You're the third person I've heard of this month who caught it despite warm weather and more time spent out-of-doors. And Paxlovid is harder to find for those who are eligible and willing to use it. I was glad to see friends stepping up to offer to help over on FB.

This afternoon I set up the steam-juicer and put in about five pounds of Roma tomatoes. I have 1.5 quarts of juice now and will run the remaining solids through the food mill to separate seeds and skin from pulp. I've wanted to make some sauce and it's always best from fresh, even if I didn't grow these tomatoes myself.

I also boiled some eggs and will use one large tomato I set aside for a chef salad for dinner tonight. (In case this isn't a universally known recipe, it is a big plate of salad greens, I use a mix of Romaine and iceberg, topped with shredded cheese, slivers of types of meat, and quartered tomatoes around the outer rim, interspersed with two halved hard-boiled eggs. I sprinkle some nuts and seeds and use Italian dressing over the top. The meat will be roasted chicken and deli ham.)

You know it's July in Texas if you're in the low-100s outside and boiling pots of water in the kitchen for canning or making sauces. Today's batch was three pints, two of which are now in the freezer. It didn't take long but there were quite a few dishes in the sink before all was finished.