Life in the era of COVID-19
Mar. 21st, 2020 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillMy life hasn’t changed all that much yet.
I mean, I volunteer at a free clinic for the poor, and there is now a disinfection procedure to follow for the desk and keyboard and mouse etc when I come in, which didn’t used to be a thing, so.
And I talked my band into shutting down the jam for a month and I have been skipping out on practices. So I guess that is different.
And my dad is 85 and had a slight fever and a cough when I Skyped with him a couple of days ago, and this is not freaking me out but that’s an effort and that’s different.
And I skipped (!) my violin/mandolin lesson last week and mailed my teacher a check instead and that’s different.
And I looked at the dripping shower and thought I should have a plumber in to repair that and realized that I’m noticeably more resistant than before to having a stranger in my personal space, and that’s different.
And I paid for my oil change over the phone with a credit card and had them leave the key in it, and came in and picked it up without face to face contact, and that’s different.
But the thing that is really on my mind right now is that I haven’t been to the store since Tuesday. Kip and I used to go nearly every day, usually to pick what we would have for dinner. It was some together time. I can go sit next to him while he works on the computer or whatever but it is not the same somehow.
Thanks to Siderea we were pretty well prepared for this. Our fridge is getting noticeably emptier but our freezer and our cupboards are still pretty full. We will probably go today or tomorrow at some time that seems like it would be an off hour (9 pm?) and get fresh veggies, but I only just cooked up my first batch of beans. Except that I’m going to suggest that only one of us go. No sense exposing two people when one can do the job.
I still get outside for regular walks. Six feet of distance is easy to keep while walking here; most people drive anyway.
I mean, I volunteer at a free clinic for the poor, and there is now a disinfection procedure to follow for the desk and keyboard and mouse etc when I come in, which didn’t used to be a thing, so.
And I talked my band into shutting down the jam for a month and I have been skipping out on practices. So I guess that is different.
And my dad is 85 and had a slight fever and a cough when I Skyped with him a couple of days ago, and this is not freaking me out but that’s an effort and that’s different.
And I skipped (!) my violin/mandolin lesson last week and mailed my teacher a check instead and that’s different.
And I looked at the dripping shower and thought I should have a plumber in to repair that and realized that I’m noticeably more resistant than before to having a stranger in my personal space, and that’s different.
And I paid for my oil change over the phone with a credit card and had them leave the key in it, and came in and picked it up without face to face contact, and that’s different.
But the thing that is really on my mind right now is that I haven’t been to the store since Tuesday. Kip and I used to go nearly every day, usually to pick what we would have for dinner. It was some together time. I can go sit next to him while he works on the computer or whatever but it is not the same somehow.
Thanks to Siderea we were pretty well prepared for this. Our fridge is getting noticeably emptier but our freezer and our cupboards are still pretty full. We will probably go today or tomorrow at some time that seems like it would be an off hour (9 pm?) and get fresh veggies, but I only just cooked up my first batch of beans. Except that I’m going to suggest that only one of us go. No sense exposing two people when one can do the job.
I still get outside for regular walks. Six feet of distance is easy to keep while walking here; most people drive anyway.
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