Wednesday, March 18, 2020: I think it is Wednesday ... *checks phone, yes. Yes it is indeed Wednesday.
It is day 6 of quarantine: not 60, just 6. The past couple of days have been basically the same: eat honeycomb cereal for breakfast at like 10am, study some neuro, go for a run, succumb to my anxiety and existential dread that this social distancing will never end, study some Spanish, make some dinner, watch TV, try to go to bed, lay in bed with thoughts racing, try again to go to bed, finally go to bed, repeat.
It could honestly be so much worse though. I am constantly thinking of the nurses and employees at the grocery stores/ pharmacies: I can't imagine how crazy it must be. My best friend Sam works at King Soopers in Pueblo, she said people are being so rude to all of the employees. She also said that someone straight jacked the bananas in her dad's shopping cart lmao ... bananas.
I also think about the different industry workers: restaurant, retail, art, comedy, you name it. They are being hit so hard right now. Hoping this curve flattens out soon for their sake and for the sake of our healthcare, but it looks like we may be in this situation for the unforeseeable future.
Okay, some positive stuff. Leanna and I have been running everyday! Today we ran 3 whole miles, the longest ever with her!! :) She is getting better each day, except she still hates bikes and strollers so we will have to work on that. There was this little girl riding around in a unicorn car today and she did not like that haha. The dad was like "Guess she's never seen a unicorn before" lmao.
Yesterday we made a friend. He was a young boy named Dillon and was playing with a remote control car on the path. He asked me if he could pet Leanna and I said sure. He said he was sad that no one was letting him pet their dog, and he didn't understand why. I mean I understand why people weren't letting him: everyone's so scared right now of being infected or infecting someone else. And dogs are technically considered fomite surfaces (I think?), but it made me really sad at how a tiny piece of human interaction was being taken from this kid, this young kid who has no idea what is happening in the world.
Tomorrow we start our online classes! I'm excited to get back into a routine, and also anxious to see how it's all going to go. Just gotta take it day by day, not take on too much and just find the silver lining to everything!
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