COVID-19 & How It Affects My LIfe

Hello and Welcome to My World!   Today I am deviating from my usual writing. It’s been a month since I last posted and the world has gone nuts in the interim. The Coronavirus has affected us all.  At first, I thought it would not have much of an impact on me, but was I ever wrong.

COVID-19 & It’s Affect on Me

I spend so much of my time at home in my office anyway, but there are so

many other ways it has had a real impact. First off, it is hard to find things in the store and it is getting harder and harder to make purchases online. Nothing arrives in a timely manner.  I will never understand why all the idiots have stockpiled toilet paper. Considering the fact that diarrhea is NOT a symptom of this virus, why is this happening???    I can’t find any in the store and you cannot order any online, so if you have a solution, please let me know.

Stay Home & Shop Online – Ha!

They tell us to stay home and only shop when necessary. Well, guess what?

I find it necessary to go to more stores now than I ever did before this mess began. I used to shop once a week, in one store, buy all I needed and I was done. Now it takes about 3 stores to find only some of what I wanted. I am also paying more for many things. For example, a dozen eggs for $5.00. Ridiculous in my opinion. And who cares that they are organic, non GMO, free range etc.   I will gladly settle for my regular eggs, hatched by regular chickens, that were less than $2 for 18 eggs.  I am not rich, and seem to be getting poorer daily.

I did stock up on raw garlic that I eat daily because it is anti viral and anti bacterial. Seems there was a lot of that in the store when I wanted it.

Masks

Now, let’s talk about the masks we are supposed to wear. I tried to make

one, but couldn’t stand it on my face. I felt like I couldn’t breathe! Anyone else feel this way?   Then I saw an online post about making one from a sock, so I thought I’d try that as I’ve many socks that lost their mate. Unfortunately, it didn’t fit properly – wouldn’t stay on my face. So, that idea was nixed.  I guess for now, I’ll be “maskless”. If anyone doesn’t like it, just stay away from me. I use lots of hand sanitizer (until I run out of that & cannot find more), and I wash my hands. I have pets so I’ve always done these things. I do wonder why washing hands and using hand sanitizer is so novel to some???

And, why are so many individuals leaving their dirty gloves, masks, etc. in their shopping carts when they leave the store? It is not store employees who are supposed to pick up your potentially contaminated gear. You need to be responsible and dispose of them properly yourself. If you cannot do so, then don’t wear them!

Then, of course, there was the celeb who will remain nameless, on the news this morning, bragging about how he has his N95 mask to use. Well, I was under the impression that those were for the first responders, nurses and doctors. Why does he have an N95 mask? WE were told NOT to use them. I guess money talks…

Stressed Out

So, as you can see, it doesn’t take much to set me off these days. I am super

stressed out to the point that I’ve developed one of the worst stiff necks I’ve had in a long time. I tried taking arthritis strength tylenol, because they are telling us that meds like Advil or Aleve may not be good if you get sick. Well, guess what? Tylenol did nothing, so today I’ve taken Aleve, along with Valerian Root (in place of a muscle relaxer), and lo and behold, it feels much better. I am a big believer in natural cures, but I am also a believer in alleviating pain. This is what stress is doing to me….

If you have any of your own anecdotes about our Global situation, I’d love to hear from you. I doubt i am the only one feeling stressed…

This is just the tip of the iceberg but I believe you get my point here. I am also giving myself a pat on the back for not making this post political. I’d go on forever if I did. Maybe another time in another post…

Stay safe, enjoy your day and be healthy!