My post on February 25, 2020 was Worried About the Coronavirus?
It started with,
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) says the coronavirus is bound to come to the US. and we need to be prepared.
….This means that business leaders, for example, should start considering who can work from home. Perhaps the time will come, experts said, to observe religious practices and ceremony at home, rather than larger community gatherings at places of worship. And families should start asking themselves how they would handle a week or two at home, without traveling for food, medicine or entertainment.
So, don’t panic but maybe stock up on food just in case and be flexible and resilient.
I remember trying to be careful about washing my hands and not touching my eyes, nose, or mouth, and buying non-perishable food in case we needed a couple of weeks of emergency rations. It was early enough that I could buy it a little bit at a time and leave plenty for other people. I didn’t mention wearing masks and I said I was still going to the Y every other day so I could stay in good shape.
Three years later I have stopped going to the Y and Andy and I wear masks when we go to stores, but other than that we don’t think about Covid much. Except that we probably won’t visit Kaitlin and Torben in California before they move back to Massachusetts. The airlines and airports seem to be a mess and we would rather avoid that. That’s a bit sad because we went to school there and have fond memories of the area. But it is what it is, and it’s probably changed so much we wouldn’t recognize much of it. And we will see them here in late May/early June.
How is your life different now from the way it was before Covid?
February 25, 2023
What I still do is:
I have purse sized sanitizer in each purse/bag and regularly use it. It’s easy to apply and I find myself just doing it – when I’ve sat down in bus and then when I get off said transport. Of course I forget from time to time.
When I’m on my walks – I try to avoid getting to close to anyone – actually it seems to be what others regularly do as well. Sometimes there isn’t a great deal of room, so I wait at someones driveway …
However when I’m bus hopping no so easy to do, but out comes my sanitizer so I think I’m all good on that…
It’s still mandatory to wear masks in “any place” to do with medical & health needs. But I think it’s getting harder to police that.
It’s harder to find stats on c/cases now – as the newspapers have opted to ditch that section. And now it’s posted once a week, but the section I just looked at is full so many stats I don’t truly know what is what … but it’s still here – not sure why or even how – probably because the borders are open.
And right now the news is all about the “weather” that has stormed into communities – particularly in this part of the country, predominately the North Island. So a little “virus” isn’t the key news…
I just try to keep Safe….
That’s all we can do, try to stay safe. 🙂
Not much has changed for us other than the inconveniences of things in stores not being stocked. And I don’t appreciate store hours any more. I used to have my shopping done by 6/7 am. Now they’re not open.
Because of the problem getting help, our store opens later than it used to, too.
Thought provoking!
I don’t know that our lives have been that different since March 2020. We won’t fly and still try to mask up at the grocery — but even that’s becoming harder and harder to remember. I don’t miss feeling terrified, but neither am I entirely comfortable.
We don’t think about it much, and we mostly don’t have to think about putting on our masks. It’s automatic, which is nice.
We pretty much do what you were doing. When we go to the doctors all of our doctors that we visit no longer have mandatory mask wearing except for Bob’s cardiologist and they have never stopped that they all wear mask and they require that we wear a mask which is fine because I keep a box of them in the car! I shop without a mask at Walmart but that’s because I go at 6 AM and I never get close to anyone because there are not very many people in the store and like Annie said I do miss getting my shopping done at 5 o’clock in the morning and being done and back home by six.The most change I see in our hometown is there are so many closed shopping centers there are stores on every block they’re closed their restaurants out of business. Even with all the tourist that we have here there are still many businesses closed but other than that we’re pretty normal
Wow! You get up a lot earlier than we do! The closed stores and restaurants are sad, I feel so sorry for the owners.
There are so many things that we don’t do anymore but we are working on trying to get out more. We still don’t go to restaurants or the movies. We used to do that every week. I did go back to bowling which is good for me because I’m with a good friend of mine. I keep hearing about Covid cases like my son has it now and my great niece had is a week ago. So sorry you won’t see Kaitlin and Torben but you are right about the airlines right now. They are a mess. ((Hugs))
We were so lucky to visit Kaitlin and Torben when they were in Massachusetts two years ago. But that was because she came to guide us on the trip there. Bless her! We have warm memories of their place. They do visit us here once a year.
We kept on wearing masks right through. People here act as if Covid is over but Dave and I have it now so we are miserable but getting better.
I’m glad you’re getting better. It’s nasty stuff.
Not much ever changed for me because I worked through the whole thing. I did wear a mask when it was required and did without some things when supplies were low.
At least the supplies are a lot better now. That helps a lot.