Where Did The Time Go?

      I realized today, that it's been over a year since I last wrote anything. There hasn't been much of anything positive to write about in my defense. I open this page with good intentions but when I get here and see the blank white page staring at me, I close down. I lose focus. My little grey cells all run to their various corners and hibernate. It has been a rough year for me. Shit, it's been a rough year for everybody and from what I can see, it's not going to get any better. The whole world is stuck in a rut and it's going to take great individual and group effort to climb back out.    

     I've tried to stay positive through all of this but it gets hard some days. Even my posts on Facebook are a little bleak and dark at times. Before Covid, I was always upbeat and positive. I was always the one on your ass about staying with the plan and moving forward. Somewhere along the line, I forgot what the plan was and lost site of Plan B. I'm no longer moving forward. I'm running around in circles and getting nowhere fast. This virus has affected us in more ways than one. Soon we'll start referring to our lives as BC and AC. (Before Covid and After Covid.) Now to top things off, we have Monkey Pox on the rise. I don't even want to go there.

     So now it's time for me to re-address my Plan B. My alternate plan never took into consideration a world pandemic. Stubbing my toe or putting my back out for a few days is one thing, you go to Plan B. A total global shutdown was not even considered a possibility. Suddenly we were all living in the middle of a science-fiction thriller movie.

     I don't think Covid will ever leave us now and I can only imagine what lies ahead. One thing I do know is if we can't go back to the way it was, then it's time to take back as much as we can and then build on that. 

Live A Good Day

     Judy

     

     

     

Getting Back to Basics

      

     The days are getting longer and we have buds on the big maple tree outback. My chives are up about 4" already and some of the other herbs are starting to turn green. The birds are coming in and the chipmunks are back. This is the time of year when life feels so promising.

I Really Need To Get Out More

     It's been a little over a month since I was last here. I have to say, it's been a slow easy summer. COVID is still with us and it does have a way of regulating a life. I have to admit though, it really hasn't changed my approach to life. I've become pretty laid back and a homebody to boot and I'm good with that. There's nowhere here in town that I want to be, except for my little patch.

     I don't seem to have a lot to write about anymore but this started long before COVID hit us. When you no longer work outside the home, your world starts to become smaller. Michael is my link to the world beyond my driveway. I'm quite comfortable but it may not be a good thing in the foreseeable future. I'm starting to understand about having a circle of friends.

Day 33, Corona Lockdown

     It's hard to believe we're on day 33 of a countrywide lockdown. Shit, it's a worldwide lockdown! I wake up each morning and the first 30 seconds before I fully come awake, all is well. I sit up on the side of my bed, take a deep breath, and then realize with a sigh, another day in quarantine. Another day with hours to fill and time on my hands. I have been made to slow down, whether I like it or not.

COVID-19, Day 25

     It's day 25 of the COVID-19 lockdown and it still doesn't look any better out there. There are days when I feel like I'm on the set of an episode of The Walking Dead. It's all so surreal. Even though I knew this was coming for a long time, I'm still wondering how this could have happened. Why didn't the leaders of our country put us into lockdown straight away and tighten our borders? They knew what was happening in China and yet they chose to do nothing. I don't understand how they made the decision to play with millions of lives because of big business. Now everything is going to come crashing down on their heads. This virus doesn't care if you are rich or poor. It doesn't care about the color of your skin. It doesn't care about the number of people dying. Our government is trying to help as best they can now, but is it too little, too late? If they had done what was right from day one, we might have been able to avoid the worst of this catastrophe.