Rally the forces, we are at war with a virus! Helping our communities stay safe -- that is the path forward and this is now our daily task.
Thinking clearly about your own situation, making lists of ways to move forward gives you a feeling of relief: you are not completely at the mercy of something that is threatening to knock you down.
Ed and I sit down to breakfast...
... and afterwards, we both go grocery shopping, for what we feel may be the last time for a while.
I am stunned to see a full parking lot at the grocery store. Normally a Thursday morning is so quiet! Hey, normally, Ed does not shop with me. But this is special. He wants to throw some stuff into the cart.
Chocolate chips cookies! We should bake chocolate chip cookies! And brownies!
He is full of sweet ideas.
I comment at the checkout that the store is unusually buzzing (with emptying shelves by the minute). The clerk responds -- panic buying.
No, it isn't panic buying. It's sensible stocking up. It's ensuring that we do not go out unnecessarily in the weeks ahead. It's being kind to our community. It's all of us, working hard to flatten the curve of infection, so it doesn't go through the roof all at once. Just a tiny hike, nothing unmanageable. We shop now to slow down the impact of this menace.
Ed and I are cancelling all our social engagements. (hey, we are social! just not very often...) I don't use the words "abundance of precaution." That sounds like you're one of those easily scared people who wears a gas mask before entering a children's classroom even on virus free days. We are not like that. We are merely sensible.
Speaking of children, for now, I continue to bring them to the farmhouse.
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One day at a time! We are taking one day at a time. Next week, I anticipate there will be even more changes in our routines. But, let's pull together in our communities. Right now, staying home (in Poland, seniors are told not to leave their homes at all, in France, outsiders are asked not to enter senior homes) is the best we can do. Yes, for us, but even more so -- for our families, for our friends and neighbors. For those who will need health care in the coming months.
Expect a lot of Ocean stories on how two seniors fill their time working the farmette lands in the quiet of a different kind of spring.
Stay well, stay happy.
Thinking clearly about your own situation, making lists of ways to move forward gives you a feeling of relief: you are not completely at the mercy of something that is threatening to knock you down.
Ed and I sit down to breakfast...
... and afterwards, we both go grocery shopping, for what we feel may be the last time for a while.
I am stunned to see a full parking lot at the grocery store. Normally a Thursday morning is so quiet! Hey, normally, Ed does not shop with me. But this is special. He wants to throw some stuff into the cart.
Chocolate chips cookies! We should bake chocolate chip cookies! And brownies!
He is full of sweet ideas.
I comment at the checkout that the store is unusually buzzing (with emptying shelves by the minute). The clerk responds -- panic buying.
No, it isn't panic buying. It's sensible stocking up. It's ensuring that we do not go out unnecessarily in the weeks ahead. It's being kind to our community. It's all of us, working hard to flatten the curve of infection, so it doesn't go through the roof all at once. Just a tiny hike, nothing unmanageable. We shop now to slow down the impact of this menace.
Ed and I are cancelling all our social engagements. (hey, we are social! just not very often...) I don't use the words "abundance of precaution." That sounds like you're one of those easily scared people who wears a gas mask before entering a children's classroom even on virus free days. We are not like that. We are merely sensible.
Speaking of children, for now, I continue to bring them to the farmhouse.
'
One day at a time! We are taking one day at a time. Next week, I anticipate there will be even more changes in our routines. But, let's pull together in our communities. Right now, staying home (in Poland, seniors are told not to leave their homes at all, in France, outsiders are asked not to enter senior homes) is the best we can do. Yes, for us, but even more so -- for our families, for our friends and neighbors. For those who will need health care in the coming months.
Expect a lot of Ocean stories on how two seniors fill their time working the farmette lands in the quiet of a different kind of spring.
Stay well, stay happy.
