May 16th 2020

I scrapbook in the morning

Piled wood in the afternoon.

...pulls out personal soap box.

I am being inundated with memes,

Gif's and personal thoughts on the

Right way to proceed forward

During (note I say) DURING this pandemic.

#1 for those who live in fear

You never lived in fear before

So how about downgrading to

Careful about what you do

#2 we don't leave this house so we

Are staying safe

How about realizing anyone in your

Own home could be a carrier? That

Anyone from the making to the delivering 

all that takeout could be a carrier?

YOU are no safer to me than a stranger.

#3 I bleach/lysol wipe everything. 

I have no immune system 2 weeks 

of every 4 every month. My specialist

DOES NOT want me using antibacterial

Soap and bleach on everything

24 hours a day. I need some exposure

To some germs or I will be hospitalized.

So wash your hands. Don't spit. If that's 

What they are telling me... that's good enough.

#4 a mask doesn't guarantee!

It has to be used correctly AND be clean!

It is a preventive tool like special gloves

Workman use when operating equipment.

Anyone ever used an oven mitt

That had a hole in it or was wet?

Did it protect you completely???

#5 gloves for what?

If you are using gloves and take them off

Shove them in your pocket and reuse

All you did was move germ contamination

To a different time! Wash your hands.

#6 6' rule. Social distance rules have to

Now be applied to everything and it's hard!

You forget! I have done it in grocery stores

And at Valleyview and even in my yard.

6' is the right distance and once you

Get used to it, when you get too  -

You notice and correct. Just remember to

Correct it when you realize it. Stay safe.

#7 family. I think it's funny the odd things

People have said that make them feel

Safe. We have not left our homes in 8 weeks

We let the hubby or just I do all the groceries.

It doesn't matter who has to go out. If they

Are not being safe or they come in contact

And don't isolate for 2 weeks, who knows

What they brought in. People have to be

Very careful but short of living in a bubble

And having sterilized everything that comes

Into your house including your people,

There ARE NO guarantees. Just be careful

And do not panic. Do your best and live.

#8 find a way to stay in contact!

Online, phone, email.... Separating yourself

From everyone is not good for you

Mentally anymore than licking someone is.

#9 keep busy and turn off the tv. 

Air out the house and you too. Its weather

Like this that will kill germs in your house.

Fresh air is good for you mentally 

And physically. 

#10 do NOT tell anyone how to live! If they

Are choosing to do something let them. It does 

Not affect your health unless asked do not offer

You personal opinion or something you

"Read that might be true". 

We had a bbq and social distancing bbq

Last night for those few who are stuck at

Home completely alone. As our yard is

Large enough, everyone had their own table 

And chair, personal utensils and served 

Themselves from the bbq.

We found a couple interesting ways

To deal with items like bowl of slice 

cucumbers had to be in personal size 

Dishes and we each needed a personal

Serving spoon, but we also had hand sanitizer

For use if we ran into a 2 touch.

Everyone stayed in their own space.

What will be an issue is bathroom for

This kind of visit! No one used ours so

It was a short trial.

Good night from John Street