So first of all, today is Pi day! Fun! Pie in a mug!
These recipes are in case you started thinking about making a little pie.
Here are some quarantine thoughts.
First. When Len and I found out I was pregnant with our first child we were incredibly happy! It was an awesome day and I remember lots of it. Including this weird snippet: We went for a walk. I said something like, “Wow, now I have to give up coffee!” (Back then the coffee/caffeine advice for pregnant people was to drink absolutely none. I think they have relaxed that a little since.)
I then said to Len. “I think we should go someplace where I will have my last cup of coffee before this all starts.”
Len, the least macho husband I have ever married, said this rather authoritarian thing to me. (These are my words; I certainly don’t remember exactly how he said it.) “No. There’s no last cup of coffee. You aren’t about to start this thing; this thing is already started.”
Yesterday and even now, I keep thinking of things we need to do or have before this quarantine hits the fan. And then I remember, “This thing isn’t about to start. We are already in this thing.”
I figure the most likely time to catch coronavirus is yesterday. Few of us exactly know what this is going to look like. It doesn’t seem real. We are putting ourselves in good order to not catch it, but it’s already here around us and if ever there is a time to be extra cautious, it’s now.
As an older person who had three colds and a side order of gastroenteritis in the past few months, I don’t want to be the guinea pig who catches Covid first to see “how it goes.”
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My next thought is this.
None of us have exactly been through anything like this in our lives. The AIDS epidemic of the 1980’s was personal, scary, incredibly sad and weird. But we knew pretty quickly how it was passed (bodily fluids) and for most of us, if we didn’t have it already we could probably avoid getting it.
But this Covid pandemic is just out there and we don’t know the shape of it yet.
Which means people are going to respond in interesting and surprising ways. Some of us are going to be reckless, some will be conservative. Some will become ride ‘em hard cowboys. Or solicitous nurses. Or determined saviors. Or crazy-making fidgeters.
Instead of trying to monitor or have opinions about the behaviors of others, this might be a good time to zip our lips and let the people around us get through this with whatever coping behavior they revert to!
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Finally: Remember that the kids around us will be picking up on our anxiety and fear. If you have kids in your lives, hug them, explain what’s going on, tell them ch ildrenare coming through this with flying colors! If they are old enough, make sure they know their address, your whole name, and how to call 911. Only if this makes sense.
Then hug them again and help them make pies in mugs.
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What are you doing to be safe and to stay sane?
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