Corona isolation (1/4)

Corona. Home Office. Week 1 (out of 4 for now) done. Trying to get used to our new isolated life.

How do we experience it?

That’s me. Traveling back from Iceland. People looked at me like I’m from the moon…

I’m back from Iceland. We are having beautiful spring days. Flowers started blooming. And on the other side we have a spreading Corona virus. It feels weird and quite unrealistic.

It’s times of home office. For our own safety. For others safety. Isolated but busy. My work day starts usually at 7amish… and finishes at 6pmish… with a wonderful shared lunch break with hubby cooking & eating followed by a walk with Charlie, our dog, in the beautiful spring sun.

Shops are sold out on toilet paper, milk, cans and meat… We were only able to get a last frozen chicken and duck breasts and lots of fresh veggies and fruits (that’s not bad, right?). It’s kind of funny that there was a last pack of toilet paper and a young man grabbed it before me… (well, we still have 5 roles left, not too worried at this moment). Some people complain that there child’s music lesson was canceled but they had already paid for it (first worlds problems). Colleagues carried their monitors from the office home: they were convinced that under no circumstances they could work from home with a normal laptop screen (we worked in countries with no monitors for the past 8 years). And young influencers are dum, licking toilet seats and proudly posting it in the World Wide Web.

I keep wondering: have we all understood yet, how serious the current situation is? And why do a lot of grown up people behave like children? Can we really not sit at home, isolated for our own benefit & our future?

The list continues and is long: lots of fake news (limiting myself of reading too much). Lots of panicking people. Lots of cancellations or postponed evens like a wedding party, my nieces communion, my granddads 87th birthday party, Easter vacation in Ireland, I also cannot continue with my motorbike driver license… yes, it’s not cool. It sucks. But what can you do?!

Some positive thoughts. Now or never: time to accept the situation as it is and use the time to relax, trying to get energized (1,5hrs more sleep every morning thanks to no driving), more time at home (for growing veggies). Time to cook healthy lunches & enjoying them with hubby! Trusting our government for making right decisions. Following anti-socializing rules. Re-thinking our independence (from other countries). Reflecting our own personal behavior and doings (in the past years). Time to read a book again. Yeah! Time to sit in the sun in the garden with a cup of coffee. Amazing! Time to enjoy spring and the beautiful flowers. Love it! Time to make family phone calls (Mela, I will return your call tonight!). Time to help out making English translations for new hospital rules to avoid spreading Corona. Time to be thankful for being healthy! Time to show heart: I signed up to do shopping for elderly people in our town. Time for flowers to cheer up our minds. Time for hopes.

And more positive aspects: China’s air was never fresher than these days… Venice canals are so clean that you can see fish and even the swans decided to return.

And yes, we did celebrate St. Patricks Day. Isolated but traditionally with Kilkenny beer, cabbage and corned beef. Yam!