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Hump Day in the time of COVID-19
Apr. 1st, 2020 09:08 amOr Day 17 of the Homebound Saga aka Wednesday April 1st, 2020
I think we are all in agreement that today is not a good day for April 1st tomfoolery. There is so much going on that makes what might have been funny in every other year kind of petty or even tragic.
Not that I am against a good laugh, but I don’t think that is the way to do it.
Saying you tested positive for COVID-19 is not remotely funny. I lost another friend yesterday to the pandemic. She had a number of lung problems and was being very careful as was her wife, but she got it and now she is not here. They think that they were exposed before we started distancing. I am really to the point of numb on hearing that someone else I know has it.
Also, the number of friends who are losing their friends is staggering. Maybe because I live up in the current epicenter that it is hitting that hard. But take this as a lesson for the rest of the county so this does not happen elsewhere.
With the two-week mark, we are starting to see the slowdown that we so desperately need. What we are doing is working. However, we still have no idea exactly how many people we are dealing with due to the lack of testing available. Maybe by the end of the month we will have a much better idea.
My biggest concern is that we are going to ‘turn the corner’ and everyone is going to assume that it is over. They stop doing what is working and we end up with another wave of people sick and dying which will put us back right where we are. In our houses limiting our encounters with anyone to as close to zero as we can.
I also think this is going to change where we work. For all the ‘working from home doesn’t work so we need to go to the office’, there is a lot of work getting done. I think that twenty years ago this would have been a bigger disaster but with the ability to create the conference room online, it is easier for people to work at home. This will throw some middle management jobs in the trash bin which is a shame and have companies questioning what they can do.
Around here Caroline has started her remote schooling with packets that were assembled by her teachers to keep the class moving forward.
Peter is working on various projects as Peter does.
I am treading water, but I am not drowning. Am I happy about all I am getting done? No, I find myself noodling my time away on the Internet which annoys me when I do it. But I am getting things done and I am giving myself permission to take some time to get things done. My mental state is probably where a lot of peoples are. In some ways I feel like I am going through the seven stages of grief for my isolation and the isolation of my friends and family.
I am happy that I have mental health help. I would have been a total basket case without it.
I find myself needed to remind myself to just breath. I have been using just about every trick I have learned over the years to calm and center then continue on with my day.
Today I have some ideas of what I would like to do so I am going to trying to get done what I can.
I am grateful for family time.
I think we are all in agreement that today is not a good day for April 1st tomfoolery. There is so much going on that makes what might have been funny in every other year kind of petty or even tragic.
Not that I am against a good laugh, but I don’t think that is the way to do it.
Saying you tested positive for COVID-19 is not remotely funny. I lost another friend yesterday to the pandemic. She had a number of lung problems and was being very careful as was her wife, but she got it and now she is not here. They think that they were exposed before we started distancing. I am really to the point of numb on hearing that someone else I know has it.
Also, the number of friends who are losing their friends is staggering. Maybe because I live up in the current epicenter that it is hitting that hard. But take this as a lesson for the rest of the county so this does not happen elsewhere.
With the two-week mark, we are starting to see the slowdown that we so desperately need. What we are doing is working. However, we still have no idea exactly how many people we are dealing with due to the lack of testing available. Maybe by the end of the month we will have a much better idea.
My biggest concern is that we are going to ‘turn the corner’ and everyone is going to assume that it is over. They stop doing what is working and we end up with another wave of people sick and dying which will put us back right where we are. In our houses limiting our encounters with anyone to as close to zero as we can.
I also think this is going to change where we work. For all the ‘working from home doesn’t work so we need to go to the office’, there is a lot of work getting done. I think that twenty years ago this would have been a bigger disaster but with the ability to create the conference room online, it is easier for people to work at home. This will throw some middle management jobs in the trash bin which is a shame and have companies questioning what they can do.
Around here Caroline has started her remote schooling with packets that were assembled by her teachers to keep the class moving forward.
Peter is working on various projects as Peter does.
I am treading water, but I am not drowning. Am I happy about all I am getting done? No, I find myself noodling my time away on the Internet which annoys me when I do it. But I am getting things done and I am giving myself permission to take some time to get things done. My mental state is probably where a lot of peoples are. In some ways I feel like I am going through the seven stages of grief for my isolation and the isolation of my friends and family.
I am happy that I have mental health help. I would have been a total basket case without it.
I find myself needed to remind myself to just breath. I have been using just about every trick I have learned over the years to calm and center then continue on with my day.
Today I have some ideas of what I would like to do so I am going to trying to get done what I can.
I am grateful for family time.
