Complicated Spring
Mar. 21st, 2020 12:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceitfiannaI never realized how much I missed the smaller social interactions of going to a cafe or the library and reading or the conversations that are part of being a public librarian. I've had jobs and times when I worked from home but then either I was living with my parents or could go and sit in a cafe for lunch. Since the library I'm working at closed last Friday for two weeks that looks like it will extend to the end of the month, my days have been okay. The people at this library are lovely and each day my email is filled with pet pictures.
I did a lot of shopping so I feel prepared food and other things wise, but I do wish I'd had time to get my hair cut before everything shut down. At this point, I have far too many ideas of food I want to cook or bake but haven't yet. Also I have ideas for stuff I want to write and read but I'm not pushing myself too much, creativity's strange. One of the odd ironies is before this, I was getting ready to go out and do more, visit museums, go to book signings, get myself out more.
My neighborhood's a weird mix of open and closed and every day I walk to a little park behind where I live. It does worry me to see people playing basketball and tennis but most of the time in my walks, we're all avoiding each other.
One of the unexpected benefits of this is how Milliways is more active as older players come for a thread in the All Skate. I'm so grateful for all the online friendships that I have.
My family's doing okay, at one point I was worried about my parents as they came back from France at the start of the month and were coughing. Thankfully they're in a pretty quiet area and stayed inside and are now doing better. It turns out that mainly it was Both my brothers and their families are doing good, the one in France is out in the country instead of in Paris at the moment. The one in New Jersey is back from going skiing but also seems to be doing oaky.
I think though one of the strangest feelings I've had throughout all of this is an odd gratefulness that my sister didn't have to deal with this pandemic. She was so sick that she would have been isolated and no one could visit and that would have been really hard on her. But I also miss her so much as Spring's coming and I wish I could share all the blooming plants I see on my walk.
I did a lot of shopping so I feel prepared food and other things wise, but I do wish I'd had time to get my hair cut before everything shut down. At this point, I have far too many ideas of food I want to cook or bake but haven't yet. Also I have ideas for stuff I want to write and read but I'm not pushing myself too much, creativity's strange. One of the odd ironies is before this, I was getting ready to go out and do more, visit museums, go to book signings, get myself out more.
My neighborhood's a weird mix of open and closed and every day I walk to a little park behind where I live. It does worry me to see people playing basketball and tennis but most of the time in my walks, we're all avoiding each other.
One of the unexpected benefits of this is how Milliways is more active as older players come for a thread in the All Skate. I'm so grateful for all the online friendships that I have.
My family's doing okay, at one point I was worried about my parents as they came back from France at the start of the month and were coughing. Thankfully they're in a pretty quiet area and stayed inside and are now doing better. It turns out that mainly it was Both my brothers and their families are doing good, the one in France is out in the country instead of in Paris at the moment. The one in New Jersey is back from going skiing but also seems to be doing oaky.
I think though one of the strangest feelings I've had throughout all of this is an odd gratefulness that my sister didn't have to deal with this pandemic. She was so sick that she would have been isolated and no one could visit and that would have been really hard on her. But I also miss her so much as Spring's coming and I wish I could share all the blooming plants I see on my walk.
