My brain hasn’t had the capacity to absorb a lot of new information. So while I have more time doing nothing I have not been watching many new shows or reading or going through podcasts. I have listened to half of the first episode of Brene Brown’s new podcast where she talks about how your first time doing anything is going to suck…for a while. She recorded the podcast recently so she’s talking about self-distancing and how the launch was supposed to be at SXSW but she was now recording from her son’s closet on top of his dirty clothes. And you know, that’s just how we’re going to ride out this pandemic.
They’ve pushed school opening back to May 4th but I just heard that Austin is done for the year so I expect it to be the same here. Addy is doing online learning and video chatting with friends and is getting by. It’s good the kids get to video chat and also that the thousand hours of youtube they watch a week kinda already has them in the idea of seeing your friends via video.
We’ve also downloaded the food app of all our favorite places so we can buy and pay online and just do in store pick up. Then we just sit in the car and eat it right away for maximum freshness. It doesn’t always translate and I wanted to cry about my chili cheese fries being lukewarm. On the bright side the governor lets restaurants do wine/beer/liquor with food pick up. Please remember Texas is deep Bible Belt and we can’t even buy beer or wine till noon on Sundays. So getting a half gallon of margaritas to go with our fajitas was fantastic.
I’ve been trying to not self-medicate through the week but that’s usually a wrap come Thursday and I crack open a bottle of wine. And I’ve majorly scaled back my cable news consumption. I reminded myself that the most major world thing that’s happened for me since the Challenger explosion was September 11th and I wasn’t old enough to drink then. Plus I mean it’s my first pandemic (clearly it won’t be our last) so I am handling it as I see fit.
After three years of this administration I’m still shocked at the shit that comes out DAILY. So I just don’t watch it (I still get in too much Twitter time so I know what’s happening as it happens). And I can’t take the unknown of new shows so I’ve really only been watching Scrubs and Happy Endings. Also I spend a lot of afternoons getting my island together on Animal Crossing.
We still do well having some outside activity once a day so that’s good.
While this is not “normal” I do not know what exactly “normal” ever was. There’s always been people with not enough food supplies to get through the week. Scrounging for toilet paper. Looking for support from neighbors. Not able to leave the house because of a weakened immune system. Lack of access to medical testing and treatment. General distrust of the government. We’ve never gone back to how life was September 10, 2001, why would we go back to however it was October 2019?
Wisdom! Hang in there. I have yet to get into a routine, and it sucks big time!
Margaritas, coffee, and sunshine make things better 😀 Glad you are finding some positives