I have been writing in a journal every day for the last 72 days. It’s the first thing I do in the morning and I make sure to document five things that I’m grateful for in the moment. Some days have been a real struggle. I’ve written down Pringles and being able to watch the tortoise next door get his daily exercise. This morning, I just had too many things swirling around in the brain after I made my list, so I figured that typing out some additional thoughts would be therapeutic and save my hand from cramping.
Some Random Thoughts
I am so sick of people’s stupid arguments on Facebook. I have seen some of the dumbest reasons for why restaurants should be allowed to reopen and so much blatant disrespect of science and facts. These people are debating the death toll and citing all kinds of conspiracies without acknowledging that testing was a giant failure and it’s hard to know many of the important data points right now because of that failure. I am not a scientist, a doctor or an expert in public health. I will continue to do what those people recommend to protect as many people as possible. It’s uncomfortable to wear a mask in the heat, my hands look like they’ve aged 100 years and I’m lucky if I even get in 3,000 steps each day – but those are just tiny annoyances. People are struggling with food, how to pay rent, losing their health insurance. Don’t be an asshole and complain about your freedom to eat in a restaurant.
To expand a little further on the above point, I’d like to remind everyone that this is impacting every single person in this country in one way or another. Sure, Jeff Bezos is a quintrillionaire now so maybe he’s doing fine. But most humans are feeling some burden from this. I find myself annoyed at the people arguing over the numbers and government reaction on Facebook. But I also have to keep reminding myself that everyone is trying to weather this storm and we are all stuck at sea with different boats and different life savers. There are those that are home alone and just wish they could have some social contact with loved ones. There are those stuck at home with lots of family members and are trying to find some peace and quiet. There are those that are scared to return to work and nervous about the dangers out there. There are those who can’t find any work and are terrified about what impact this will have on the economy long term. It’s important to have grace for others in this time.
Mail in voting is the easiest decision to make. There shouldn’t even be a debate about this. Make it happen.
The politicizing of this pandemic is also repulsive. We should be unified in this disaster and worked to help one another. Instead, there are elected officials claiming that the liberals are at fault. How does that even make sense? Your governors do not want to keep you home. This isn’t a funny game they are playing for their own amusement. If I see one more tweet about Gavin Newsom traveling to Montana, I’m going to explode.
In non COVID news, I would also like to ramble on about a few other things:
As much as I love bread, I have absolutely no desire to bake my own. That doesn’t stop me from following along on Instagram stories. My favorites are the starters that suffer horrible misfortunes. I don’t know why this is so entertaining for me. I can’t read for more than 15 minutes at a time right now, but I can watch 45 stories about sourdough.
I hate the avatars on Facebook. Sorry, but not really.
I am currently job hunting. It’s exhausting and really makes me feel like shit some days, but it has made me appreciate one weird thing. I love junk email now. I refresh so many times a day to see if I hear anything back that I’m happy to see new junk email so I know it’s at least working. I have started taking note of marketing strategies and making future purchasing decisions on whether or not brands seem woke to the current situation for many. It’s strange, but it’s a strange world out there right now.
Reading and writing have seemed hard this month. I did post a couple things on The Tumbling Nomads if you want to see some ideas for eating less meat or see pictures from my 2nd favorite European city. I would love it if you checked them out here.
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Have a great long weekend. I’ll be celebrating my birthday in a way that is yet to be determined but probably involves wine, donuts and a puzzle. Thrilling.
