hoping the plumber will come by today to pick up the two booming fans he left here a couple of weeks ago to dry the wet ceiling. If not, she may disconnect them herself.
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 Fiorella used to look around the house with her mother's eyes and think what a horrible mess it was. Now that she has moving boxes, piles of paper, and kitchen utensils spread all over the place, she knows what mess really is.