Get well soon Ronald. Hopefully all stay well in your family.
jtk
Get well soon Ronald. Hopefully all stay well in your family.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
I'm 76, and just discovered because of a specialist's visit, I'm compromised (although I don't feel like it, just a long term cough). I do all the shopping, driving the 13 YO to school & back, usually, and most of the chores. wife has ongoing mobility issues from a auto collision (not an accident - I saw the video footage of the collision & the other driver was negligent).
I mask up; wash hands, distance myself from others and so on.
I figure that I need to be really careful, more so every day, because it would be a shame to be the last person to get sick and die when the antivirus roll out is so close.
Young enough to remember doing it;
Old enough to wish I could do it again.
We weren't that social before the pandemic. So not much change in our weekly schedules (retired). We go out to eat about as often as before, just picking better, more conscientious restaurants. Even been to the movies a couple of times. We just wear our masks, wash our hands, shop early, and carry on. Mostly missing travel opportunities.
No restaurants, no movies, no social events, no traveling, no meeting friends, it’s all hermetically sealed, and will be for a while.
I haven't changed my goings and comings but now we have to go to my daughters house every other day to get the grandson. her inlaws take care of him on the other days at her house and my daughter says it is so hard to work with him there as he gets loud and grabs the mouse when either her or her husband are working. She is glad when we have him. she has been cut off from some important calls to hospitals and healthcare places when he is home.
Thoughts entering one's mind need not exit one's mouth!
As I age my memory fades .... and that's a load off my mind!
"We Live In The Land Of The Free, Only Because Of The Brave"
“The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill
Ronald Blue, here's hoping for a quick, complete healing for you!
Our county went from #37 of 44 (IIRC) to #1 on the rate of new infections last week. We slid down to #3 as the week progressed. Until now, we ate out once a week at businesses where they practice Covid safe measures including all workers masked. Now I think we will resort to take out until the rate of new infections gets back to a reasonable rate.
We shop, in fact, this week we may test drive a new car for the wife. That should be interesting. Since we bought and service our 2 vehicles at that dealership, I am hoping they will allow us to drive it unattended by a sales person. We'll see.
We still wear masks religiously when out, have and use hand sanitizers when we return to our cars. My wife spent 2 days doing her holiday candy and cookie making finishing yesterday after church. She delivered the annual plates to our neighbors and took some plates to church for the church bake sale. She wants to escape to Spokane or Couer Da Lene in early December to celebrate our upcoming 52nd anniversary.
We have family members who are in law enforcement, professional medical personnel, first responders and teachers who are in public daily. For Thanksgiving we will celebrate our good health in our home with only those who share our home.
While the wife and I are in the age group of the greatest Covid loss of life in our area, I don't live in fear of Covid but do think it's wise to respect it and be reasonably cautious.
Last edited by Ken Fitzgerald; 11-23-2020 at 12:22 PM.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
It's interesting, I am in full time Law Enforcement and until October was a bi-vocational Pastor for a small church plant. The Church Plant never flourished and the doors were closed just recently, largely due to Covid. My existence for the past 9 months has been pretty consistent. Go to work...wear a mask....go home. My wife is an introvert, so the lifestyle fits her to a T. But it really feels like it's just the monotony of sameness.
Hi Andrew, I've been working from home since March 13, except for the last 5 weeks where I've been involved in commissioning a power system project at work.
Tomorrow is the last day and then I will return to working at home.
90% of our company is working from home and apparently our productivity is higher than when we are at work.
I live in Toronto and we are under lockdown again as Covid-19 numbers are climbing.
Thanksgiving was last month, since we couldn't have guests we had a lot of leftover turkey, I presume Christmas will be no visitors also. We've let everyone know that in lieu of gifts we want charitable donations, there are a lot of people suffering this year.
Hope your wife is fine.............regards, Rod.
No big changes in our household. We stay home mostly.
Towards the end of WWII and the Vietnam War, it was obvious the war was winding down and each soldier was very aware that he didn't want to be the last man to die. Today we have the announcements of the vaccines which herald the coming end of this pandemic. Make sure you're not the last person to die. Keep up your mask wearing and social distancing.
Mike
Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.
Kids suffering in ways they don't appreciate and I can't control.
It's been very hard as a parent.
As a man, it's been doubly hard because nobody wants to hear my fears or concerns (unless i pay them).
As men get older, nobody really wants to be their friends any more, so it's hard to have anyone to talk to about things without hearing "too heavy" in their silence.
Last edited by Prashun Patel; 11-23-2020 at 1:48 PM.
Prashun, sounds like your beer brand might have a new "alcohol free" product. Check the label.
As there is less sun shine ,I have at times sat in bright electric light in the morning, and it helps. Always enjoy your posts
and fine work.
Covid has been a minor inconvenience to me, coupled with a major improvement. The minor inconvenience is that I have to plan a bit more for the rare times I need to go out to get something, and I do miss going out to eat with my wife one a month or so. But the flip side is that I no longer have any commute at all, and don't have to put all the energy it takes an introvert like me to work face-to-face with people. I sleep better, eat better, and exercise more. The net for me personally has been a massive improvement in my quality of life.
But the need for increased caution is a new stress on my already modestly stressed wife. She does have a life outside the home and job, and it's been shrunk to almost nothing. And she will miss not seeing our kids for Thanksgiving and Christmas a lot. She's patient though. Next year will likely be better.
Overall, I have to say that the country will have gotten by with a small to moderate injury. It could have been much smaller, had we an operating public health system, and a population who took it seriously, but compared to the potential havoc and destruction that a novel zoonosis jumping into the global population could have caused, this one will be a historical blip. This could easily have had the mortal effectiveness of SARS-CoV-1 combined with the ease of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and then instead of maybe half a million total deaths and a couple years of lost economic vitality, we'd have 1 in 5 or more of our population dead, and the economy at a complete standstill. I give thanks for the small favors fate has for us every day.