My birthday was March 15. I turned 47 and the week before had starting thinking of big plans. I tend to think of birthdays as like a New Year's redo. It's an easy to start off point to make improvements for the next year. This year I got a completely unexpected and unwanted gift - a pandemic!
This past weekend is when the reality of the COVID 19 pandemic started to sink in for Americans. We seem to think of ourselves as separate and have that 'it won't happen here attitude'. Well, it's here. It's everywhere.
It is a very strange feeling. I know most are feeling the same way. It's a little lost, a little overwhelmed, a little depressing. Life seems to change daily now. Stores close earlier, and that's the one's staying open. Restaurants are encouraging people to get take out or delivery, some closing their dining rooms completely. DisneyWorld has closed temporarily and that never happens. Stores are filled with empty shelves (toilet paper and meat seem very popular).
It feels like it will last forever. It feels like a new normal that no one wanted. All those events I marked as interested in on Facebook - canceled or rescheduled. So much for a new year of adventure.
This should be a time of working on ourselves, and I suppose that will happen for me when I adapt. I guess we can think of this event as that mystical someday we always talk about - someday I'll learn to crochet, someday I'll do puzzles, someday I'll finish a book again. Right now, I'm just adapting.
I also have to adapt to wondering when I'll see my daughter and granddaughter again. They are stationed at an army base right now (not too far away) but travel is discouraged or completely off limits depending on the day. It could always be worse, I know. It's just one more thing to mind-shift about at the moment.
I hope this passes quickly. I'm sorry for those who have been diagnosed with COVID 19, and especially for those who have passed away due to this highly contagious virus. At least it doesn't seem like the zombie apocalypse I've always secretly worried would become real. At least not yet!
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