Easter During COVID19
April 10, 2020 – Wanted to reach out and say hello and hope you are healthy and staying home right now.
I continue to work part time and have worked from home for the last two years, so working from home already is not much of an adjustment. My co-workers in Chicago are all working from home. The major adjustment is that you miss meeting friends for lunch, taking a walk on the beach or just on a whim going shopping. There are restrictions of what and when you can do things. All our restaurants and bars are closed, some offer take out. I stocked up on food so I’m fine. This morning I took a ride around the block so I could start the car and move it. I have made a list of things that I get done each day and not all of it is work related. Certainly, at the end of all this I want to make sure I made use of the time.
During this time I’m writing, crafting, organizing crap that needs to be organized and doing my household chores… I’m reaching out to people I haven’t talked to in a while and others that I talk to all the time. My days and nights are full so by 11:35 pm I’m ready for some late-night talk show host to make me laugh and release the stress of the day.
Health wise I’m doing fine and so far most everyone I know is doing fine as well. One of the gals that was at the February Conference I coordinated in New Orleans over President’s weekend took sick about a week after coming home from New Orleans with a severe respiratory illness and was denied Covid 19 testing “because she hadn’t been out of the country” … she was pretty sick for about 3 weeks but has recovered now. I’ve had a few bouts of weird symptoms over the last couple of weeks – chills, low grade fever, congestion and cough, maybe it was and maybe it wasn’t … but I dose up daily on Echinacea, Vit C and Vit D, and take walks at least 30 minutes a day. When I remember, I do some yoga stretching and breathing.
You wonder how all this will change how we interact, do business and live our daily lives. For Easter, I’ve arranged for my family to video conference since we haven’t seen my brother in six years even though we all talk on the phone all the time. I just finished a webinar about future live events and whether in future we go virtual with them. I’ve participated in virtual publishing conferences over the last few years and they were quite successful. I’m wondering whether I’ll be planning a conference for my company again next February. We’ve already started with weekly webinars to keep the reps engaged and updated on inventory of investment products. February is so far off, and the boss usually doesn’t think about the February conference until about November. I on the other hand start in the summer looking around at places. Right now, I’m thinking we’ll probably have a virtual event, we’ll see.
Life surely will be different – especially with constant change and creating a new normal. How we adapt, adjust and cope with change will be the deciding factor in how well we come out of this individually, as a nation and the world. The emotional toll on all of us is often to hard to bear. Staying home and using gloves and masks if you have to go out really does help… as does the distancing and of course washing your hands. My my, I’ve never washed my hands so much. I want to know how you are doing throughout all this… so stay in touch.
Stay safe and healthy. Happy Easter and Happy Passover… All the best to you and yours.
Love and Hugs,
Rosemary Augustine
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