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Thank you so much for your responses to "the poll post". I was thinking about doing a "poll" but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I prefer to see your actual words and responses. I'm tired of numbers. I see them all day long. Facts and figures. I prefer to see people, to know there is an actual person there - with actual experiences, hopes, dreams, concerns, that may or may not be similar to mine. It makes me feel less alone somehow, if that makes sense? And that we're all in this boat together, whether we want to be or not.
[ETA: I had an interesting discussion with my old college roommate on FB, it was brief regarding masks...that I think I should share and almost forgot to.
"Email from NY Governor last night: "Why wear a mask? Out of respect. When you wear a mask you are saying, I respect my neighbors. When you wear a mask you are saying, I respect nurses and doctors. When you wear a mask you are saying, I respect other people. We all need to show respect to one another in difficult times. Wearing a face covering is a small inconvenience to protect others. We have gotten through this crisis by standing together and doing the right thing. The right thing — the respectful thing — is to wear a mask."
J: This is hard for me to wrap my head around, because I don't see unmasked people as disrespecting or disregarding others. It's not just ignorance. There's a lot of conflicting information out there, so this is coming down to a belief system for many.
Me: I think if you think of it as the same thing as choosing to wear a condom - in case you have AIDS? COVID-19 shares one major similarity with AIDS, in that you may never have any symptoms and just be a carrier. And never know it. Also, this is how I view it? ( Read more... )
[Sigh. Yeah, you can tell that I'm a frustrated attorney, right?]
Crazy Workplace
Crazy workplace reiterated during weekly staff meeting what I'd more or less figured out on my own. Our work from home order has been extended to mid-June, and possibly beyond to July. ( Read more... )
New York vs. the Corona Virus
NY Quarantine is kind of interesting. All non-essential businesses are shut down. That means all libraries, retail stores (that are not grocery stores), book stores, offices, museums, playgrounds, theaters, sporting outfits, massage parlors, beauty salons, pretty much anything that is indoors, all restaurants, bars, nightclubs..are shut down. Public Beaches are all close in NYC and Long Island, and may well be for the summer. So are all pools, gyms, etc. So no one can really go anywhere. You can pick up stuff curbside at some stores. I think Target, Wallmart, Home Depot, are open. Best Buy is curbside. So basically if you have a car and can drive, you are golden. Ugh.
This, as you can well imagine, is killing New York's economy. ( depressing vent about well NY economy )
Sigh.
Greenwood Cemetery
To get rid of my frustration and anxiety, not to mention the fact that after being inside my apartment all day yesterday and today, I was getting claustrophobic, yes, the walls were starting to close in, so - I decided to take another walk around Greenwood Cemetery and proceeded to get lost. It's relatively easy to get lost in Greenwood Cemetery - not only is the thing huge, but a lot of it looks alike. There are a few standout landmarks, but not many. Also it's huge. Every time I go there - I'm afraid I'll get lost and locked in. Because the gates close at 7PM.
Up until I got lost, I was enjoying myself. ( Read more... )
Miscellaneous
I'm grateful that I joined crazy workplace, because I know it won't lay me off any time soon, and will give me a good wage and benefits. Also it is going out of its way at the moment to keep its employees safe. I'm grateful I live in a city and state with leadership that genuinely cares about its people and is trying to work with them and not against them. Even though working with and managing people is close to impossible - it's akin to herding cats actually. I'm grateful I have a safe and quiet apartment. That my family is even safer than I am. That I can order food in, without having to make painful trips to the grocery store to get it. And I'm grateful that to my knowledge, I haven't gotten this thing - or if I have, I got it in November.
There are things I wish I had or I had done differently. But, don't we all? I don't necessarily regret what I've chosen - I did my best with the knowledge available to me at the time. There's so much second-guessing in our culture. We should have done that or we should have done this.
It doesn't help. It doesn't change anything.
So, I'm learning to adapt and make the best of what I have. Will state meditation has helped. I'd probably be a slobbering mess without it - well that and a few other items. CBD really does help.
Oh..this made me laugh today... 200 Goats Escape and Roam the Streets of East San Jose
Hee Hee.
[ETA: I had an interesting discussion with my old college roommate on FB, it was brief regarding masks...that I think I should share and almost forgot to.
"Email from NY Governor last night: "Why wear a mask? Out of respect. When you wear a mask you are saying, I respect my neighbors. When you wear a mask you are saying, I respect nurses and doctors. When you wear a mask you are saying, I respect other people. We all need to show respect to one another in difficult times. Wearing a face covering is a small inconvenience to protect others. We have gotten through this crisis by standing together and doing the right thing. The right thing — the respectful thing — is to wear a mask."
J: This is hard for me to wrap my head around, because I don't see unmasked people as disrespecting or disregarding others. It's not just ignorance. There's a lot of conflicting information out there, so this is coming down to a belief system for many.
Me: I think if you think of it as the same thing as choosing to wear a condom - in case you have AIDS? COVID-19 shares one major similarity with AIDS, in that you may never have any symptoms and just be a carrier. And never know it. Also, this is how I view it? ( Read more... )
[Sigh. Yeah, you can tell that I'm a frustrated attorney, right?]
Crazy Workplace
Crazy workplace reiterated during weekly staff meeting what I'd more or less figured out on my own. Our work from home order has been extended to mid-June, and possibly beyond to July. ( Read more... )
New York vs. the Corona Virus
NY Quarantine is kind of interesting. All non-essential businesses are shut down. That means all libraries, retail stores (that are not grocery stores), book stores, offices, museums, playgrounds, theaters, sporting outfits, massage parlors, beauty salons, pretty much anything that is indoors, all restaurants, bars, nightclubs..are shut down. Public Beaches are all close in NYC and Long Island, and may well be for the summer. So are all pools, gyms, etc. So no one can really go anywhere. You can pick up stuff curbside at some stores. I think Target, Wallmart, Home Depot, are open. Best Buy is curbside. So basically if you have a car and can drive, you are golden. Ugh.
This, as you can well imagine, is killing New York's economy. ( depressing vent about well NY economy )
Sigh.
Greenwood Cemetery
To get rid of my frustration and anxiety, not to mention the fact that after being inside my apartment all day yesterday and today, I was getting claustrophobic, yes, the walls were starting to close in, so - I decided to take another walk around Greenwood Cemetery and proceeded to get lost. It's relatively easy to get lost in Greenwood Cemetery - not only is the thing huge, but a lot of it looks alike. There are a few standout landmarks, but not many. Also it's huge. Every time I go there - I'm afraid I'll get lost and locked in. Because the gates close at 7PM.
Up until I got lost, I was enjoying myself. ( Read more... )
Miscellaneous
I'm grateful that I joined crazy workplace, because I know it won't lay me off any time soon, and will give me a good wage and benefits. Also it is going out of its way at the moment to keep its employees safe. I'm grateful I live in a city and state with leadership that genuinely cares about its people and is trying to work with them and not against them. Even though working with and managing people is close to impossible - it's akin to herding cats actually. I'm grateful I have a safe and quiet apartment. That my family is even safer than I am. That I can order food in, without having to make painful trips to the grocery store to get it. And I'm grateful that to my knowledge, I haven't gotten this thing - or if I have, I got it in November.
There are things I wish I had or I had done differently. But, don't we all? I don't necessarily regret what I've chosen - I did my best with the knowledge available to me at the time. There's so much second-guessing in our culture. We should have done that or we should have done this.
It doesn't help. It doesn't change anything.
So, I'm learning to adapt and make the best of what I have. Will state meditation has helped. I'd probably be a slobbering mess without it - well that and a few other items. CBD really does help.
Oh..this made me laugh today... 200 Goats Escape and Roam the Streets of East San Jose
Hee Hee.