Friday, December 3, 2021

A Day in the Life of a Semi-Hypochondriac trying to Survive Living in the Time of Covid-19

I haven't actually been out and about in the just-before-it's-gonna-be-bad world we used to know since March 17th, 2020. We were already given the option to work from home that week, and that day I had a Doctor's appointment and would head into work for a few hours after that. On the way home I stopped off at a few grocers to stock up on some items before I hunkered down to what I already believed would be a long few weeks. I had already stocked piled a few essentials, yes of course toilet paper which my sister made fun of me for doing until she needed some. But the one thing I didn't think about was coffee. My sister managed to purchase a bag a week ago, but we're running low. My other sister, the "I believe in Aliens and moon charts" one gave me a astrological based warning today, " don't leave the house from March 29th to April 7th". "Why?" I asked. "3 planets are aligned... last time it happened was in 1918...Spanish flu... just don't". So as you read from the title of my post, semi hypochondriac, I'm going to listen. Why mess with the planets? So I won't go out but I will run out of coffee by Monday??? So, what are you going to do? You got to go out and get that coffee! Believe me, the thought of heading out was giving me anxiety. I've been out for walks around my neighborhood but avoid people like the plague (pun intended). Avoiding people on the street is easy- you just cross the street. But how do you avoid them in a store? Currently December 3rd,2021. Figured out how to get back on this site! Wow. I wrote the above 2 paragraphs March 28th, 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Remember those days when we thought it would be over in just a few weeks? Now, 21 months later, "covid life" is the new normal. Its been an interesting time hasn't it? Hope you are all doing well and surviving.