Fourteen weeks have passed since coronavirus came to Georgia. Fourteen long weeks.
This post is going to start off upbeat and then it is going to shift in a different direction. I'm just telling you now.
So, let's start with all the good stuff.
I celebrated my 47th birthday on Friday and my friends and family really spoiled me...
Thursday night, I wanted Mexican food and Doug was sweet enough to pick some up for me (fajitas - yes please!) And then he surprised me with cheesesteaks from Philadelphia for my actual birthday...
They come wrapped and frozen - we just needed to warm them up in the oven. They were so good!!
Doug and Bri made me a delicious cake and they put up some decorations. My friends and family gave me some beautiful gifts. I got so many wonderful calls, texts and FB messages too...
Here are some of my gifts and all my cards (I'm really blessed with an amazing family and friends)...
Briana used paint pens to draw butterflies on this plant pot (filled with air plants). And she made me a card to match. It is so special and beautiful...
Saturday morning, two of my besties, Amy and Val, came by bearing birthday gifts and social distanced with me for a while. It was so nice to spend some time with them (you can see me wearing the necklace Doug bought me for my birthday). And Mei was a little stalker the whole time - heh...
Sunday was Father's Day. I cooked Doug a nice breakfast and then he opened gifts from family...
Briana drew him a picture of "Ducktales." He watched the 80's version and she watched the new version. It is something fun they have in common. Doug loved it so much.
Doug wanted to grill that evening - so we had a delicious London Broil (and I totally forgot to take a picture).
Since this whole virus thing started, Bri and Mei have grown a lot closer. They have spent a lot of time hanging out together...
Bri did tell me that she is starting to struggle a bit finding things to do now. She's been a rock star keeping busy on her own. I pulled out a spin art set she'd gotten forever ago as a gift that I had almost forgotten about and she made some fun pictures...
I also had a Lego set of the White House tucked away that I pulled out for her. She put that together in just a few hours...
I've got to see if I have any other things I've tucked away that I've possibly forgotten about.
So, that is all the good stuff that's been going on.
Now it is time for my "venting" portion of the post. It does touch a little on the political. Feel free to read or stop now. You know the drill...
Well, here is the update on Georgia coronavirus numbers. A whopping 1800 new cases on June 20 (and it's not only due to more testing). That number is even higher than the highest March number Georgia had - when we started to close everything. June 22, we were at over 1200 cases.
But by all means, let's keep opening everything up, gather in groups, not social distance and not wear masks...
I hear a lot of people say "well, why don't we talk more about those who have recovered from Covid?" Yes, a lot of people do recover. Not everyone is hospitalized. Not everyone gets hit hard. But many do go through hell (even if they tough it out at home) before they eventually get back to "normal." Some people after Covid are considered "recovered" when the main symptoms subside. But there are a group of people who exist now called "the long haulers" when it come to Covid...
You have to understand something. I have had many "chronic" type
illnesses over my lifetime. Illnesses that have lasted for months upon months. It takes me a long time to get over anything - even the common cold. With Covid, sometimes people have weeks of fever. Lingering coughs. Shortness of breath and burning lungs. I don't know about you, but I don't want to deal with a fever or a cough for weeks. I already did that once with the pneumonia I caught after my trip to China. I'd rather social distance and wear a mask to try to avoid it if at all possible.
And please, if you are out and see someone wearing a mask and trying to social distance, be respectful and just freaking back off. Even if you don't believe it's a "thing." I'm hearing about people not backing off and it is so rude. People have their reasons as to why they need to wear a mask and social distance. Respect their space. Stop making it about you.
(And by the way, I'm still dealing with my blocked ear issue I talked about in my last post - so I'm feeling a bit grumpy. I'm almost done with my antibiotics and I've slightly improved. It's not completely gone though. I've been dealing with this ear issue for TWO weeks. So possibly adding Covid on top of that isn't really ideal for me right now.)
Remember I told you how frustrated I've been watching all the venting about the amenities in my neighborhood? I've never seen so much bellyaching in my life. Some neighborhoods aren't even going to open their pools this summer. Our neighborhood has five pools open - just with some restrictions. But they are freaking open. And people are still complaining - here are just a few examples I just have to share...
All I can say is "wow." This is where I live. It's not exactly how these people want things to be, so they continue to whine and complain.
(By the way, the HOA did finally open the basketball courts the other
day. They just did it slowly. The courts and pool close at 9PM. And you
know what? People will still probably complain about it.)
One lady in my neighborhood finally blew a gasket. I don't agree with how badly she snapped, but I do understand where she is coming from (I had to blur some of the language)...
So...it wasn't pretty. She didn't handle it well.
Know what you don't see here? All the comments responding to what she said. I cannot tell you how many people in the thread called her "Karen" and "Libtard." No joke. This is my "family friendly" neighborhood. I personally don't feel like hanging out with any of these people at the swimming pools. Especially during a pandemic.
And finally, I have one thing to share about the rally on Saturday (though there is SO much more I could say - believe me)...
Yes - he made yet another racial slur. No - it shouldn't be ignored or glossed over. No - I'm not overreacting. No - it's not funny. And I don't think the families who have lost loved ones to Covid thought his "jokes" were funny either. Don't try to justify what he said or defend him. I can't tell you what to do, but please - think about my kid for just a moment before you submit your ballot in November. Please.
End of vent.
Oh - I did have to laugh when I saw someone post this on FB...
It's very true. LOL!
Thank you to those that made it to the end of this post. I always think I won't have anything to complain about - and then I do. Sorry about that.
And thank you to my friends and family who made me feel so special on my birthday.
Hopefully when I write next, I'll be feeling completely better with my ear. Looks like I may be calling the ENT in a day or two. Who knows. It's me we are talking about.
I'll be back soon.
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