Living With Covid #covid19 #coronavirus #socialdistancing

Yesterday, I mentioned two of my friends who refuse to leave their houses. They also refuse to have anyone into their houses. They are both fully vaccinated and so full of fear that they have stopped living. 

I speak of old friends generally. Certainly they are not as old as my really old friends, just old friends that need to start living again in my opinion. I am not going to mandate that they have to leave everyday to get exercise but they are seriously depressed. One sits in front of CNN all day, filled with fear, scared out of her mind at this new variant. Who can watch cable news all day? I tried it for one day and nearly locked myself into my bedroom. Scared the crap out of me. Then, I discovered that the quickest way for COVID to go away is to turn off the television. 

So I did. 

I wish there was something I could do for them. I wish I had a way to ease their fears, but they are fully invested in today's world and that is sad. Whenever I go shopping I wear my mask. I know there are anti-maskers out there and I get that masks can't stop the virus, but what I do know is that wearing a mask makes me not touch my face with my fingers, or itch my nose or bite my nails when I am out and about. So, yeah they do work. At least for me. 

I always gel up. I have bottles of gel everywhere. In my car, my purse, by my kitchen sink and in my bathroom. I am a GREAT believer in gel even though I used to make fun of my daughter-in-law for making sure everyone gelled up before getting into her car. This was long before COVID. 

Shame on me and I have apologized. She comes from Asia and has a completely different perspective than I do or rather, did. I did not have a single cold last year. I had pneumonia but that's another story. I am without doubt a face toucher so my mask does protect me if I've something on my fingers that shouldn't be there. 

But I will not live my life inside my house. We all have red lines and that is my biggest. That's why I love kayaking and now that I can drive the boat I am up for taking people out for a spin. Did I mention I was proud of myself? I didn't know where the gas tank was much less how to fill it up. It took three of us to figure it out, but we did.

And that is beautiful.