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All Things Coronavirus Diaries

Because nothing feels real anymore and if I don’t blog about it, I won’t actually think it is happening.

I came home from work on March 6th after being short of breath all week and developing a cough earlier in the day and slept…woke up with a fever. Called doctor several days later.

Stay at home. Self-monitor. No test. Chronic Bronchitis? Flu?

After sleeping through another week and still having low-grade fever, called the doctor.

Stay at home. Self-monitor. No test. Chronic Bronchitis? Flu?

March 23rd, finally feeling better—-but the world as we know it is falling apart.

#Coronavirus #Covid-19 #WhereAreTheTests #Quarantine #SelfIsolation #SocialDistancing

Day #86 – June

“Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men, it is the music of the people who will not be slaves again…” We are not…

Day #85 – Bread

All the delicious flour and yeast arrived in the beginning of the month, and have I used it yet? Nope. Until today. HWMMS requested fancy bread. Well, rye…

Day #84 & Day #85 – All The Things Offline

“Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men, it is the music of the people who will not be slaves again…” It’s difficult to…

Day #84 – America Burning

It’s sort of hard to concentrate on ANYTHING when America is burning before our eyes. I’m legitimately horrified. And scared for our country. “The spectacle of a police…

Day #83 – Jueves

DO YOU DUO? Addicted. My friend Stephanie tweeted about Duolingo one night and I thought “hmmm, I’ve been wanting to try this for a while I should sign…

100,000 Americans

Seeing the number – 100,000 lives lost to the Cornoavirus  – really has me in a tailspin. So many people. So much grieving. And no end in sight….

Day #82 – 8 Years!

8 Years! This past weekend HWMMS (He Who Makes Me Smile) pulled out this old, raggedy tee-shirt. From Weber Wedding Weekend. (HEART MELT!) May 27, 2012. I never…

Day #81 – So. Darn. Hot.

Two Weeks Ago: WHY IS THERE SNOW IN MAY. My rosemary plants died from the frost! Today: WHY IS IT IN THE HIGH EIGHTIES IN MAY. I’m sweating…

Day #80 – Memorial Day & Meat

I woke up thinking about all the incredibly brave souls who died serving our country and wonder what they would be thinking right now about what is happening…

Day #79 – Ode to Salad Cream

I took the dogs out and sat on the porch and then went back to bed. My brain wants me to get up and make beignets and coffee,…

Day #78 – Threesday

Me: I don’t mean we have to do it today, today. You know, do it threesday. We have three days, all days are the same. And thus a…

Day #77 – Expanse. Escape.

Today, not a great day. I called my doctor to get test results back from blood and urine work and well, there’s some need for concern. I’m not…

Day #76 – Pool and Potato Dreaming

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. I just placed an order from a local farm (Davies Hillside Farms) for pork sausage and duck eggs – SCOTCH EGGS ARE IN OUR FUTURE THIS WEEKEND!…

Day #75 – Stimulus Splurges

Wait, what did I do today? I guess the thing is, I’m working again. So for the last six weeks where I used to blogging about doing something…

Day #74 – Doctor, Doctor

Long morning at ye ol’ doctor’s office. So many tests (now that I have health insurance!) Spirometry, EKG, Mammogram, Blood Work, Skin Biopsy oh my! While out in…

Day #73 – (WHAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY!)

Every time I see the words “the reopening” I read them in a horror story narrator voice. And speaking of a horror story…I need to confess. I’m somewhat…

Day #72 – Garden Update

Before the rain. Garden time! Baby bok choi plot next to the garlic. Valerian plot w/ catnip and echinecea. Chinese broccoli plot w/calendula. In case anyone needs to…

Day #71 – Sick of Counting The Days

Once again I remind New Yorkers: pic.twitter.com/emY6paBwEX — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 16, 2020 The words OPERATION WARP SPEED and SUPER DUPER MISSILE make me want to crawl…

Day #70 – Home Sweet Home (Forever?)

Today, I actually started to wonder if I will be around people again in 2020. And it only seems to look like more of the same. I’m high risk….

Day #69 – The Hills Aren’t Alive With The Sound of Music

Alas. In the Before Times – tonight would have been opening night of The Sound of Music at the Springville Center for the Arts. In honor of the…

Day #68 – Third Day In A Row, Danger!

Apparently I’m still irritable and on edge, eh? Day Three. WHAT GIVES? Ah, those moments when you are completely deflated by the words of someone you love. Good…

Day #67 – Irritable, But Happy!

I’m in a good mood, but strangely irritable and agitated at the same time. Edgy. Do not like. Hopefully it doesn’t escalate, I was like this yesterday too….

Day #66 – Monday, Monday

Thanks to those small business loans that actually reached the smallest of (nonprofit) businesses I’m able to go back to work (from home) full-time starting, well, technically, today!…

Day #65 – ALL THE CARBS

Stephen, my sourdough starter, is being difficult. Seems he doesn’t want to float, despite looking bubbly and smelling sour. Darn you Stephen. So, I emptied most of the…

Day #64 – Funk & Shiitake Mushrooms, Oh My!

Definitely been in a funk the last few days…I have been since getting my test results back.  MEH. I woke up after 2pm. (In fairness, I went to…

Day #63 – Happy Kitties and Raging Mama

Ridiculously happy cats. New cat tree! I need to find a more suitable place, the dining room buffet seems like an odd option but it works for now….

Day #62 – Blursday Cooking for the Weekend

Ah, early to bed…early to…not rise? Me: It feels like Saturday, HWMMS: Nyah, more like Wednesday. Narrator: Today is Thursday. The word “unprecedented” followed by the word “times”…