Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[electrycmonk]

We actually do live on an island! Hardly tropical though. Unless you’re from Minnesota or Michigan, then it might seem almost tropical!

Hmmmmmm. How comfy are ya saying how close you are to Anacortes island?
I have family that live there now adays.

 

[IamRainey]

Excuse me, not Disneyland. They're going to Disneyworld in FL. Very much open still. Never learned the difference growing up - they were all jumbled up far away places growing up that I would never see - to this day I'm still terrible at geography and naming locations even though I've been outside my home state plenty now.

Oh! I understood completely and I wasn't any more clear. CA prevented Disneyland from operating. In FL where they did nothing Disneyworld has opened and become a willing vector.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Instead of travelling anywhere we are going to do Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Stephen's, and New Years here, just me and my landlord (I rent part of her house). I'm doing the cooking. I've already bought the turkey, spiral ham, and corned beef. Haven't decided on the New Year's menu yet.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

We will just be our immediate family of 4 for all the holidays coming up. We have been doing well so far keeping it this way. We are in a "pandemic bubble" with 2 of my daughter's classmates' families. Mostly for outdoor playdates and the like. Do not really socialize much, even with them. Just the way it has to be for now. One day at a time, one breath at a time.

 

[Cynthia12]

Good news on high rate of efficacy. Question that remains is duration of efficacy.

They're saying a year..not sure how they can know that yet. Maybe going by what a reg. flu shot dies for us..a year.

 

[IamRainey]

You know, when I hear other stories I feel extremely fortunate. I've always been something of a hermit so I don't really miss a social life I've never wanted. I have a nice backyard with my chickens and a house big enough that I never feel claustrophobic. I've got a cellphone and a computer and Zoom to keep me in touch with my friends, you guys, my gardening club and my book club.

My husband's employment hasn't been interrupted but he now works at home at least 2 days a week so I see more of him than ever. He's in this big 300 strong bubble at work. They all really make an effort to have insulated lives for the sake of one another and one another's jobs. So we live in a world that's much like it always was and we do what we need to do carefully and thoughtfully. And as long as we do things with other people who are thoughtful and careful it works and we feel safe.

As I said once before, in my husband's bubble they test constantly. In the last 3 months they've had, now, 4 cases caught at the earliest opportunity. No one has transmitted the virus within the bubble. They've closed down sections when they've had to but they keep working. And the units that get shut down, get paid to stop the spread. They've still just had 1 hospitalization. He's still recovering, but he will! At least 1 other (my husband's pregnant close associate) has tested negative several times and is back at work.

My daughter who's an ICU nurse dealing with the very sickest Covid patients day in and day out has been at it for very close to a year. She gets tired -- mentally and physically -- but she hasn't had so much as a scare because they have protective regimens and practice them scrupulously.

My son is still working with my husband. My other daughter and her SO have both been unemployed/furloughed since the start of the shutdowns but they manage the resources they have. They've paid their rent right along so they're not worried about a huge deferred rent bill or eviction now that the grace period is coming to a close. They won't get the supplemental funds anymore when they expire but they'll continue to get regular unemployment benefits. If they eventually need help at least we'll only have one household to support and we can manage that while we have to.

We'll hope the coming vaccines mean a sensible return to "normal".

I know my life is blessed. But I also know that, although we can't forget about it and have to make accommodations, we can live with this virus and we can stay healthy. At least in an area like ours that stays informed, accepts reality and understands that we are our brothers' keepers.

I know what I'll be thankful for this week, next week and all the weeks thereafter. I wish it for ALL of you.

 

[igorsMistress]

Thanks for giving the definition of "Zen" meditation but, as I added the word "based" in that I was using the method but, adapting it using classical or jazz music due entirely to the tinnitus I deal with from my Navy fun.... This allows me to use a low musical background as a blanket over the "ringing" and allowing me a much more relaxed effort at being 'in the moment'.....

So there you can now *see* my vocab is quite intentionally used.

Cheers.

/End of line.

I practice Zen daily, just me, a cushion and a blank wall. Suggesting something to someone should include disclosure that you practice a modified version and what you do is not what is the normal practice. It’s not just the definition.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Reading through the last few pages here, I just had the strangest thought.
With the skyrocketing cases and deaths combined with the promise of likely at least 3 effective vaccines coming in the next year - I just thought how weird it would be if I or anyone would be the last person to die from Covid-19.
Ya'll know I'm not normal. So just ignore me.

 

[Folly's place]

Just don't volunteer!

 

[electrycmonk]

I practice Zen daily, just me, a cushion and a blank wall. Suggesting something to someone should include disclosure that you practice a modified version and what you do is not what is the normal practice. It’s not just the definition.

This is true. As is also the fact that when raising kids, giving long winded diatribes on this or that tends to loose their attention faster then - "Oh look, a squirrel!"
I'm sorry I didn't fit into the box so neatly for you. I'm sorry my skills at whittling down from the verbose method I was encouraged to use as I grew up wasn't fashioned in such a manner as to have a disclaimer that was in the "goldie locks zone" for you. Just as some folks can't wrap their head around the idea of a phrase coined by some college friends of mine, from over 20 years ago. That phrase? "Goth chi"..... Butidigress

I am constantly endeavouring to find the right balance with all my kids and others in general as I *know* my dylexic/ADHD brain is far from "nero-typical" so..... I will never stop trying to find that elusive "golden egg."
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