Monday, May 4, 2020
Real Life Called
So, after being closed for about 6 weeks, the casino is tired of collecting dust. One of their competitors, the CDA casino in Idaho, reopened on the 1st...which gets the rivalry juices flowing, I guess. Of course Idaho’s stay home order ended April 30th, so they’re within their state’s rules. Granted, our casinos don’t have to follow the government since they’re on sovereign land, thus leading ours to jump back into the game with our stay home order being extended until the end of this month. Cool. I wasn’t expecting to get called back, being part time...but they’re going by seniority, so that bit me in the ass. I’d rather stay home/stay safe and continue collecting unemployment, but whatever. They scheduled me a bunch of off days, that don’t work for our childcare, especially since there’s no more school for the rest of the school year. And we have a dog we need to let out throughout the day. *insert irritated eye roll here* I also won’t be in my venue, so I truly feel like they should have called those more eager to work in their venues on their scheduled days. I’ve been upset since we found out, which was on the 1st.
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Isolation
April 26th, 2020
Life’s kinda crazy these days. Crazy like a sci-fi type movie; killer virus runs a muck through humanity on Earth, attacking people from the inside out and leaving quite a large amount of death in its’ wake. It’s called Corona Virus or Covid-19 and essentially attacks the lungs of people, having better odds of terminating that person if they’re older or have a predisposed condition like asthma or diabetes...but it’s also perfectly capable of killing completely healthy and young people...so that’s fun. And I say that completely sarcastically, with complete awareness that it’s not a joke and people are losing their lives and loved ones to this.
So to combat this virus, which is highly contagious and supposedly easily transferable, most states are on lock-down with ‘stay at home’ orders. We, Washington, have had this in place since March 15th and our kids haven’t had school since March 11th. It’s been announced they won’t be returning for the remainder of the school year. I haven’t worked since March 15th, got a call a few weeks ago about being laid off, and am now unemployed, like so many others. The casino’s shut down, all recreational things (malls, restaurants, parks) are closed. Walmart is open, but I don’t go shopping. I just stay home and try to tackle small goals...like getting the kids to do their online school work, potty train Vincent, keep the house clean, sell shit on eBay. Small goals, little victories.
People are finding shit to argue about, like how this is an attack from China, since it’s considered to have originated there...politics are getting incredibly overworked through this as our economy is bound to slip with so many not working...Donald, our president, suggested people find a way to inject household disinfectants as that might possibly be the answer (which he later claimed to be a joke, after several issues arose from people having tried it), and you’d think there’s no way to spin that into anything constructive, but the anti-vaxers came out war-crying that he segwayed into the wrongfulness of and harmful ingredients in vaccines. Human-beings seem to be creatures of constant disagreement...and even though in the history books, it’s been proven that social distancing and home isolations are the only way to combat this (see Spanish flu) without a vaccine...people are so sure it infringes on their civil rights. It’s pathetic and so overly privileged to complain that sitting in the comfort and safety of your own home is a violation of your rights. Selfishness is still alive and well. Physiologist are arguing that this isolation is doing more harm than good, with its toll on the mental and emotional sides...leading to suicides and domestic violence...while ER doctors are committing suicide themselves, having been on the frontline of this war, contracting and healing from this illness, and waging on yet again, against what seems unending, begging people to do their part by staying home. There’s no winning, there’s no bright side, there’s just constant bickering.
I, personally, am holding up alright...but have breakdowns here and there. I’ve colored, done puzzles, and am reading Harry Potter with Tim (that’s one of my biggest saving graces at the moment) and we even adopted a dog! According to one of my regulars from work, who’s stopped by a couple times to chat, also named Tim, that’s one of the most popular things people are doing to cope, adopting pets. Said animal shelters are running low. I, myself, stay away from the news and social media lately, since it’s never anything good. But yeah, got us a dog, a German Shepard named Bear. He’ll be 1 on the 30th and he’s a big ol’ sweetie! He could definitely use some training, cuz he doesn’t listen, but overall, he’s a great dog. We got really lucky with him. I had a friend who I had met from my garage sales, and she messaged me asking if we’d like him because they were being stationed across the state and couldn’t find a place that they could have him. Having just potty trained Vince and knowing we were going to be home a lot, Drew and I were pretty open to the idea. He’s still a puppy, chewing up every ball we owned, he eats rocks when he’s bored, and playfully bites with his very big teeth...so maybe a little training will go a long way.
Lenny’s been in his new house, a few blocks away, planting up a storm in his back yard! He’s been fortunate to have quite a bit of time off as well, so he’s been working in his yard like crazy, planting raspberries or blueberries that taste like raspberries...he’s a little strange, my brother is. He’s now discussing going to Germany for a month, so I’m not sure if he’ll even be here for his plants.
Life’s kinda crazy these days. Crazy like a sci-fi type movie; killer virus runs a muck through humanity on Earth, attacking people from the inside out and leaving quite a large amount of death in its’ wake. It’s called Corona Virus or Covid-19 and essentially attacks the lungs of people, having better odds of terminating that person if they’re older or have a predisposed condition like asthma or diabetes...but it’s also perfectly capable of killing completely healthy and young people...so that’s fun. And I say that completely sarcastically, with complete awareness that it’s not a joke and people are losing their lives and loved ones to this.
So to combat this virus, which is highly contagious and supposedly easily transferable, most states are on lock-down with ‘stay at home’ orders. We, Washington, have had this in place since March 15th and our kids haven’t had school since March 11th. It’s been announced they won’t be returning for the remainder of the school year. I haven’t worked since March 15th, got a call a few weeks ago about being laid off, and am now unemployed, like so many others. The casino’s shut down, all recreational things (malls, restaurants, parks) are closed. Walmart is open, but I don’t go shopping. I just stay home and try to tackle small goals...like getting the kids to do their online school work, potty train Vincent, keep the house clean, sell shit on eBay. Small goals, little victories.
People are finding shit to argue about, like how this is an attack from China, since it’s considered to have originated there...politics are getting incredibly overworked through this as our economy is bound to slip with so many not working...Donald, our president, suggested people find a way to inject household disinfectants as that might possibly be the answer (which he later claimed to be a joke, after several issues arose from people having tried it), and you’d think there’s no way to spin that into anything constructive, but the anti-vaxers came out war-crying that he segwayed into the wrongfulness of and harmful ingredients in vaccines. Human-beings seem to be creatures of constant disagreement...and even though in the history books, it’s been proven that social distancing and home isolations are the only way to combat this (see Spanish flu) without a vaccine...people are so sure it infringes on their civil rights. It’s pathetic and so overly privileged to complain that sitting in the comfort and safety of your own home is a violation of your rights. Selfishness is still alive and well. Physiologist are arguing that this isolation is doing more harm than good, with its toll on the mental and emotional sides...leading to suicides and domestic violence...while ER doctors are committing suicide themselves, having been on the frontline of this war, contracting and healing from this illness, and waging on yet again, against what seems unending, begging people to do their part by staying home. There’s no winning, there’s no bright side, there’s just constant bickering.
I, personally, am holding up alright...but have breakdowns here and there. I’ve colored, done puzzles, and am reading Harry Potter with Tim (that’s one of my biggest saving graces at the moment) and we even adopted a dog! According to one of my regulars from work, who’s stopped by a couple times to chat, also named Tim, that’s one of the most popular things people are doing to cope, adopting pets. Said animal shelters are running low. I, myself, stay away from the news and social media lately, since it’s never anything good. But yeah, got us a dog, a German Shepard named Bear. He’ll be 1 on the 30th and he’s a big ol’ sweetie! He could definitely use some training, cuz he doesn’t listen, but overall, he’s a great dog. We got really lucky with him. I had a friend who I had met from my garage sales, and she messaged me asking if we’d like him because they were being stationed across the state and couldn’t find a place that they could have him. Having just potty trained Vince and knowing we were going to be home a lot, Drew and I were pretty open to the idea. He’s still a puppy, chewing up every ball we owned, he eats rocks when he’s bored, and playfully bites with his very big teeth...so maybe a little training will go a long way.
Lenny’s been in his new house, a few blocks away, planting up a storm in his back yard! He’s been fortunate to have quite a bit of time off as well, so he’s been working in his yard like crazy, planting raspberries or blueberries that taste like raspberries...he’s a little strange, my brother is. He’s now discussing going to Germany for a month, so I’m not sure if he’ll even be here for his plants.
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