I got another email from my doctor… at least this one said something new
*Dear Patients,
We are still in the early stages of this epidemic. Your health and safety is our #1 concern. Please contact the office if you have any questions or new problems. Someone will either call you or video chat with you even if we cannot see you personally in the office.
Remember:
The virus lives in the air for 3 hrs (wear a mask when in a store); may be on cardboard x 24 hrs (don’t open packages or mail for 72 hrs); may be on the newspaper (wash your hands and wipe the surface where you had opened it, do not put the newspaper on your lap); may be on your groceries from the store (wash them with hot soapy water with bleach or let them sit somewhere for 72 hrs before putting them away)
20% of patients infected are asymptomatic, 60% will recover without needing hospitalization, 20% (particularly if >65 and have other health problems may become so ill they have to go to the hospital). Call us early so we can help you stay healthy and fight this infection if you get it.
Therefore, stay home, walk outside on nice days for exercise but stay 3 feet away, don’t keep any “routine exams”, call us for any questions.
We care about your health and want you to remain well.*
Hello, Mumpers! You people are so busy, even during this lockdown stuff. No thumb-twiddling for YOU!
I’ve had little to report. Today I did my live online Zumba class, cleaned a little, watered and trimmed my one plant, and walked to and from the grocery store, or as I like to call it, the war zone: some aisles have been decimated, people are wearing masks, and I have to continually dodge the enemy. You know the worst offenders of the six-feet rule? People wearing masks. They seem to feel their homemade masks confer magical benefits so that they don’t have to do anything else.
On the walk home, I had to slow my pace so I wouldn’t get close to the three dawdling twenty-somethings strolling leisurely ahead of me. :mad: All I can say is I hope they’re roommates.
Sari, swear away! It’s an American tradition! I was cussing in two languages when I did my taxes, and that was with TurboTax.
Nettie: with the 502 mess, we should probably call this site The Straight Dupe.
hippie, that chocolate cake recipe sounds delish. I’ll have to try that.
I made brownies. I wanted something chocolate, and my sister was showing the fudge she made on Facebook. Too bad I can’t share them around. If I do say so myself they are good.
Ashamed to admit I’ve been watching the Sharknado movie marathon.
nelliebly, did you see the video online of the folks crowding a park in London?
Right? I’m twiddling enough for everyone over here.
Haven’t done much today. Got up twice to go to the bathroom/get a drink/hang out with the kid for a few minutes (I coordinate those trips so I do it all in one), but have otherwise been here in bed. Really feeling sub-awesome today, so it’s mostly just been intensely brainless TV (Tiger King, which is not really up my alley, but interesting enough to keep watching when you can’t focus on anything more complex and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. And The Great British Baking Show, which I love), scrolling through Facebook, and sleeping off and on. My cat has been super affectionate/needy today, which is unusual for her. She’s semiferal (and I think has a few crossed wires in the attic, honestly) and doesn’t know how to snuggle, so she just purrs a lot and shoves her face repeatedly into my armpit.
The plan is to go in to work tomorrow to get photos. I’m not sure I’m really up to it, but it has to be tomorrow because I have to be here the rest of the week for childcare. We’ll see how it goes.
