JAS_OH1
Forum GOD!
- Joined
- 12 May 2020
- Local time
- 3:02 AM
- Messages
- 11,219
My husband and I have been on self-imposed quarantine since March 27. We have not visited with friends or family members at all other than on Zoom, except for my sister who has also been quarantined since March. I really miss seeing the other family members, but the kids (all young adults) work around other people and we just don't want to take a chance, even though they wear masks and practice social distancing. The only public places I have been are parks (other than once picking up a prescription), and people were not very careful at the parks about social distancing and most were not wearing masks, so now I avoid the ones with narrow walking trails.
They are trying to open up Ohio, albeit slowly. I just can't see restaurants opening up for dine-in, but they are going to do that (limited seating capacity). It would make me far too nervous to do that, you have to take off your mask to eat, plus just thinking about recirculated air that might have pathogens floating around in it is fearsome. Retails stores are next, then salons and spas. I have a massage gift certificate and pedicure gift certificates given to me at Christmas that I will be too afraid to use. My hair is getting really long but I will be attempting to trim it myself.
I do curbside grocery pickup only, although I did have to go into a store that didn't have a drive thru to pickup my vitamin D3 prescription. I wore a mask and got in and out as quickly as possible. I did notice that only about half of the people in the store had masks on, which was disconcerting. When I was picking up my groceries last week I saw a father exiting the store with a mask on but his young daughter (maybe 10 years old) without a mask. That I don't get, especially now with all of the children getting sick with possible COVID-19 associated diseases. People here are strongly advised to wear masks but it isn't mandated. There are plenty of people who have some sort of misguided idea that it's a violation of their constitutional rights to be ordered to do so. Sigh.
It is hard to keep up with what day of the week it is without having a work schedule. Stress is exhausting so I feel like going back to bed most days. There are days I get up, drink coffee, eat, shower, and get into a fresh pair of pajamas. What's the point of getting dressed if you don't have to go anywhere and no one comes over?
I now know why they consider liquor stores an essential business. We are drinking a bit too much in the evenings but haven't started day drinking. I promise we won't do that!
I know four people who have had COVID-19 and all of them say it's not something anyone would want to go through. Three of those people were early 60s and two of them suffered horribly for several weeks and are still not quite well, though they no longer test positive. The other person was my nephew who is in his early 40s, military and in excellent physical condition. Even though he had no other health conditions, he was very sick and he too is not back to normal.
We are going to keep sheltering in place until they come up with a vaccine. Thank goodness we saved enough money to be able to do that.
They are trying to open up Ohio, albeit slowly. I just can't see restaurants opening up for dine-in, but they are going to do that (limited seating capacity). It would make me far too nervous to do that, you have to take off your mask to eat, plus just thinking about recirculated air that might have pathogens floating around in it is fearsome. Retails stores are next, then salons and spas. I have a massage gift certificate and pedicure gift certificates given to me at Christmas that I will be too afraid to use. My hair is getting really long but I will be attempting to trim it myself.
I do curbside grocery pickup only, although I did have to go into a store that didn't have a drive thru to pickup my vitamin D3 prescription. I wore a mask and got in and out as quickly as possible. I did notice that only about half of the people in the store had masks on, which was disconcerting. When I was picking up my groceries last week I saw a father exiting the store with a mask on but his young daughter (maybe 10 years old) without a mask. That I don't get, especially now with all of the children getting sick with possible COVID-19 associated diseases. People here are strongly advised to wear masks but it isn't mandated. There are plenty of people who have some sort of misguided idea that it's a violation of their constitutional rights to be ordered to do so. Sigh.
It is hard to keep up with what day of the week it is without having a work schedule. Stress is exhausting so I feel like going back to bed most days. There are days I get up, drink coffee, eat, shower, and get into a fresh pair of pajamas. What's the point of getting dressed if you don't have to go anywhere and no one comes over?
I now know why they consider liquor stores an essential business. We are drinking a bit too much in the evenings but haven't started day drinking. I promise we won't do that!
I know four people who have had COVID-19 and all of them say it's not something anyone would want to go through. Three of those people were early 60s and two of them suffered horribly for several weeks and are still not quite well, though they no longer test positive. The other person was my nephew who is in his early 40s, military and in excellent physical condition. Even though he had no other health conditions, he was very sick and he too is not back to normal.
We are going to keep sheltering in place until they come up with a vaccine. Thank goodness we saved enough money to be able to do that.
; my guess is that's he's looking at economic indicators we're not seeing, and keeping one eye on those protests in Michigan, and saying, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
