Thursday, April 09, 2020

Deal With It

It is a roller coaster ride, is it not? Some days I can be very Zen and so thankful that spring is abundantly showing off everywhere in my area. I am truly happy that I am ahead of the curve on weeding, frozen foods, paper products, chocolate, and phone calls. This is the valley in the ride.


Then I get to the start of a hill. I had my first Zoom meeting today with a volunteer group. I actually had to change out of PJs (at least the tops), wash my face, put on some make-up, and brush and blow dry my hair as it is getting heavy and missing its haircut! Then I had to figure out how to link to the meeting. I started 5 minutes early and FINALLY after multiple missed attempts did some corrections in the mass list of ID and Password and other entries that would not validate and logged in only 5 minutes late! The damn meeting was an hour and a half long. It was very productive and I managed to get volunteered for only one or two things to do.


This is what I use to cut hubby's hair and he looks great!
Now, this introvert is exhausted from just that, BUT this afternoon I have to get in the car and mail some face masks to my son, pick up the mail, and drive my car around in the country to charge the battery.  It does not like sitting idle for days.  Hubby is thrilled to go for a car ride.  Does he remind you of your pet?

Since hubby has been outside working more, he is creating more laundry.  He did a wash yesterday and is folding it today.  I am holding my breath and letting him fold clothes...egad.  That is the downhill, cannot-keep-up side of this ride.  Relearning PowerPoint to convert to a .jpg to put on the gardening FB page is also much more challenging than it seemed to be years ago.  And what I have to post is time-sensitive.

I am totally bored with my cooking.  Totally.  And we have a larger variety of foodstuffs than most.  I just want some salty fatty food from a restaurant.  My next job is to call the restaurant and place a take-out order.  This is exhausting for me and a little nerve-racking.



Above is an odd meal I cooked the other night.  Kentucky BBQ chicken, Boiled Japanese Daikon radish with ginger and oyster sauce, and some curry-flavored stir fry vegetables.  I order bi-weekly veggies and must find ways to use these.

My dreams stay with me longer.  They are odd and usually involve me trying to keep up on some trips or meet-up with others in some tight time frame.

Then we reach the valley once again when I read an article that says this virus was probably in China in mid-November as they had an unusual uptick in flu cases.  (You may remember that we left China the last week of October!)  So I can be thankful for that dodging of the bullet. 

Now that I have erupted in verbal chaos, just exactly how is your day going?

24 comments:

  1. Thank you once again for the laughs
    I took a leap of faith today, and ordered for delivery, including fresh produce. Getting a delivery time was fast. The count down to within 5 hours at my doorstep, not fast with less than an hour to go. I like that the service creates jobs. I probably won't use it again. Unless, the stay home order goes beyond April. Every extension of the stay home order feels is a flood of dread.
    Ticker banners at the bottom of the TV screen rolling by is an annoying. During an entertainment show it goes beyond rude and thoughtless. My favorite channel, is no longer my favorite channel. Three major network late night shows, 2 had no ticker banner. The show I like best, had the banner. The overload of covid19 information from local and major news sources is unreal as the virus itself.
    Otherwise, I'm all right.

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  2. You were in China in October? 🤭 Boy, you really just missed the bullet. And I’m not sure what zoom is. But I did learn how to Skype during this madness.

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    1. Similar to Skype but designed for meetins with a host.

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  3. We are working when people will let us. It's a wild ride.

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    1. My sweet daugher let her housekeepers go, but paid them a months salary. Hoping she can get them back.

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  4. Good to laugh when we can. :)

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  5. I don't comment here often, though I do read frequently.Do you realize just how fortunate you are? Millions and millions of our people can't make the next month's rent. Or electricity bill, let alone internet. Or food for their family? You have it good, and that's fine, I'm sure you deserve it. Just remember there are people out there who are wondering if they will be evicted next month, and have no means to get gloves or wipes. I'm sorry for intruding, feel free to delete.

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    1. Nope. I will not delete. I do realize this every single day. I hire a college man to do the lawn even though we could do it ourselves. I hire another ex-prisonser because he is trying to get his life together to work on my flower beds and to help us with repairs. I have hired a former prisoner who was an electrician to help with some issues were having. I understand . I also buy gift certificates from local restaurants that are closed. I get it.

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  6. And yes, I'm doing something about it, as a retired health care doc I'm volunteering, though with CHF it's a big risk. I'm doing what I can for those who cannot.

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    1. Can you assist with telemedicine screening?

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  7. I ventured to the grocery store this past week. Yikes. Glad it’s over!

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  8. Last night's insomnia has me feeling droopy, but we were up early to go grocery shopping in an almost empty store. After cleaning everything and putting it away, I had breakfast and then baked a berry pie for my son. We dill delver it to him this evening. His birthday is Saturday, but there will be no celebrating this year. He will probably go alone the the Whidbey Island cabin for the weekend. He is still working so we have to keep our distance. I did my modified physical therapy exercises and then I took a nap before lunch. This afternoon I did five miles on my stationary bike, and then sat in the sun on the patio for a while reading. It hit 70 today!
    Tomorrow morning we will Zoom visit with our breakfast group. Our first effort last Friday went much like your first try. One person was heard but not seen, another was seen but not heard, so we used the phone on speaker. Our 92 year old is still trying to figure it out. It's a comedy of errors, but that's OK too.
    And every day we count our blessings.

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  9. I have a strict limit on the amount of time I watch or read any news. I have zoom meetings with a poetry group I belong to(twice a month), a meditation group (once or twice a week). I meditate every day on my own. I am using my Kindle for reading or rereading books I already own. My son sent me a link to a yoga site so we are doing a daily yoga challenge together, from 1600 mile apart. I talk on the phone or text with family and friends. I do some writing and I am refreshing my high school level command of French (Porquoi? Je ne sais pas!). I paint and do crafts. I am finishing a crocheted basket. I clean and cook and work in my little yard. I go for a walk and wave to neighbors if anyone is out. I am watching The Mentalist --binging for me is two, maybe three, episodes. I sleep through the night.

    Except for not being out with people for some of these activities, my life is not all that different. I am or will be missing a dental cleaning, an eye exam (and cataract surgery is postponed) and a haircut. I miss the young girls from church I was mentoring.

    One Saturday so many people called me to check up on me that i started to get annoyed. I was thinking, "Geez, am I going to get a moment to myself here!" I am an introvert too. But there are people I miss and I do look forward to seeing very much. There are others, with their absence, that I have come to realize unnecessarily complicate my life or even suck too much life out of me. I have gotten some perspective and equip myself to untangle from those people. I am pretty clear now about wants vs.needs. A couple of good things have happened. Emotions are pretty close to the surface right now but I have time and space to deal with them.
    Stay well and stay sane, my new metta.

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  10. I am reconciled to my changed environment, and although I haven't got much energy, I am getting a few things done. I am an extrovert without any people to interact with, other than my introverted husband. I am attending a Zoom yoga class twice a week these days, the highlight of my days, actually.

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  11. My yoga class went to Zoom also. we tried FB Live first but she couldn't get it to work half the time. we like Zoom because we can all see each other and chatter. other than that life is basically the same out here in the county. we're generally anti-social anyway. and my fence clearing project is keeping me busy and tired. also working on a drawing. the news continues to be dreadful as it has been since Trump took office but now his narcissism is killing people.

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    1. First he blamed the Democratic voters saying it was their hoax to ruin his term in office. Next he blamed Obama for not having a vaccine prepared for this and the lastest I hear is Graham has blamed China. While we can blame China for some of this...certainly not each country's handling!!

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  12. I think we all get there as best we can. There are things I miss but there are also things I enjoy about our altered world. April is birthday month in my family so I am certainly thankful for Zoom. I find it so much simpler to use than Skype or Houseparty. One of the things I miss most is seeing happy faces, especially my family's.

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  13. Haircuts will be fine for me since Sue always does it anyway as there is little sens in a bald man paying good $$ for a trimming of the fringe. Sue, however, is already past her due date since she was sick of other things just before the isolation began.

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  14. I am new to your blog and enjoying the humorous side you present to our current situation. I am a recent widow so quite envious (just being honest) of anyone who is able to quarantine with another human. There are moments when I realize how frustrating this time would have been for my husband who could not sit still for a minute, but I would so gladly trade places with you (laundry, haircuts, and all) to have him here with me now.
    I look forward to more posts.

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  15. We find the days go fast. I go for a walk in the forest of a morning and then have a leisurely breakfast. Then I do a jigsaw puzzle on my iPad. I take a long hot shower and then re read my phonebooks of past vacations. Then I try yo motivate myself to do a chore around the house. I did gardening this morning. The its lunchtime already siter which I play on my computer. I have just finished publishing my 3rd book about my memoirs. I could sort photos until forever. Hope you have a nice Easter.

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  16. should say photo books not phone books bahahaha

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  17. This is a wonderful reread.

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  18. I haven’t used the shopping or delivery service yet. Probably won’t either. Stay safe Tabor.

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