We have plans to catch up on reading and enjoying playing board games when it hits our area. Until then, and as long as we’re healthy, we’re trying to keep our economy going by eating out at smaller places we often frequent.
I should clean the house more, but I despise cleaning and that wouldn’t help my psyche. Maybe a little bit daily.
Perfect time to take up walking or other exercise. Fresh air is a lifesaver. Assuming you don’t have hoards of people on your sidewalks or trails. 
Outside space is pretty safe space. And the mental health benefit can’t be beat.
Well we are doing spring cleaning now. We have my daughter with some friends that are stranded coming back home for a week since their school needs the time to put classes online or figure out their next steps.
I brought home some medical grade wipes we use in our office and now the house smells like a medical office… Lol… Or maybe not… My wife gets home after I cleaned up the kitchen and all the door knobs etc and said “” The house smells nice "… Well OK… Lol
D, college junior, is on spring break this week. Her school (big state u.) just announced that it is suspending in-person classes for next week and
until further notice, I think. D is home with us (after a planned trip got cancelled–not due to virus). She works for the university, though, and must return to campus next week.
I felt sick–slightly feverish/chills last night. and didn’t attend high school senior D’s orchestra concert to be safe. Coughing a bit last night. Dry cough. Uneasy with these symptoms, but think it is just a cold-- somewhat better this morning. HS freshman D also had a cold, slight cough this week. No fever. (We were both at a big gymnastics meet last weekend --thousands of people–maybe we picked it up there? Our other family members are not sick.) She went to school/last day before spring break.
HS senior D is happy that an out-of-state academic competition next month has been cancelled-- because her friends who were to compete can now attend their prom scheduled the same weekend. She wants to shop for prom dresses tomorrow. It hasn’t occurred to her yet that prom (and graduation ceremony, etc.) might be cancelled, too.
Was just going to say same thing.
Also, try yoga. There are tons of videos on line from beginner to advance. Even chair yoga for those who it’s easier to do physically.
I have a book ( The Great Alone) I have been saving for poolside reading this summer. I’m going to start reading it today.
Turn off TV news. The CV thread here will keep you up to date.
My anxiety also suddenly ramped up too. I feel like we can see the tsunami in the distance, it’s coming to us, but it hasn’t crashed yet.
I find guided meditation is very relaxing. There are lots on YouTube; I particularly like The Mindful Movement’s channel.
Son’s wedding postponed but ceremony for immediate family only will take place in our living room a week from Saturday. I will deal with my anxiety by planning for this. It’s the best compromise we could come up with - some risk, but mitigated.
Congratulations, runnersmom! Your compromise sounds like a very good solution.
H and I are not going to the gym for the time being and instead we are doing a long walk in the evening. We are fortunate that many of the walks we can take from our house have a beautiful view of the pacific ocean which I always find very calming.
I had ordered this paint by number a few weeks ago; find it stress relieving to work on it. And I’ll have a work of art at the end LOL. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KY6GQVQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
In addition to yoga, look for Tai Chi and Qi Jong online. http://www.taichisociety.net/difference-between-tai-chi-qigong.html
Alexa has several stress reduction skills: https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/how-turn-amazon-alexa-your-own-personal-zen-coach#:~:text=%22Alexa%2C%20start%20deep%20breathing.,to%20give%20me%20some%20calm.%22
@runnersmom - congratulations to your S. I’m sure it will be a lovely day. What a stressful time for those couples getting married! My young coworker has her wedding planned for 3/28 here in San Diego and she has had 5 people (older relatives) from the east coast cancel since they didn’t want to travel.
@runnersmom Congratulations on the upcoming wedding on what will surely be a beautiful day for everyone. It’s a wedding story to tell their kids someday.
I enjoy quilting. I’m going through my stash of fabric and unfinished projects and seeing what I need to buy to keep me going.
When I quit going to the Y (which may be soon) I have my bike I’m going to ride around the neighborhood and we have a treadmill and a NordicTrack Cross Country skier. Also there are tons of exercise videos on YouTube.
I, too, have thoughts of cleaning the house thoroughly but it’s not something I think about with pleasure lol.
It might be too early to conclude anything yet but I feel a bit hopeful that the daily new case number is smaller than yesterday. Hope this isn’t because not enough people were tested due to lack of testing kits. Fingers crossed.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
Hope this will cheer you up,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dont-panic-says-us-woman-recovered-coronavirus-055155667.html
Friend who works for Delta Airlines said they have canceled flights to Europe for 30 days. And she can’t visit her mom in nursing home (IN).
DD in B’ham AL called to ask me about ‘contingency plan’ as their daycare is asking if the families have a back up plan. She works for the VA Hospital and they are gearing up for the potential ‘hit’. Mgmt nursing will also be in the staff nursing pool with anticipated shortages. Her H can be off some and I can also come some if her daycare closes but both SIL and DD are needed at work.
The skilled care/rehab facility I work for has more limited visiting hours and people at the two public entrance door asking lots of screening questions.
I sure hope this can be ‘generally contained’ in the US. I do agree with how they are working to quarantine hot spots.
For a little good news… Med school lad tells me they are seeing far fewer cases of the flu where he is. Right now they are speculating that this is due to people starting to have better health habits.
What’s “good” for Covid-19 is also good for the flu.
So a little closer to home… I got a call from my main medical assistant that her sister just came home from spring break in NC. She went to the doctor with slight fever but really mono symptoms. Didn’t even test for the flu. The doctor followed up and said if she still had symptoms to go to the local health department. She doesn’t have a fever anymore just a sore throat. So my assistant wanted to know if she should come in do to Covad 19… Her mom talked to the state department as I did and said my assistant is fine. (no symptoms of anything).
Whew… Dodge a bullet…till next time…
I feel better because I’ve laid down the law in our house. H wasn’t taking things seriously, IMO. The other day, he came back from the pharmacy, didn’t wash his hands, and then picked up my phone to check something. Sneezed right on my phone! Good thing we have a sterilizer for his CPAP that we can put others things in.
Right now we are in the middle of oak tree pollen season. You can sneeze from that pollen and all your little Covid19 particles will come out too!
Now he knows to- take shoes off at the door (always a rule but he was sloppy), immediately squirt hand sanitizer from dispenser to wash hands, then you can hang up your coat or whatever, then you must proceed back to the kitchen to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water. No using the bathroom, petting the dog, or touching the refrigerator door handle before that hand washing.
I’ve told my 2 local daughters and they laugh. They will not be coming inside unless they comply though. In fact, we’ve decided to not have anyone in the house who isn’t necessary and that may include D1 and D2 for a while. Let’s see how things go.
The farmer’s market I went to on Tuesday morning is in the parking lot of a senior assisted living/nursing home. Well, you know where this is going… Found out Wednesday afternoon that 3 of the residents have tested positive. There are always some residents at the market. I hope no one coughed on the strawberries.
H left for work early so he could have a few minutes to sanitize his work area and keyboard. His attitude changed greatly in one day.
I have a group chat with my mom and brothers - we are all spread out around the country but have all had changes due to coronavirus.
Brother in San Francisco was told to work from home starting today. He lives in a one bedroom apartment with no desk so will have to work 9-5 sitting at his kitchen table. He is concerned about being bored but more concerned about snacking all day!
Brother in Boston texted this morning that Boston public schools were shut down so his twins will be home for a while.
Mom outside Boston cancelled her planned trip to visit my D19 in New Orleans, she was so looking forward to seeing her campus, dorm, etc.
D21 had a school trip to NYC cancelled.
D19 has her last day of in person classes tomorrow and has to be off campus for the rest of the year by next weekend. @greenwitch it’s going to get a little quieter down by you! Although I’d stay far away from Tulane this week - last I heard the kids started out sad then got angry then said hey, let’s just wait until the end of the week to leave and make this Mardi Gras Part 2!
We were supposed to fly form FL to New Orleans to visit D19 in two weeks, I’ll be cancelling that today. I had great seats to the Pelicans/Grizzlies game and was so excited to see Zion play, now I have to wait and see if I will at least het my money back.
S23 is the only one who hasn’t had any changes yet -he keeps asking when his school will get closed!
We have a family chat going too. Now they all want to know what my H thinks/knows. These are a lot of the people who poo-poohed me for not wanting to kiss and hug at the Bat Mitzvah Saturday.