Weather makes a big difference, doesn’t it? Quarantine when it’s balmy and sunny is different than waking to grey sky, 33 degrees, and gale warnings. We are such earthy creatures. All the things we are and know and can do ... and we are still moody on a dreary day.
When I woke to freezing temps and wind advisories I skipped my morning walk. There were plenty of things to do, including interviewing my own nephew who is three cat whiskers from making Eagle Scout. He needed one more particular recommendation, so we talked, I wrote it up and stuck it in an envelope. And then the sun came out.
Post office is a half hour from here so I took a walk after all. Len came with. Ate Peeps when i got home.
Happier Camper.
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I am a 25-years participant in The Sister Study. (more about it here) My sister died of breast cancer in the late 1980’s. This study is long-term tracking of the health of 50,000 women who have/had a sister with this cancer.
Just today I received an email from the Sister Study asking if I would consider downloading a particular Covid-19 tracking app. Information is being collated by several hospitals and medical schools in the US and Great Britain. My info will also be shared to the Sister Study.
So I’m the person who quit playing Words With Friends because privacy issues – but today I downloaded an app that asks me to send in my health status DAILY to a consortium of medical institutions. I’m glad to do this.
If you want to consider it, this is where I started. (this is not the proposed Google/Facebook monitoring which I do not trust).
Also, it will give info back to Len and me (he also signed up). It will tell us the daily count of Covid cases in our county.
How to participate:
- Search for COVID-19 symptom tracker at the app store for your phone/tablet or go directly to the links below:
- For Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/covid-symptom-tracker/id1503529611?ls=1
- For Android/Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joinzoe.covid_zoe
- Download the app and join as a member of a research study
- Create an account
- Provide daily updates (your phone will ask whether to "Allow" or "Don't Allow" push notifications-be sure to select "Allow" to receive reminders to provide daily updates)
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A month of quarantine is interesting. All my life I’ve claimed I was introverted and yet if the topic came up there were always folks who didn’t believe me. I like people and am pretty happy when I’m among them. If I’ve hung out with you and I didn’t look like I was suffering, believe me, I wasn’t!
But as most introverted people will attest, liking to be alone doesn’t mean we don’t like people. It just means we think, work, and breathe most easily when we are away from the Madding Crowd.
In this past month I have been able to experience what it’s like to not be responsible to be sociable. I can go hours without talking to anyone but Len, nd sometimes we go hours without talking to each other. It is so uncomplicated to take long walks by myself, to read, write, and think long thoughts.
I’m learning here. I don’t have it parsed out, but some things will need to change going forward. I really love long empty days that are filled with activities I believe in.
What about you? Are you a surprised that you don’t mind being cut off from others?
Or is being separated from family and friends just relentless pebbles in your shoes?
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Introvert
I wonder if Paul was also an
Not surprised
Me, too.
I too can be quite content
I understand the feeling. I
I wonder if this 'socially
Wow-I've never thought of it
Quiet time
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