Things have changed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the social distancing. OK, I mean, duh. But I, we all, started out with this inconvenience and it has now turned into a kind of low-grade nightmare. I'm following all the rules, and will continue to do so. One day, if it comes to that, I will be unhappy if I am made to not leave the house at all, but I'll comply.
The one thing I can't bear, however, is listening to our President at his daily Coronavirus briefings. I won't go into a tirade here. It's too depressing/boring/irrelevant/etc., but one thing nags at the back of my brain, which is how normal it has become for him to say something stupid. I mean, watching him and pointing out stupid stuff he says has almost become a sport. (It could and would become a drinking game if 1.) we were allowed to congregate in bars or home parties, and 2.) if people could actually drink that much.) But it's a game now, of some sort. Reporters and journalists go to the briefings, listen to any new information that is imparted for that day (usually not too much) and then ask questions and all try to get Trump pissed off, trip his trigger, so he will say something extraordinarily and stunningly stupid and therefore "newsworthy," at least by the new standards of newsworthiness, it seems. And we are never disappointed. Our government is now just like a reality TV show, a game. I don't think the Corona virus caused that. It's been turning that way for awhile now. The recent emergency merely brought it out and made it easy for all to see. (By "all," of course, I refer only to the people who agree with me on this.)
Meanwhile, downtown Kansas City where I live is a surreal landscape of empty parking lots and giant buildings with skeleton crews and sidewalks dotted only occasionally with pedestrians. Oh, wait, that was before Covid-19. Well, it's even worse now.
And just to make it interesting, we are in the process of buying a house. This process started before the virus, and while not impossible to stop, there was enough momentum that we decided to press on, banking on the likelihood that things will return to normal one day, which may or may not be wise. So, at any rate, that is about to finish up and we will be moving in about two weeks. So far so good.
So that is what is happening nowadays.
Glad to hear you're carrying on with the move. I mean, why not? Starting week five now. I'm down to going out to the grocery store every week or two. We take turns. So far, I like it.
ReplyDeleteIn some ways, I think this common experience might be good for us. For one thing, we can all see just how blue and clean and clear the sky is actually capable of becoming. Maybe we have forgotten. It's nice to know. It's also good to see the community work together, as it largely has. Plus--everyone now knows how to properly wash their hands!
ReplyDeleteI think we have little choice about the move. The buying process started before the pandemic showed up, and the move on time is a financial thing at this point. I am not sorry to be leaving a twelve story apartment tower with recirculating air and door knobs and elevator buttons crawling with germs.
I'm glad to hear you all are doing well!
Hello! Hope the process is going smoothly. What a pain in the butt this all is...
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