This blog entry should have been posted last week. Sorry it is one week out of order. I will do better from now on. Promise. 😊
There are times when something happens -- perhaps in one moment -- and nothing is as it was before. Every single thing is changed. You find yourself in a profoundly different world.
March 21, 2020 through March 28, 2020
- Rampant confusion about the "lock down" for those 70+
- States in conflict with Federal mandates
- Rumors abound about tax preparation and filing Income Tax forms with the IRS. How?
- Children, especially, struggle with social distancing.
- There is speculation that the National Guard may be called in to set up testing sites.
- Corona virus news changes from moment to moment.
- Early shopping hours set for Seniors.
- Convention Centers are converted to hospitals.
- People are missing hugs.
- Some restaurants offer take-out in an attempt to survive.
- "Stay-in-place" is one new mantra. It will evolve shortly into "Sheltering-in-Place". (Notice the semantics in that.)
- Stimulus checks seem to be a real thing in the offing.
- Grandparents wave and smile from behind glass and cry later.
- Fauci enters the picture speaking of "social responsibility".
- Pelosi introduces legislation on gender and racial diversity on corporate boards.
- Biden appear to be confused at times.
- Skype - Zoom - FaceTime gain popularity.
- Insurance providers refuse to cover Corona virus and vaccine issues.
- Staying in contact with friends and loved ones here mostly by phone, text, Messenger, FaceTime and snail mail.
- Some large corporations lay off 70% of their work force.
- The border between the United States and Canada is now closed.
- Stay-at- Home orders issued as of the 25th. Ghost towns begin.
- People at home are sorting cupboards and cleaning closets. No one will take donations though because of covid fear.
- I begin to write Thank You notes to garbage pick-up and delivery guys. I placed a basket of "treats" on the porch for delivery people.
- Day confusion becomes a real thing.
- Pasture walking with family (socially distanced) has become my favorite pastime and my family takes me out of that strict quarantine. I feel like I can smile and breathe again. I know now that I will survive. That is no small thing.
- Pelosi et al try to add $35 million dollars for the Kennedy Center and gender equity issues to the Corona relief bill.
- Drove by an empty lot to see my Grandkids with other neighborhood children sitting at least 6 feet apart -- enjoying time together. I wave and they wave back. Neighbors have complained about children being out in the fresh air riding bikes. Insanity spreads.
- The Commonwealth of Virginia closes all public schools for the rest of the academic year.
- It is revealed that about 50% of local students and 23 teachers have no access to Internet from their homes -- makes online learning/teaching impossible here.
- School packets become available locally. It's not enough.
- AOC wants illegal aliens to receive relief checks.
- Dogs across the world are beginning to beg to stay home. Some hide their leashes.
- Compulsive cleaning and cleanliness continues.
- "Don't Touch Your Face!"
- Joe Biden commented that "...some people are getting this virus who had never had it before." Duh... Why aren't more people concerned about him?
Change runs rampant and ... I am so not good with change. Struggling here.
