Covid Support Thread
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Oh, we had such nice weather here this weekend! Ate take-out for the first time since this whole thing started — some BBQ and beers from a local brewery — in my boyfriend’s backyard and I actually got a little bit of a sunburn. Got a nice run in. A good weekend, all things considered.
I watched Trump’s press conferences every day for a week or two in March. It was so infuriating and affected my mood significantly. I stopped and I’m glad I did. I watch the governor’s addresses just about every day.
Thanks, Material Girl! I just posted a curiously large prickly pear blossom. Much larger buds and flower than the other yellow ones.
Cacti — it seems — are real fairly easy to grow in the desert. Most of the plants in my pictures were simply started by taking small cuttings from larger plants. You simply store the cutting flat in the shade for a week. Then simply stick it directly into the ground.
It’s really been fun and exciting to see the plants double or even triple in size this very first spring. Many were planted last fall. Some even in the summer. So they are pretty well established and should survive the harsh summer heat. Especially, since most are local natives.
Helen: I hear you
BGM – I love looking at the desert pictures. It seems so calming to me and so apart from everything going on. I also hope you are feeling a little better and I hear you about starting over. It is such an emotional lift to even contemplate it.
The governor (Virginia) said it appears that we are flattening the curve here and that gives me hope but also means longer at home to ensure it keeps working. My husband’s practice (he doesn’t own it) had to lay off everyone but him and then he had to take a pay cut. So it’s him and the owner trying to keep it afloat. This is a crazy time but the uncertainty reminds me so much of my childhood growing up in Michigan in the 80s when auto plants were beginning to shut down. I remember my parents tenseness and hoping my daughter doesn’t develop the anxious coping habits I did because this situation.
@Wendy, my daughter loves My Little Pony too. I can’t believe I’m playing with them again. Although, I do think the new cartoon is better than the original and get why adults like it so much.My mental health is overall ok, but I notice some weird things happening. Like the more we’re isolating, the more I WANT to isolate and just like hide in the bathroom and not be bothered. Or if it’s nice out, I want to just walk and walk all around, like yesterday I went alone with a Bloody Mary in a straw cup, and walked all around Cambridge. My husband doesn’t like taking long walks like that because he’s able to row several kilometers a day on the river for exercise (boathouses are closed but he’s lucky to be able to put the boat on his truck rack and launch off the kayak dock). I am not going to be shamed for walking either. Everyone in this town is maintaining social distancing, and Dr Gupta said on TV that he and Fauci both go for runs. They don’t wear masks to do that either. A cloth mask does not work well if you’re trying to exercise, though most people around here do wear them for runs and walks.
I’ve noticed the wildlife is getting so bold. Two rabbits ran almost right over my feet today, and the turkeys are walking right up to front doors.
Any decent day we get, I take about a 40 to 50 minute walk. I walk super fast / don’t wear a mask. Move over as far as I can or cross the street when people are nearby.
Who is shaming people for walking? If I couldn’t do that, my mental and physical health would quickly deteriorate. Walking outside is not the same as working out indoors, for me anyway. We have an open roof (just ours), but no yard.
Oddly, in my building, the husband and I are the only people who stayed. The pilates studio on the ground floor is obviously closed. The gentleman below us and the couple above us are gone. They must have decided to shelter in place with their immediate families in the burbs. I can’t really blame them. I probably would have done the same if I didn’t have the husband.
Also, John Krasinski’s SGN makes me cry. In a good way. I’m a sap at heart. I won’t admit it in the flesh though.
Sometimes someone will make a loud comment about wearing a mask. They are not required here, but we wear them when social distancing isn’t possible. Like the grocery store.
There’s social media shaming going on too, not really in my circle, but people are on their high horse telling others what to do or snapping pics.
My husband and I went for a hike on a conservation trail yesterday because the weather was beautiful. Ran into a family with three kids and they all kept their distance but smiled and waived. It was nice to see some civilization and get out and get fresh air.
My experience in stores has been that about 50% are wearing masks, most of them improperly.
Yeah, I’ve seen comments on social media and NextDoor shaming walkers, runners, and/or cyclists. I’ve even seen comments about how people should trip or instigate fights with runners. WTF. I’ve been going for runs two or three times/week. I think I’m mindful. I run almost exclusively on quiet residential streets, not main streets, so that I can run safely in the road. I haven’t been wearing a mask to run, though I would if it became a requirement, and most runners and cyclists don’t seem to wear them here. Walkers, maybe 50/50. But yes, some people do think it’s their job to police others. Whether I’m walking or running, though, I haven’t found it hard to go around people to keep distance… I can control myself instead of trying to control others.
People suck. Thank god I don’t look at that stuff/or haven’t seen it. I’d probably be shamed because I’m out without a mask. Yeah, I’d say it’s about 50/50 here, agreeing with you @Copa.
Walkers and joggers have been largely good and very polite in our neighborhood, which sees a lot of them, because it’s a divided street with a little island in the middle. Two days ago a 20-something guy came running up the street full bore, snorting like a race horse. Not cool at all. He probably is a sprinter on a college track team, but still — the six feet of separation not going to be enough to handle that sort of really heavy breathing/snorting. Unlike the typical jogger, walker, dog walker he also didn’t change side of the street to avoid people. Really, just an asshole.
Yall my state is opening up this Friday!!! Omg Kemp is such a fool!! Watch us become the new New York
