I'll admit I've been feeling a little uninspired to blog lately. I just feel like there hasn't been much material because life has mostly been a cycle of classes, internship, household chores, and angst about looking for work. If there is anything the covid-19 outbreak has brought us, however, it's a departure from the routine. I've decided to write about pandemic life, not because I expect our situation to be particularly special or unique, but because this chaotic and uncertain situation is much different from other chaotic and uncertain situations I've experience previously, and I'd like to document at least some of it.
I feel like last week was when everything started to change for us. Last weekend when we went grocery shopping, I wasn't particularly concerned, and didn't buy more than I normally would. Then my university announced that classes would move to online after our spring break. That's when I started to think that life really would be different for a while. I made two (very uncharacteristic) mid-week grocery store runs and went again yesterday. Some items had already been picked clean from the shelves. I'm grateful for the amount of food, cleaning supplies, etc. that I normally keep around, and I'm glad I made two mid-week grocery runs when there was still more selection.
One thing that's been in the news recently is the toilet paper shortage. I was lucky on that account, as well. I normally order 24-roll packs from Target, and had already ordered one just in the natural course of things. By the time I learned that there was a run on toilet paper, I had a large package of it en route to me.
As of now, the school where Scott teaches is closed to both teachers and students for two weeks. It will be closed for students for two additional weeks after that, during which time I suspect they'll have online classes, although that hasn't been made clear. One feature of having had only one snow day this year is that there is more flexibility for the schools to just give everyone some time off.
My university has decided that classes will be online through early May. I have an internship (at a hospital!) for the clinical part of my requirements. As of now, I'll still be going there, but I have a feeling that will probably change. It'll be disappointing if I have to end the internship early, but I realize the pandemic has brought all sorts of disappointments, on top of the tragedy of so many people dying.
We've been trying to live a fairly normal life until we can't. We took a long walk this afternoon. The gym I joined this winter is still open (albeit with some additional precautions). Assuming it's still open tomorrow, I'm planning to go get a workout. I have a feeling we might all be spending a lot of time at home in the near future, but I haven't wanted to settle into that prematurely.
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