Covid 19 quarantine

Today is day 10 of quarantine and working from home, for me. I'm super blessed that I can work from home. My husband has to go to work every day and I worry about him because of it. I know his company won't send him home. Remember the movie I Am Legend? My husband's business would have been the one company that would have been open, in that scenario.

My adult sons live together and I'm glad for that, because the youngest is a type 1 diabetic. He is immunocompromised and as such, he's considered high risk. He was able to go to the hospital and get a quarantine letter but we still aren't sure if his company will be paying him during his shelter-at-home period. That part is less important to me. What I know is, he cannot get this virus. He's 120 pounds soaking wet and he's 5'10". I pray daily that he and my oldest don't get the virus.

My best friend and her mother are high risk. I worry about them, too. My bestie is my "hetero lifemate" as she calls it. I just have to have faith they'll be ok. I'll go nuts if I stop believing that.

We're also in the middle of buying a house. That's been fun. We are buying a gorgeous historic home. We locked into a great interest rate but the inspection identified required repairs. So we're waiting for those to be done. The appraisal should have been last week, but the appraiser was sick. So here's hoping the appraisal gets done this week. We are supposed to close by March 31st.

I agreed to work 6 days this week. I'm just thankful to still have a job, so if my company needs me, I'll do whatever it takes. I'd much rather rest and watch movies or something. But it is what it is.

I watch the news every morning. It's depressing. I've read everything I can get my hands on about Covid. Because I was a News Director in my past, I'm eternally curious. But that's it's own curse. Because friends and family post stupid stuff and I get quite disgusted.

One of the things that bothers me is the trend to make homemade surgical masks because the US has a shortage of PPE. The accepted study out of Vietnam shows those who wear cloth masks are more likely to get Covid than those who wear appropriate PPE, but also those who wear cloth masks are more likely to get Covid than those who wear nothing. So although I get that some people want to help, I feel the data supports not using a cloth mask. A couple friends who are paramedics agree with that, so I'm not going to make masks. I want to help, but I don't want blood on my hands, whether anyone knows it or not. That's the choice I've made.

The one thing I get angry about is people traveling. We've all heard the concept of Flattening the Curve, by now. But the Oregon coast was packed this weekend. Socrates said humans are too stupid to govern themselves and I'm afraid he was right. I don't understand why people would travel during a deadly pandemic. You'd think they would stay home and save lives.

I have cabin fever. Not gonna lie. I'm sick of my apartment. I'm glad I have internet and cable, because without movies and social media, I think I'd lose my mind. We have rewatched True Blood and West Wing and The Newsroom. It feels like there's nothing new left. We've watched it all. Now we're watching foreign films and series'. I refuse to watch WWII documentaries. I draw the line.

I have more to talk about but it's time to go to work.

Stay home. Stay safe. Keep the faith.