Some believe there is a silver lining to every cloud, no matter how dark the rainstorm is. You may have been told nothing is either ALL good nor ALL bad; those folks say, “It's a mixed blessing”.
However, you are surviving this pandemic, consider these observations:
· with unstructured time, many have reached out in their communities to help the lonely, the hungry, the unemployed, kids with no school as a shelter
· long awaited projects have been tackled, closets cleaned
· connections with friends, new and renewed, have been made
· families have communicated better, stronger ties
· with a disrupted food chain many have taken steps closer to being vegetarian
· NATURE has visibly begun to heal itself. There is measurably less air and water pollution
If you are looking to find some humor in all of this:
· Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half may emerge with a drinking problem
· Some used to spin the toilet paper like a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. Now it's turned like a break-in on a safe
· Many of us need to practice social distancing from the refrigerator
· Holiday dining choices have been reduced to Living Room or the Bedroom
· PSA: try on your jeans every few days. Pajamas and sweatpants have us convinced 'all is well' when that may be far from true
· Homeschooling is going well: 2 students suspended for fighting and 1 teacher fired for drinking on the job
· Who knew when we changed the clocks, we'd be going from Standard Time to The Twilight Zone ?
· Who has seen a neighbor talking to her cat thinking she was understood only to come into the house, tell the dog and laugh together?
· AFTER the quarantine...will the producers of My 600 Pound Life just find us or do we have to find them?
· DAY 5: Went to restaurant called The Kitchen. This is a 'do it yourself' eatery where you have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. Cannot fathom how this place is still in business!
· Most of us have bodies that have absorbed so much soap and disinfectant that when we pee it cleans the toilet
· DAY 6 HOMESCHOOLING: One of these little monsters called in a bomb threat!
· Time to take out the garbage: don't forget to dress !
· If the weather is good tomorrow, we can take a trip to Puerto Backyarda. Los Livingroom has gotten boring.
· CLASSIFIED AD: Single man with toilet paper seeks woman with hand sanitizer for good clean fun
· DAY 7 HOMESCHOOLING: My child just said, “I hope I don't have the same teacher next year!” I'm officially insulted.
· Better 6' apart than 6' under
Stay safe and relatively sane. This too shall pass.