First Friday the Homebound Saga Day 5
Posted By Kathleen David on March 20, 2020
This one would have been a random thoughts before the coffee kicks in but I am on my second cup and my brain feels engaged.
It is Friday March 20, 2020.
In my area bars and restaurants are closed. A number of them are waving the delivery fee to get food to your door from their kitchen. The local brew master is going a little crazy because he had a number of beers that were to premiere on St Patrick’s Day and April 1st. The places that were basically take out are doing OK but were informed that they needed to have even fewer workers in the building as of today. That makes life hard for so many.
Bars are losing money hand over fist because they cannot sell their highest profit item being alcohol. I am wondering when we start to return to the new normal if alcohol sales are going to be less or more than they were before this all happened.
Gyms being closed is a real pain because a lot of people I know use exercise as a tension release. A number of gyms and the like are offering workouts online. Caroline and I are taking a walk at least once a day and are figuring out what we can do at home with what we have around.
We are all feeling the mental stress of what is going on around us. The uncertainty of our future is not a comfortable feeling.
Dealing with this stress is hard. There are the few that thrive on this but most of us don’t like the feeling we have in the pit of our stomachs right now. Or that our whole body feels stiff and painful due to stress. There is only so long the body can deal with it before something goes haywire. I know from experience this is so. I was getting to the point of being unstressed when this hit.
Self-care is more important than ever right now. You can’t help others if you are breaking down. Take a breath. If the weather permits, take a walk. Some of my friends are stress baking and feeling better.
Some of my friends are trying to keep their weekly schedule in terms of getting up when they would get up for work, getting dressed and putting on make-up, giving themselves a feeling of normality. I think the more we can do to make our lives normal, the better we will be.
I have seen people ask what day it is and they honestly have lost track. When your usual activities are curtailed, it can be easy to lose track of what day it is since they blend together.
It is a weird time in the world right now.
I believe we need to be here for each other as we can be. Do what we can for each other. And just be kind.
I am grateful for all the amazing friends who have checked in with me to make sure I am OK.
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