tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post1091033352786205617..comments2024-03-27T05:30:07.368-04:00Comments on The More, The Messier: The New Not NormalSuburban Correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-75168152252906387752020-05-04T07:55:20.460-04:002020-05-04T07:55:20.460-04:00One month later and I'm still feeling this way...One month later and I'm still feeling this way. *sigh*Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08965093440928340819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-40121604658115545622020-04-12T02:24:56.373-04:002020-04-12T02:24:56.373-04:00Not so bad in the immediate vicinity. I hear it...Not so bad in the immediate vicinity. I hear it's worse in Bergen County, and our hospitals are taking overflow.<br /><br />Weird wearing a face covering in the supermarket. I know it's not helping anything unless I have the virus and I'm doing it to prevent others from catching it from me, but if it makes others feel better, I will have to do it,<br /><br />I spoke to an EMT who I know - and lack of information is way too prevalent. He responded to a senior facility for a resident who had symptoms with low blood oxygen levels, but was not being given oxygen, although there were nurses on premises. The responding EMTs administered oxygen, and the patient responded well. The facility administration still wanted the resident transported to the hospital - despite the positive response, and the risk of returning with an actual exposure/infection. I think the basic thinking is that if the resident passes away as a patient in a hospital, that is not a strike against the nursing facility. No thought to risking the rest of the population.<br /><br />Our college guys are here. I'm not sure what the balance is between school work and computer games, but I know both of those categories run far ahead of "fixing dinner for the family."<br /><br />Let's be careful out there.Harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-77134191139065982832020-04-11T22:44:55.403-04:002020-04-11T22:44:55.403-04:00I strongly suspect my senior is not doing any scho...I strongly suspect my senior is not doing any schoolwork. I'm not even going to ask. Life is too weird right now.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-55891573916636195912020-04-08T16:45:24.300-04:002020-04-08T16:45:24.300-04:00Just me and the kids here, with periodic visits fr...Just me and the kids here, with periodic visits from the husband, who is still going into an office most every day. The kids are supposed to be distance learning, but the senior is apathetic (he's online when he's conscious, but playing games, not doing schoolwork) and the sophomore is overcome with anxiety (EVERY SINGLE GOOGLE CLASSROOM comes up on the page, it is TOO MUCH, he DOESN'T DO SCHOOL WORK AT HOME, getting him to adjust to a new routine is like turning the Titanic). Only the 11yo is trucking along, which is hilarious, because she's the Montessori student and they rarely use tech in school normally. My online classes finally began and I'm going to be teaching an online class and basically it's lucky we have good Internet.<br /><br />It really is weird out in the world. Also, I have never seen so many people walking when I try to go for a run.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-43033546348191335182020-04-08T09:50:36.002-04:002020-04-08T09:50:36.002-04:00I'm hearing similar Tales from the Helpdesk, l...I'm hearing similar Tales from the Helpdesk, like people who don't know the password to their home wifi. I had my own tech issues, but like you, I felt like a genius after hearing some of these. I hope your family stays well! Aileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296852498476347906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-79921870926155044092020-04-06T23:43:46.076-04:002020-04-06T23:43:46.076-04:00It looks pretty scary where you are, actually. Sta...It looks pretty scary where you are, actually. Stay safe!Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-66032339744403053672020-04-05T01:13:29.656-04:002020-04-05T01:13:29.656-04:00Good to hear from you.
Trying to comply with ever...Good to hear from you.<br /><br />Trying to comply with everything. Work from home, except when I say I just can't do this thing and go to the mostly empty office to do that thing.<br /><br />BTW, with technology, if someone is older than me, he gets a pass. If he is younger, I say to myself - I can do that, why can't they.<br /><br />Weird getting weirder. I've gotten 2 emails about Covid-19 related deaths. The first email was about someone from the old neighborhood. I know the family but not well. I saw one of the brothers once a year, in each of the last three years. So his death did not really bring the issue home. Second email was from an organization that I have volunteered with. An older gentleman who I met, who I can picture in my mind walking talking and interacting with me, is gone. And I keep picturing him. Not quite like when I would think I would see a recently deceased close relative on the street, but he is a face of the toll and numbers don't bring it home the way a face does. But it is probably a way of grieving, and experiencing the presence of that person even though they are no longer present, until I am ready to let go.<br /><br />Every time I get a sniffle or some sort of upper respiratory tract twinge (I was voted Mr Seasonal Allergy of 2004, 2005 and 2006), I worry that it is "the onset", and I try to stay away from everyone else in the household. And then then it clears up. But then I worry that I am in the asymptomatic group and infecting everyone. Aaargh.<br /><br />Let's be careful out there. Harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-89337246954192935082020-04-04T16:33:06.855-04:002020-04-04T16:33:06.855-04:00I appreciate your humor. This is not normal, but w...I appreciate your humor. This is not normal, but we need to find a little bit of whatever we can to feel like it is. Or can be.<br />Your son! He is a saint!<br />Stay safe, SC. Green Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548218493061015711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-17221984122346664192020-04-04T12:08:21.857-04:002020-04-04T12:08:21.857-04:00Outside our homes is certainly surreal. Your anal...Outside our homes is certainly surreal. Your analogy of a fan and a tornado is true of all of us. This is beyond anything one person can do. Thankfully home is a safe place despite the excess Lysol wipes. <br /><br />The bread looks so good!<br /><br />Take care and stay well!Maebemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706540456819503068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-91625243199831059012020-04-03T18:03:46.991-04:002020-04-03T18:03:46.991-04:00Things just keep weirder and weirder - and the vir...Things just keep weirder and weirder - and the virus just keeps coming closer and closer.<br /><br />The whole Easter thing makes me sad; as it will just be The Husband and I with Man-Child isolating in his apartment. And I know we aren't the only parents facing that possibility and it breaks my heart.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-72714171658322932802020-04-03T12:45:25.953-04:002020-04-03T12:45:25.953-04:00I know it is super crazy times.I know it is super crazy times.Julie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827476441219850741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-63416615820839653582020-04-03T12:31:10.059-04:002020-04-03T12:31:10.059-04:00Thanks, for this update Mother Teresa! I love the...Thanks, for this update Mother Teresa! I love the fan to the tornado analogy. The girls and I sewed 16 masks and I feel like that is a drop in the bucket. I felt slightly worse when my sister in law who is a doctor asked me if I was using a pattern - I guess she thought I was tying a few dirty socks together and then passing it off as a mask. We are walking a ton too and very happy to see the Chicago forecast looks like it might warm up SOON. Our house in on overload as far as bodies and personalities go. Kids are begging for certain food items that we have run out of but I am fighting them off bravely saying we will wait a bit longer till we are out of more things. It won't take long because all they do is eat. Erniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976227572609917624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-81429998200276648012020-04-03T11:11:16.060-04:002020-04-03T11:11:16.060-04:00You sound great and thank you for sharing your tep...You sound great and thank you for sharing your tepid jokes with us. I can use all the jokes I can getRachel Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479961254743714690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-23987268975587866602020-04-03T10:30:20.581-04:002020-04-03T10:30:20.581-04:00It's more than enough. It's perfect <3...It's more than enough. It's perfect <3Jennifer Bresemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10857776301819666044noreply@blogger.com