Originally Posted by Pagan
It's so tough to keep the funk at bay. I feel like I need to be back in the US with my 93 year old mother, and yet, I know I am much safer here in Finland. She is also safe and very conscious of what she does, limiting her contact with others, so I am not worried about her health. It is just a very tough time, and she is much more alone than normal. Her favorite restaurants are all closed, and she does not cook at home anymore. People annoy me right now. They were asked to stay home and not gather for parties, etc. Did they listen? Nope. Now they are complaining because areas are being closed off, and it is being enforced. We could not go to Helsinki right now if we wanted to -- that entire area is on hard lockdown. You have to convince the police you have to be there or you get turned back or handed a ticket. 70% of the confirmed cases are in that area, and they are doing their best to keep it there. The Husband's aunt lives in that area, and wanted to go to their cabin in the next province. No go. She has to stay in Helsinki and that doesn't suit her. There are *things* they just have to do at their cabin. She and her husband are both in their upper 70's, and they both worked in the pharmaceutical industry. You would think these two would be the first to follow the guidelines, but nope. Stupid people... just plain stupid.
I have days I so want to go back to bed and pull the covers over my head but that would just be admitting defeat. I don't like to do that. So, I try hard to stay focused on simple things, things I *can* do like working. I don't get as much done daily as I want to but I do get something accomplished and that feels good. So maybe I don't get that dozen galleries built each day, but I get 2 or 3 or 6. I do get my network updated. Maybe it is only a handful of galleries each day, but I update daily.
The Husband and I pretty much social distance even during normal times. Nobody around here speaks English except him, and my Finnish sucks. Everything is closed right now anyway, not that we went very many places. It is beautiful, quiet, serene, and almost surreal at times. Today, we have that magic Finnish weather -- bright sunshine one minute, snow the next, clouds, sun, clouds, snow.. rinse, lather, repeat.
Sigh.. let me chase that nasty black dog out again. He is getting too damned close.
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