Good afternoon! I hope that you had a wonderful Easter. Ours was great, we watched the Pope say mass, read, watched Andrea Bocelli Music for Hope concert on U-tube and later enjoyed our traditional Easter dinner of ham, yeast rolls, au gratin potatoes, asparagus and dessert. It was different than other years but no less better.
This week I am starting anew, I am going back to my routine and schedule. These past few weeks I have been waking up very early, and then staying up later at night, it has thrown off my entire day and I don’t like it. It is strange because although I am still doing yoga and walking I feel as if I am loosing muscle mass/tone? Anyone else?
I will admit that today I am little down. I overthink and over analyze everything and lately I have been thinking about just how long this is going to go on, all of the changes in our lives and at this point they are changing on a daily basis, what the future may or may not look like, when it may be safe to travel again and every other detail. Will we always wear masks, will we continue to stand 6 feet away, I am pretty sure we will not be shaking hands any time soon, what if it comes back in the fall, will we have another lockdown?
Is anyone else feeling like this or just me? I am sure that I will feel better soon but I would love to hear your thoughts about how you are feeling, the future and whatever else you feel like sharing.
Have a good night.
No, you are not alone with your thoughts dear Elizabeth – I have most of the same ones running through my head, keeping me awake, causing me stress.
Every day I hear/read something new which is terrifying and it makes me think there's no way I will survive this if I become ill with the virus because of my age/health history! All we can do is move on daily, pray often, do as much as we can to find little points of light around our home and garden that will give us strength, make us smile and wonder. . . . . . .and know that people out there love us even if they can't see us or help us.
Sending good thoughts your way dear – and I hope you sleep well tonight.
Love, Mary
It is definitely something on everyone's mind even if we don't say it. Life is going to change… even after this assault as there could very well be others coming if and when we get through this one. But what's so distressing is that we cannot fathom what it may be like since all of this is so new to us. I think people who think life will go back to 'normal' are fooling themselves. We will be different… and hopefully we will handle it… if we all continue to help each other and really believe that we are all in this together.
Yes, we all are stressing.
It isn't just Covid-19 but the idea of pandemics, that another microbe could invade us and wreak havoc. Or that this one could mutate and become worse.
The other thing that stresses me is what future our children face. The pandemic seems to be an excuse to throw away the remaining pollution regulations, in the name of the economy. The global shutdown is giving the Earth a breather, but will the end of the pandemic make everything even worse than before?
And as for the economy, what if people decide they don't need all the garbage that's being sold–the fast fashion and stupid decorations and a stream of gadgets? The world will be better for it, but it will make the economy take longer to recover. We need to think of economic prosperity in a different way than just rising GDP and stock indices.
It is indeed a stressful time. It doesn't bother me much not going into stores or staying home because that was pretty much my life anyway. I think what I miss most is spur of the moment decisions to to to Homegoods just because even though I don't do it often. It has definitely changed my view of how I will interact with people even though I was always one to wipe down doorknobs and such after people were here.
Brenda