Living in the midst of COVID19, part 2
You can read the first post of living with COVID19 here.
At the last check, Kentucky is up to 770 cases, Madison County 12. I periodically check the map on the CDC website and have noticed all of the states growing darker and darker in color, indicating the increase of cases. I think New York has 80,000 or something. It's insane.
While at work the other day, it occurred to me that I will not see some of my faculty until August, and I actually got a little sad. Many of my work days involve interaction with them in some way, and almost 5 months without is a bit mind boggling. Trying to establish a routine and work plan has been difficult just because sometimes there isn't much to do, but I and those who are here still are making the most of it and trying to make things as lighthearted as possible. Conversations at the university have now shifted to summer, with recommendations to move at least all Summer I courses to 100% online, with the caveat that if Summer II classes can be moved, to do that as well. Schools in the state are now closed through May 1. I doubt they'll reopen for the rest of the school year.
Thinking ahead is something that is necessary, but at the same time, hard to do. We are supposed to go to Australia for Christmas this year, right after I graduate. We booked the tickets right before corona hit, and everything has been paid for. I imagine everything will have calmed by then....But you don't really know. Nothing is 100% certain lately.
What I do know, without a shadow of a doubt, is that God is still in control. I do worry about my family, namely Kelly, who's a frontline worker. She texted me today that she's now required to wear a mask at all times, and she's working from home a couple of days a week now. But I still worry. Massachusetts has over 7,000 cases!
I think there's this collective ache to return to normalcy, but more than that, there's the looming questions of how life will look when all of this is over. I just hope that people have taken this time to practice compassion and care, selflessness, and prioritizing what is important. I hope that continues long after the last case of Covid.
In other news, I registered for my LAST semester of graduate school earlier this week. Holy smokes. I can't believe how fast those previous 4 semesters have gone. I knew it would be quick but it still just feels like a blur. I've really, really enjoyed my classes, and I am all the more looking forward to graduation. And I'm so thankful that both of my summer classes are online!!
This week, Justin and I have been getting up earlier to have some Bible reading and prayer time. Oh my goodness- I am loving this time. It's a few moments of calm before the crazy of the day, and I get to have some journaling time...all with coffee and my husband. It doesn't get much better than that! I think this time of forced staying-at-home has brought us closer together. No, really. I've noticed we're just a lot more easy around each other. Not much of our home life has changed, since we don't have kids and he's still working from home like normal and I'm still going to work like normal. We're going on walks again. We're cooking together. We were gifted Boggle as an early birthday present (thank you Kelly!!!!!) and have been playing a lot of that. We're being silly with each other. Yeah, we still have our gripey moments....but I honestly feel like we get through them a lot quicker. We're both not panicking or all that worried and I think that helps, too. And, fun fact....we're going to give grocery delivery a try this weekend. Stay tuned!! 😂😂
It's hard to believe that we may have another month or two of this, but I just keep taking things a day at a time. And try to stay away from news, y'all!! There's just way too much of it and most of the time you don't even know if it's reliable. Don't feed into the hype. Just take precautions, don't go out unless you have to, and wash your hands. We will be okay and we will get through this! Process it and grieve and do what you need to do to deal, however you want. I strongly believe we will be okay.
And now, to close....Kelly made a "how are you feeling" picture using various candid pictures of her two cats, Benjamin and Bear, and I have decided to share that here. I definitely think it'll bring a smile to your face.
At the last check, Kentucky is up to 770 cases, Madison County 12. I periodically check the map on the CDC website and have noticed all of the states growing darker and darker in color, indicating the increase of cases. I think New York has 80,000 or something. It's insane.
While at work the other day, it occurred to me that I will not see some of my faculty until August, and I actually got a little sad. Many of my work days involve interaction with them in some way, and almost 5 months without is a bit mind boggling. Trying to establish a routine and work plan has been difficult just because sometimes there isn't much to do, but I and those who are here still are making the most of it and trying to make things as lighthearted as possible. Conversations at the university have now shifted to summer, with recommendations to move at least all Summer I courses to 100% online, with the caveat that if Summer II classes can be moved, to do that as well. Schools in the state are now closed through May 1. I doubt they'll reopen for the rest of the school year.
Thinking ahead is something that is necessary, but at the same time, hard to do. We are supposed to go to Australia for Christmas this year, right after I graduate. We booked the tickets right before corona hit, and everything has been paid for. I imagine everything will have calmed by then....But you don't really know. Nothing is 100% certain lately.
What I do know, without a shadow of a doubt, is that God is still in control. I do worry about my family, namely Kelly, who's a frontline worker. She texted me today that she's now required to wear a mask at all times, and she's working from home a couple of days a week now. But I still worry. Massachusetts has over 7,000 cases!
I think there's this collective ache to return to normalcy, but more than that, there's the looming questions of how life will look when all of this is over. I just hope that people have taken this time to practice compassion and care, selflessness, and prioritizing what is important. I hope that continues long after the last case of Covid.
In other news, I registered for my LAST semester of graduate school earlier this week. Holy smokes. I can't believe how fast those previous 4 semesters have gone. I knew it would be quick but it still just feels like a blur. I've really, really enjoyed my classes, and I am all the more looking forward to graduation. And I'm so thankful that both of my summer classes are online!!
This week, Justin and I have been getting up earlier to have some Bible reading and prayer time. Oh my goodness- I am loving this time. It's a few moments of calm before the crazy of the day, and I get to have some journaling time...all with coffee and my husband. It doesn't get much better than that! I think this time of forced staying-at-home has brought us closer together. No, really. I've noticed we're just a lot more easy around each other. Not much of our home life has changed, since we don't have kids and he's still working from home like normal and I'm still going to work like normal. We're going on walks again. We're cooking together. We were gifted Boggle as an early birthday present (thank you Kelly!!!!!) and have been playing a lot of that. We're being silly with each other. Yeah, we still have our gripey moments....but I honestly feel like we get through them a lot quicker. We're both not panicking or all that worried and I think that helps, too. And, fun fact....we're going to give grocery delivery a try this weekend. Stay tuned!! 😂😂
It's hard to believe that we may have another month or two of this, but I just keep taking things a day at a time. And try to stay away from news, y'all!! There's just way too much of it and most of the time you don't even know if it's reliable. Don't feed into the hype. Just take precautions, don't go out unless you have to, and wash your hands. We will be okay and we will get through this! Process it and grieve and do what you need to do to deal, however you want. I strongly believe we will be okay.
And now, to close....Kelly made a "how are you feeling" picture using various candid pictures of her two cats, Benjamin and Bear, and I have decided to share that here. I definitely think it'll bring a smile to your face.
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