Daily Grind

Sleep deprivation has become an issue. Six hours per night of poor quality snoozing can be attributed to “lockdown” sequestration since so much time is spent sitting in the mausoleum at the “old folks home” in Waikiki.

The early morning walk to Fudgepacker Park and back has been made unbearable by the current heatwave. Unfortunately, that is the only alternative to a regular cardiovascular workout. So, the heat must be tolerated.

Coffee time at the Mausoleum Café is still be most enjoyable part of the day, even though the brew of choice is Nescafé® instant coffee. And, with no cookware or microwave oven, only the lukewarm tap water is available. Nonetheless, the lukewarm coffee is surprisingly good.

The 70-minute workout with exercise bands continues, even though the regimen is not enjoyable in the stuffy Mausoleum Gym. There’s a reason why people prefer real gyms. The workouts, however, seem to be yielding favorable results. For a while, there was reason to believe that the venture would be a lost cause.

The era of the canned beans has once again come to an end. The desire to go “face mask shopping” for food is non-existent. Carrying a heavy load of canned foods and “face mask commuting” on the bus is now a “non-starter.” So, bread and peanut butter has supplanted the mid-day diet.

The afternoons are devoted to doing absolutely nothing. There is a short walk around noontime to the International Marketplace (face masks required) to use the wireless hotspot while feigning a restroom pit stop. Then, idle time is wasted away back in the mausoleum. The Mausoleum Barbershop is open during that time, if necessary. The daily shower occurs at 4pm (usually) in the Mausoleum Spa and Bath House.

Then, there is more sitting around until 6pm. Dinner is procured exclusively at the Subway® in Ala Moana Center after “face mask commuting” there. Dining is courtesy the Mausoleum Diner. Incidentally, the same disposable N95 face mask is still being deployed after 1.5 months of service. Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!

The rest of the evening is spent sitting in the dark at the Mausoleum Lounge while listening to redundant Spotify playlists using the iPhone XR and JBL® Flip 5 wireless speaker. Then, an attempt to sleep occurs at 11:30pm or later.