Pandemic

IHME Projections For Florida 

Today, official numbers are:
   USA.  311,357 sick; 
               8,438 dead
   World.  1,202,236 sick, 
                    64,753 dead
and no end in sight, although how these exact numbers come about I wonder. Who knows how many additional people recovered from slight, undetected cases, and how many more people died because Covid-19 exacerbated a preexisting condition.

The talk is still about flattening the curve. What happens when stay home is no longer mandatory? There are still 8 states without stay-at-home orders. How will their citizens fare?

Groundskeeper and Housekeeper,
Essential Workers, Key Biscayne Style*

After four days of sheltering in place and maintaining social distance, Grant and I are doing pretty well. We have agreed upon times together and times apart. We eat lunch and dinner together, playing a game of cards after lunch. We take turns reading aloud to each other after dinner when we haven’t had Zoom meetings to attend. Between times, we putter around with laundry, paperwork, read/listen to books. etc. I spend too much time reading news and watching White House press briefings.

Food Right at Our Doorstep 

Our outings are a daily bike ride or walk, stepping into the street when we near others on the sidewalk, with no worries of cars since they are few and far between. One trip to the post office to pick up our mail, and one grocery store visit, which was too crowded for me to return. We signed up for InstaCart and had our first food order delivered from Publix today. That was so easy I may never go back to grocery shopping again.

One friend said she was living a Montessori life, with different stations to organize her day: first was the coffee and journaling stations, then the housekeeping station, the lunch station, the meditation station, and so on. As she makes her rounds, she feels in control. Having control of my life is what I’m looking for too.

*Note: April 6, on our bike ride this morning, I saw a dog grooming van come on the Key. I just hope the workers are safe while they take care of us, our lawns, our babies, and our pets. There are 20+ Covid cases here.