Well - it has gotten much more serious dealing with the Corona Virus or COVID-19 as it is now being called. I certainly hope that all of you and your loved ones are well and stay so.
Last week I called and canceled a follow up doctor visit for mom as she should NOT go out – she will be 91 the end of this month. Doctor's office was very nice and told me the - very good - results for mom. I have not made appointments with two other doctors she needs to go to – they can wait until it is safe for her to go out.
During this past week our lives changed. We had changed to going to the post office, lunch at Wendys, an attempt to find comfort items for my husband – more hand sanitizer, more hand soap, more alcohol, and/or more food – did get some more hand soap in small bottles and a bit more food. Shelves remain empty day to day, though I did point out to husband that we do go late in the day and that may be the problem. One of the local supermarket chains is opening early – 6 am to 7:30 am – special for only senior citizens – we just qualify for same, but 6 am? I fall asleep at 5 am. We may go if they continue to do this and we continue not to find things. We are not in danger of running out of anything for a few weeks – but my husband is from a very nervous family and panics easily. I keep reminding how much of these things we have, which always ends with “and we have more in the RV”. We then would go home without going to other kinds of stores to walk around. Last Sunday we did not go out to our usual Costco, BJ s , big Walmart as we normally do for fun, but it was the same as the other days.
This week we went to the Post Office once to mail out paid bill payments, still daily to Wendys for lunch – but, of course, we can no longer eat in Wendys – just home and eat at home. One day went back out to supermarket – still the same.
Last Saturday night we took in Chinese food (no dinners out any longer and that was before they ordered to only have to go/delivered orders) for dinner. We did not go to the movies. The theater we go to is an independent and they had sent out an email that they were going to spread the showings out further and clean/sanitize between shows – especially the seats and arm rests, bathrooms and food counters, but we still decided not to go. We stayed in a watched a movie on TV.
Now, everyone has been making fun of people running to buy toilet paper right? In the middle of the movie we each received a text message. MY sister texted me to see how my husband was doing as she knows he panics. HIS sister texted him as she never knows what is going on in the world and – yes – she suddenly found that there is toilet paper available and she is out of same for her family, let alone the news is also, but we would never be that on toilet paper ever, and she needed her big brother to help her find some. (Eventually her husband found someone selling toilet paper at a 7-11 and bought for who knows how much money.)
Well, I have our food organized - cans all in rows, lists of what is in the basement freezer on the refrigerator, - and we are eating less than normal at dinner. Husband said that he would stop going to Wendys and picking up lunch – but each meal we do same, leaves more food in the house. I am no longer using paper towels to wash the dishes – but husband did not want me to go back to using a sponge – it swirled around in my head – then I remembered – I have my old kitchen towels that are raggedy and use for cleaning up in the kitchen – I cut up one and I have 6 pieces to use – one a day – to wash the dishes and then they will be washed.
I normally put out clean towels on Monday and on Wednesday and Friday do so again in the kitchen and on Thursday do so in the two bathrooms. I am now changing the towels every other day.
My hands are raw from washing them – the cuts on them from same worry me – but what else can I do.
Oh, today husband had a text from his sister – do we know where she can buy fish – she suddenly claims she can only fish or she gets sick (in the past it was because it was less fattening) – I guess she will be getting sick often as one will have to eat what is available. Then again, I had expected him to hear from her upset that they could no longer eat out (every meal) and her gym (she goes daily) was closed.
On the other hand – being in the house all the time, I am getting work done – on client's taxes and household clearing up.
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK -
Please stay safe – listen to what the instructions are for where YOU live and follow them. Stay away from those outside your home as much as you can and far enough away for safety. If we are all careful there should be fewer people ill or worse. One day this will all be over and we will be able to put our lives back together again.
Oh, and for something to relieve the stress – do a search for penguins at Chicago aquarium . Since there were to be no visitors they were allowed out to walk around the building - they look like tourists seeing the other exhibits!
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