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lighter:
Well,  if the tough emotions are signals to pay attention to them..... maybe see what they have to say, Hops.  I'm sorry depression is seeping in. 

Just think...in another week you'll know for sure you don't have the virus and won't get it as long as you keep control of exposure risks. 

I have to mark today as day 1 of my 2 week countdown.

We just had a case dx'd in our area... that person is from New York, but visited our little town recently. 

It's here. 

Lighter

Hopalong:
It's everywhere. We just don't have adequate testing to confirm
the volume. So that's our baseline reality.

Thanks, Lighter.

Writing that post really helped me. I had another phone call with
my closest most in-sync friend, plus one glass more white wine than
I shoulda...but the result was YES dammit, I'm going to go out and walk,
and Pooch and I had a lovely peaceful walk in this crazy-lovely neighborhood
(especially in spring, daffodils on steroids) and even just the nods and smiles
lifted my mood.

I apparently pushed through the "remain paralyzed" message to remember
how much better I'd feel afterward. And I do.

Tiny tasks when I got home: hauling out both bins (recyclables and others) plus
breaking down a sofa-full of Amazon boxes to put out at the curb.

Even lugged my kitchen compostables collection (pee-yew) to the back corner bins.
Admired my neglected yard. Righted some chairs that a wind or stray deer knocked
over.

BETTER. Much better.

Hugs
Hops

Hopalong:
PS Light, I have also read we can't assume that that two weeks of isolation are good enough. (Though that's been the initial recommendation for people with exposure only or with very mild cases who've been told to self-quarantine.) Other experts are saying so much isn't yet known that it may be that considerably LONGER periods of physical distancing or everyone other than essential workers staying at home will be necessary. At least in order to flatten the curve.

Like...hunker down and stop waiting for normal to come back. I think they're telling us this every day but there are so many layers of resistance to peel through.

I believe we'll adapt but also that we're in for a very rough ride before we do, and that some of our routine behaviors may have to change looooong term to keep us safe.

M and I are giving it three full weeks of social distancing (now they want to change the term to "physical distancing" since the original undermines positive mental health) before we'll then go inside each other's houses only. I'll do friends-at-six-feet-separation (walks or patio sitting) sometime next week, most likely. But I'll leave bleach spray in the bathroom and ask anyone who goes to disinfect afterward and not forget all the doorknobs. I can't know who's interpreting the instructions as rigidly as M and I are. (We might feel silly later but that's okay.)

It's a weird dance to do in one's own head to find the right stance. And then factor in friends too. My closest friend lives on a mountain with her partner and I think they're in good shape. A neighbor has a bravado personality so keeps shopping in stores over having things delivered. Another has been in deep denial but just came out of it (she was telling me how she was going to go for meditation with her sweet friend who's in her 90s...aacck.)

I keep imagining slight fevers and felt a single light chill earlier today. Meant nothing, I'm pretty sure. But I've dug out a thermometer and will check out my temp in the morning.

Pooch and I really benefitted from our walk. Glad I did it and more tomorrow.

Sleep well,
Hops

lighter:
I think you're doing an amazing job with all the change and rules of this new world we're living in, Hops.

Good job moving through paralysis.  Sometimes it's an immovable object, but not for you.  Not today.

I think about you when people are in my zone.... I try to see them through your lense and respond appropriately.

I guess we'll get better and better at it and just have see.

Lighter

Twoapenny:
One of the few CBT things that has helped me during times of stress, Hopsie (and this is that kind of weird stress that's very quiet and innocuous - I think we usually think of stress as something frantic and loud) is to focus on the next ten minutes - I'm cleaning all the doornobs - I'm getting Pooch ready for a walk - I'm going to talk to a friend on the phone, and so on.  It's the only thing I can think of that might help just to take things down a notch.  Maybe many ten minute tiny tasks will turn into an entire spring clean over the next few weeks and yours will be the house of sparkle :)  Lol xx

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