Re: Covfefe-19: We Can Handle Slight Inconveniences. Part 8.
For Americans it was way way WAY more important to get a businessman outsider in the White House. After all, the economy of the US right now is the envy of the World.
So, people in my life are going out doing unnecessary things because they are taking care of their mental health. OM FG. One of them is living in Indiana- had the virus, was hospitalized and rec'd ZERO guidance to stay at home, thought once he had no fever he was fine and good to go. Despite me telling him otherwise. I got the what about the economy thing as the secondary excuse. What about it? I get people are suffering economically. However- if someone is non-essential, is willing to to the medically prescribed thing- stay home, and their workplace opens they are forced to go to a non-essential workplace and incur risk because they lose unemployment. Once again the low paid people are the ones who bear all the risk. Makes my blood boil. It also drives home the ugly realization how many people are really selfish and suck.
Posted this in response to someone posting that the current occupant of the White House- “I haven’t left the White House in months.”
It probably feels like that for him. Its probably the longest he's been held accountable to be on task in his adult life. No running away to waste our money so he can golf, no rallies of the fawning faithful to stroke his ego. All these terrible people asking questions about things he should be managing... Life must feel interminable right now for the poor man.
Trying to have the same routine. Get up, have breakfast, listen to the BBC while I get the kitchen to rights, change, put on a face. Then I kind of stall out a bit. Usually I would do errands or go for a walk. Mr les is home, he comes up from 'working' about then and chats for a bit- throwing everything out of wack. If it is nice out I have been trying to work in the garden. Have a wildlife problem and we are refencing and building an enclosure with an 8 ft fence. mr les is not enamored. I have cleaned out files, sorted thru thousands of pictures.
I don't have a beard- yet. mr les cut my hair. I change out of my jammies every day. I put a face on- sort of. I walk at least a mile every day. Most days 2+ miles. Listening to audiobooks when I walk.
Good days and bad days. Good days if I stay off of media which allows me to forget the world has many selfish a55holes. bad days when people start telling me how I am over reacting, believe stupid stuff because it fits with how they wish it should be, claiming the peak has happened.... I still have not figured out how to shut off my immediate reaction to educate. How much is morally and ethically required of you when you see people saying things that could cause harm and might kill people (including those I love) ? Some people don't want to be educated and they think if they ignore reality it will all go away. Knowing they are putting others at risk because at the same time seeing that at the same time as seeing my friends posting about sleeping away from their families, having the Military come to help at their facility because so many of the staff have been taken out from the disease, posting they feel helpless because the national response is so disruptive and harmful- That makes for a really bad day.