More of the New Normal
Mar. 23rd, 2020 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
baronessekatI have started writing in an actual journal - paper, pen the whole shebang. I guess part of me is still that history nerd that loved reading about what ordinary people thought about world history events. So I figured I should write it both in electric and physical form. How often I transcribe from the book to here but we shall see.
I wrote this on Saturday the 21st before bed.
Saturday March 21, 2020
Saturday. Normally I would be at an event watching friends get recognized for service and dedication to the SCA. Instead, the event is cancelled as we go further into social lock-down.
I took Grimm for a small walk today and cannot help but notice the change - driveways are full of cars, but, despite the fairly mild weather, no one is outside. Other than some song birds - there is silence. Usually I can hear the low hum of traffic fro the 990 expressway less than a mile a way. Now- nothing.
New orders have come down from the state - 10% non-essential personnel must NOT come into work. I am technically essential because of the payroll I process but I have worked out a plan with my boss that I only come into the office for no more than 30-45 minutes a day to pick up necessary items and paperwork and then go hoe to work. Today I received the "hall pass" as I have been calling it - a letter from the CEO explaining the nature of our business and saying I am an essential employee. It's to keep on hand should i get stopped on y way to or from the office. The scary thing is that the letter is "good until December 31, 2020." I really hope that I do not need it for that long. But the Governor has indicated that this could go for upwards of 18 months.
The State has also ordered all hair, barber, tattoo and nail shops closed until further notice. this means within the next two weeks I will be losing my nails and hair until I feel the need to do so - for my mental health and the benefit of my soul.
I will be careful to monitor my mental health and just do what I can. There was a thing going around FaceBook that said instead of saying we are in quarantine or isolation because of the virus, we should say "in exile for the Good of the Realm". Or that we 'have taking an oath of solitude until the crisis is over". So I will do what I must... For the Good of the Realm."
The New Normal
I wrote this on Saturday the 21st before bed.
Saturday March 21, 2020
Saturday. Normally I would be at an event watching friends get recognized for service and dedication to the SCA. Instead, the event is cancelled as we go further into social lock-down.
I took Grimm for a small walk today and cannot help but notice the change - driveways are full of cars, but, despite the fairly mild weather, no one is outside. Other than some song birds - there is silence. Usually I can hear the low hum of traffic fro the 990 expressway less than a mile a way. Now- nothing.
New orders have come down from the state - 10% non-essential personnel must NOT come into work. I am technically essential because of the payroll I process but I have worked out a plan with my boss that I only come into the office for no more than 30-45 minutes a day to pick up necessary items and paperwork and then go hoe to work. Today I received the "hall pass" as I have been calling it - a letter from the CEO explaining the nature of our business and saying I am an essential employee. It's to keep on hand should i get stopped on y way to or from the office. The scary thing is that the letter is "good until December 31, 2020." I really hope that I do not need it for that long. But the Governor has indicated that this could go for upwards of 18 months.
The State has also ordered all hair, barber, tattoo and nail shops closed until further notice. this means within the next two weeks I will be losing my nails and hair until I feel the need to do so - for my mental health and the benefit of my soul.
I will be careful to monitor my mental health and just do what I can. There was a thing going around FaceBook that said instead of saying we are in quarantine or isolation because of the virus, we should say "in exile for the Good of the Realm". Or that we 'have taking an oath of solitude until the crisis is over". So I will do what I must... For the Good of the Realm."
The New Normal
