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1. Me vs. the Corona Virus
I'm still here. Still well reporting from my apartment in pandemic central. (Yes, I'm hibernating in my apartment and am somewhat afraid to leave my apartment. When I do - I wear a hat, and my face mask. The hat is to keep my hair out of my face. I tried gloves - but decided they didn't help all that much. I may, however, use them for laundry. Assuming I ever find the courage to actually go down and do it. I keep washing items out in my sink and hanging them to dry - which won't quite work with the sheets and towels. Although I do have more than one set.)
I did take a brief walk and I got some face masks - the Amazon order came in, with the masks from China. ( Read more... )
2. New York vs. the Corona Virus
New York is now, according to the news and various officials, the epi-center of the Pandemic. Let's face it, it was only a matter of time.
Apparently New York State has more cases than any country outside of the US with:
( Read more... )
There is some good news. According to the Gov's press conference today, we finally flattened the curve. But as his email to me stipulates, now is not the time for complacency.
( Read more... )
3. I'm tired and happy for a three day weekend, we get tomorrow off as a holiday. Granted most of us are working from home, but as one co-worker put it - he's busier at home than he was at work for some reason. It never quite shuts off at home unless you force it to. Also he's teaching his kids and informed me - as pretty much everyone who is currently home-schooling their kids has - that teachers are grossly under-paid. I'd agree - teaching kids is hard. Mainly because you have to discipline other people's kids and convince them to focus. I knew that when I was in school - I always felt sorry for the teachers. I wanted to learn, everyone else wanted to play spit-ball, tease each other, and kid around. 90% of teaching is performance and patience - if you are really good at improv, patience and performance, you'd be good at teaching. And it helps if you like other people's children. Also there's a heck of lot of disciplining going on. I couldn't be a teach - it's in the category of jobs that I cannot see myself doing.
Considering taking a belly dance online. All my exercise or cardio work seems to be dancing around my apartment to music. I miss long walks. I'm considering trying again this weekend - but I don't know. It's frustrating and anxiety inducing trying to circle around people - particularly the folks who've decided to take their entire family out for a stroll. My friend Rahael, on FB, had issues with runners, who kept brushing past her. Apparently you really need to avoid runners and bikers. There's a An European Study that Isn't really a study that recommends Bikers and Runners exercise social distancing and space.
The article link appears to be skeptical of some of it and even the researcher states that his findings are overhyped and misunderstood. Sigh. Confused? Me too.
Although all I want to do is take long walks outside.
I may veg and watch Disney + tomorrow, also flirting with the grocery store. May venture into it with face mask and gloves and hat. See what happens. And flirting with doing laundry - which I may attempt at some point this week or next. Definitely considering making up the bed clean and switching out towels.
My morbid fascination with the stats continues, I like to know where we are in the fight against the virus and how bad the damage is - if I can see it, I can figure out how to handle it. (I am not good at ignoring what's happening, I think it's the frustrated journalist in me?) I've decided humanity has finally found an enemy far worse than itself. I mentioned this to my mother today. And she remarked that there was no terrorist activity any longer. They'd shut down. And this virus was far worse than anything they've been able to come up with. Yes, Nature is far more deadly than we realize, we underestimate her at our own peril. The Pope recently remarked that he thought the virus might be Nature's response to climate change and pollution.
It's fun listening to how Cuomo discusses the virus - he treats it as if it is a thinking, feeling, living entity, akin to a terrorist that he needs to root out and defeat at all costs.
I'm still here. Still well reporting from my apartment in pandemic central. (Yes, I'm hibernating in my apartment and am somewhat afraid to leave my apartment. When I do - I wear a hat, and my face mask. The hat is to keep my hair out of my face. I tried gloves - but decided they didn't help all that much. I may, however, use them for laundry. Assuming I ever find the courage to actually go down and do it. I keep washing items out in my sink and hanging them to dry - which won't quite work with the sheets and towels. Although I do have more than one set.)
I did take a brief walk and I got some face masks - the Amazon order came in, with the masks from China. ( Read more... )
2. New York vs. the Corona Virus
New York is now, according to the news and various officials, the epi-center of the Pandemic. Let's face it, it was only a matter of time.
Apparently New York State has more cases than any country outside of the US with:
( Read more... )
There is some good news. According to the Gov's press conference today, we finally flattened the curve. But as his email to me stipulates, now is not the time for complacency.
( Read more... )
3. I'm tired and happy for a three day weekend, we get tomorrow off as a holiday. Granted most of us are working from home, but as one co-worker put it - he's busier at home than he was at work for some reason. It never quite shuts off at home unless you force it to. Also he's teaching his kids and informed me - as pretty much everyone who is currently home-schooling their kids has - that teachers are grossly under-paid. I'd agree - teaching kids is hard. Mainly because you have to discipline other people's kids and convince them to focus. I knew that when I was in school - I always felt sorry for the teachers. I wanted to learn, everyone else wanted to play spit-ball, tease each other, and kid around. 90% of teaching is performance and patience - if you are really good at improv, patience and performance, you'd be good at teaching. And it helps if you like other people's children. Also there's a heck of lot of disciplining going on. I couldn't be a teach - it's in the category of jobs that I cannot see myself doing.
Considering taking a belly dance online. All my exercise or cardio work seems to be dancing around my apartment to music. I miss long walks. I'm considering trying again this weekend - but I don't know. It's frustrating and anxiety inducing trying to circle around people - particularly the folks who've decided to take their entire family out for a stroll. My friend Rahael, on FB, had issues with runners, who kept brushing past her. Apparently you really need to avoid runners and bikers. There's a An European Study that Isn't really a study that recommends Bikers and Runners exercise social distancing and space.
The article link appears to be skeptical of some of it and even the researcher states that his findings are overhyped and misunderstood. Sigh. Confused? Me too.
Although all I want to do is take long walks outside.
I may veg and watch Disney + tomorrow, also flirting with the grocery store. May venture into it with face mask and gloves and hat. See what happens. And flirting with doing laundry - which I may attempt at some point this week or next. Definitely considering making up the bed clean and switching out towels.
My morbid fascination with the stats continues, I like to know where we are in the fight against the virus and how bad the damage is - if I can see it, I can figure out how to handle it. (I am not good at ignoring what's happening, I think it's the frustrated journalist in me?) I've decided humanity has finally found an enemy far worse than itself. I mentioned this to my mother today. And she remarked that there was no terrorist activity any longer. They'd shut down. And this virus was far worse than anything they've been able to come up with. Yes, Nature is far more deadly than we realize, we underestimate her at our own peril. The Pope recently remarked that he thought the virus might be Nature's response to climate change and pollution.
It's fun listening to how Cuomo discusses the virus - he treats it as if it is a thinking, feeling, living entity, akin to a terrorist that he needs to root out and defeat at all costs.