Pandemic, Week 1

 

Well. Huh. We’ve reached a stage where I am scared to say anything because as soon as I say it, it’s immediately dated.

Two weeks ago, I was loving the increased emphasis on hand-washing – but still planning to travel to New York for a conference on March 17.

One week ago, I was actually describing a quarantine as “cozy” – and was bummed that my trip to New York had been canceled.

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Now everything is canceled. And we’re in quarantine. And it’s really not great, y’all.

It all happened so fast, or maybe I just wasn’t paying proper attention, but this time a week ago, I really didn’t see this coming. By Tuesday, maybe? By Wednesday, yes. By Thursday, I was angry they hadn’t closed schools yet. By Friday, they had.

On Saturday, I still thought I would go to a crawfish boil on Sunday – just a few friends, way less than the 250 cap! By Sunday, it seemed unthinkable that I’d even considered it, and I called my friend and sent our regrets.

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Last Wednesday, I had lunch with my 82-year-old father, and everything seemed kind of normal except I made him wash his hands before eating. Today, I left groceries on his doorstep – groceries I won’t let him go to the store to buy – and then hurried off his porch to yell at him from his front yard that I loved him. My daughter and I both cried as we drove away.

“It feels like we’re in a movie,” she said, “and I keep waiting to walk out of the theatre and everything is normal again.”

Me, too, kiddo.

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We’ve been through worse, of course, and I know we will get through this.

In the meantime, y’all, please stay safe, STAY HOME, and – as always – WASH. YOUR. HANDS.

 

 

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