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Posted By Kathleen David on March 28, 2020

I did lose count on the days until I looked at my calendar in the kitchen. I honestly thought it was Friday which was yesterday.

The governor announced that all New York schools will be closed until April 14^th and they are waving the 180 days of schooling rule. Caroline starts remote schooling on April 1^st with actually classes on the 14^th. The district has put up assignments to their website so there is a lot of printing going on. 

That means there will be at least another two weeks of isolation if not more. 

However, we are seeing the beginnings of why we are doing this as hospitals are whelmed rather than overwhelmed. A lot of medical personal have come out of retirement to assist in the crises. But the frontlines are dangerous, and hospitals are losing their people to the virus.

We are doing our part of not interacting with people unless absolutely necessary. Caroline and I are taking walks, but we are observing the distance between people. When I go to the store or pharmacy, I put on nitrile gloves and dispose of them once I am done in the store. It puts a good barrier between me and germy surfaces.

Apparently stress baking and cleaning are good ways to deal with anxiety. I plan to do both today. For me building puppets and making meep-morp (Art) is another stress reducer.

Speaking of Meep-Morp, the end of Steven Universe was brilliant. I am happy the way it ended. It was an ending but left the what next to our imaginations. Thank you to Rebecca Sugar and her entire crew for creating something that helped my child during a dark time in her life and given her something that allowed her to know that being different is not bad but different. Caroline was lucky enough to meet the cast and crew twice and has some nice autographed posters because of it. If you haven’t seen Steven Universe, you can binge watch it on the Cartoon Network app. 

Online I find myself sharing cat pictures and food pictures with my friends. They do the same with their pets and food. We share stupid puns and bad jokes and try to be there for each other. Knowing that I have people out there who have my back as I have theirs helps with my anxiety about this whole situation and not knowing when the world will start to move again.

Be good to yourself. Remember it is the weekend so find some activity that you only do on the weekends that you can do now and do it.

I am grateful for Steven Universe.

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