Anyone else feeling alone with their thoughts? I need to take a break once in a while during the day from Facebook. I've been doing a lot of producing of theatre lately so I spend more time than "normal" on social media getting the word out and connecting.
Now, the theaters are closed and we just were given the "shelter in place" mandate (a little late, in my opinion). So here I am thinking with no outlet. I don't want to just call a friend, things are very complicated here at home, and no one reads blogs anymore so I can get personal and intimate with very little risk.
This post is just a list of random thoughts while I go about my pandemic life.
1. I hope we (humans, Americans in general, privileged white people specifically) learn something from all this. Yes, as a vegan, I am definitely upset that all the warnings vegans/environmentalists/etc. have been posting for decades have been completely ignored and everyone suffers from the destruction of wildlife habitat and the continual consumption of sentient beings. Is this the wakeup call we have all needed? I hope so, but I know that our memories tend to be short.
2. I don't like wasting water...who does? I am washing my hands like I did when Parker was first born and in NICU. I soap up my hands without water, or with a little water if using bar soap, and scrub for a short song length then rinse and scrub for a Happy Birthday length. I try to us lotion often, but my hands still look like lizard skin right now.
3. I took a shower today and it felt like a luxury to touch my face without worry.
4. I think about all the healthcare workers all the time and fear for their safety and appreciate all they do, but I also think constantly about the postal delivery people, grocery workers, garbage collectors, etc. who are also putting themselves at risk.
5. I've read drinking tea can be helpful. I guess it can't hurt and I love tea so I'm clinging to that one.
6. I worry about all the local businesses I love and how they are going to survive this time. All my friends who work in the service industry who have no income now.
7. My main thought is my worry about my eldest, Parker. He is 20 and lives in the twin city to ours, closer to campus, and has a roommate who works at Target. I've asked him to move home during this, but he hasn't accepted. He has a congenital heart defect so tends to be higher risk. I think I'm going to push harder for him to come home.
How are you all? What are you random thoughts?