It's everywhere

 There is nothing left untouched by this pandemic...nothing. I can lock our doors and have the mirage of normalcy and pretend, but in truth everything is different. For us it's not horrible, but it creates anxiety and worry, for many others it is a living nightmare.

- Foreclosures and job losses are staggeringly high

- Businesses are going under daily

- Prices on many goods have skyrocketed


I can sit my house and block it all out but then I'll read a story online, see a story on the news, or talk to friends and family and reality sinks in yet again that all is not well.

One of the worst "Side effects" of this pandemic for me is the loss of health care. Doctors are doing virtual  visits online, but I am in pain everyday in my back and my knees. I need a chiropractor but no one...and I mean NO ONE is taking new patients. I have been dealing okay with the pain so far, but this is far from good, add in the loss of my gym and my body is not happy.

I just cannot wait for this to end. I have an ongoing fantasy that one day soon hubby and I will be sitting side by side holding hands getting vaccinated, and I look at hi and say "We did it, we survived", and we kiss in glee. That's the fantasy. The reality is we worry daily and my body is falling apart.

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