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I hate Apple and spending money on their products, even though I have an iPhone. Like I think it’s so stupid that I can’t even charge my phone with my computer anymore. My parents were ready to ship me a spare monitor and I told them about the port situation and my dad didn’t believe that Apple had done away with standard ports.
I have my eye on a kinda pricey Garmin right now. I have an older, basic model that works fine for running and I dug it out for quarantine to help me stay active and for runs. But it’s ugly, and I want one of their more stylish hybrid watches for when I don’t want a chunky sports watch on my wrist. (As if it matters what’s on my wrist when I’m at home all the time? HA!) I haven’t been online shopping much at all the past two months but this watch might be the thing I cave on. It might be a birthday present to myself.
I’m on a MacBook for work and it doesn’t have any ports. Like, I have two charger holes and a headphone jack only. Can’t even plug my phone in. I know this probably sounds silly but tech hardware is not my strong suit and I have very little desire to research what kind of adapter or dongle or whatever I’d need to make my at-home double screen dreams come true.
Yeah, my boyfriend was in such a good mood after a golf outing with his buddies a weekend or two ago. He got to see three of his best friends face to face and catch up. I haven’t had the opportunity to do anything like that yet.
This week has felt so emotionally draining for me. I’m having so many issues with WFH (internet issues, software issues that IT can’t resolve, VPN issues) and I’m so frustrated. Like I’m slower at what I do when I work remote (my big extra screens at the office were so helpful!), but right now I’m also busy at work and feel like my time crunch leading up to a deadline is getting tighter and tighter because nothing seems to be working right.
@ktfran I’ve seen my sister a few times during this. I think literally three times. Once was pretty early on, she sewed masks and wanted to make sure she and my boyfriend had some. Once for her bday about a month ago. Once last weekend. Honestly? I don’t feel bad about it. We keep things socially distant and outdoors in my boyfriend’s backyard. And maybe I’m just making excuses for myself, but I think there’s a difference between seeing my sister once every few weeks in a socially distant way and the group walkers I see, or the people still throwing parties or playing group sports in off-limits areas, or the people who flocked by the hundreds to off-limit parks a few weekends ago to catch some sun.
Sometimes when I’m out walking or jogging I see two people sitting on opposite ends of a park bench chatting and I tend to assume one or both lives alone and they’re doing their best but are trying not to crack. I’ve assumed the same about my boyfriend’s neighbor who is a single woman and I’d guess around 40 — from time to time she’ll have one friend over and they’ll sit in the backyard catching up.
Even spending most of my time with my boyfriend I still have days where I feel like I want to cry all day (and there have been days where I’ve done exactly that).
I am sure I’ll be pretty quick to go back to my salon, whenever it reopens. A friend in another state just texted me that she had her hairdresser come over to cut and color her hair and they did it in the backyard. They both wore masks. She said she felt like a terrible person for doing it and her text read like a guilty confession but… eh, I’m actually not judging her for it. I think I’d actually feel more comfortable with a backyard haircut than a salon experience.
I’d be a-okay commuting by bike on the lakeshore trail to work but… it’s closed. I don’t think Chicago had designated bike lanes when I first moved here, but they do now and my short ride yesterday (rode a bit down Southport, Lincoln, and Clark) was fine. I didn’t feel scared, which I thought I would, but I also know traffic isn’t what it would be during rush hour.
ETA: I hopped on my Divvy last night, which marked the first time I’ve been on a bike in IDK how long, and my boyfriend was nearby. I yelled back at him as I rode off down Southport that I felt like a free woman, haha. I totally did, though!
I also want a bike, but prefer to buy one that I’ve tested out in person (right now I’ve seen some online-only bike sales, but haven’t looked that hard). I actually got a Divvy membership yesterday — it’s 50% off right now and I feel okay using that service since I can wipe the bikes down before touching them. I figure I might turn into a bike commuter when we go back to work. I’m trying to see first if I can gain confidence biking on city streets. It’s scared me up until now. So yesterday I biked four miles on my Divvy, but realized I’m clueless about biker hand signals and, more specifically, making lefthand turns on a bike.
@Kate I’ve liked this site for information: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/massachusetts. They’re a bit behind, though. Looks like MA started seeing downward trends late April, but it hasn’t been a consistent downward trend.
Yeah, so from what I’ve read, a delayed peak means we avoided a drastic spike/explosion of cases. From that perspective, it’s a good thing. But it’s disheartening. We’ve been under SAH orders for two months now, and the predicted peak keeps getting pushed out. First it was supposed to be mid-April. Then mid-May. Now mid-June.
@TheLadyE I’ve been through a couple bangs phases in my adult life and I always trimmed my own between haircuts/never went to the salon just for a bang trim. I think I was good at it! I’m glad they turned out ok because it’s a huge time and money saver to just DIY them.
In IL they’re now predicting we won’t peak until mid-June. The predicted peak keeps getting pushed out. I know I’m not alone in this but… I’m frustrated. I know logically this won’t last forever but that’s how I feel right now.
@hfantods Yeah, it sounds kinda silly, but there’s been a learning curve to how much food to buy for two and how long the leftovers will last. (Living alone, I would cook a recipe meant for a family then live off the leftovers for a few days or give them glow ups, so I usually only had to cook two maybe three meals/week.)
I don’t know if anyone else has been experiencing anything like this, but on occasion I’ve had days where I feel completely wiped out by mid-afternoon and need to take a nap. Yesterday was one of those days. Sat down on the couch to watch local news after I’d finished work for the day and passed out. I’m wondering if it’s low-grade situational depression? I don’t know. Still felt exhausted this morning after a full night of sleep.
Our governor rolled out a five-phase plan for reopening the state yesterday. It was nice to hear a plan articulated, and I’m glad the plan is going to be data- and science-driven, but there are no dates to go off of (makes sense) and I feel like we’re a long way from phase three (currently in phase two, flattening). They split the state up into regions and I’m in the area with the major city/higher population density, so we’re going to be last to hit all milestones needed to reopen a bit more, I’m sure.
I already skewed pretty heavily vegetarian, though I’ve been eating more meat right now because my boyfriend isn’t and it’s been a shift for us to plan most meals for two. But yeah, I think it’s ridiculous that Trump seemed a-okay that we might run out of ventilators but sprang into action because we might run out of chicken nuggets.
@ktfran I’ve seldom felt the need for a car in Chicago, I think we have good public transit and really like being in a walkable city. My boyfriend has one, though. It’s been really handy during COVID for grocery runs in particular, since we do find ourselves buying a bit more each trip and it’s about a mile each way to the store from either one of our places. I know it’s not my car, but he lets me borrow it (and did before COVID) and I now wouldn’t wanna go back to the totally no-car life. COVID, obviously ya wanna stay away from others to the best of your ability… but even for other emergencies, definitely handy. (Like when I had appendicitis a few years ago… would’ve LOVED a car cause that was an ongoing ordeal for me.)
