The quarantine is hitting home in so many ways.  Yesterday Misu’s annual exam/shots/etc. were done drive-by style!  We conducted all the info exchange and business by phone from the car, then turned her over to the vet, waited, and got her back.  Our own upcoming doctor visit will be done via telemedicine.  I’m glad to see many places are adapting and taking precautions during these communicable times.

Today we had to go back to Kroger, where panic continues to be evident in all the empty shelves.  There was miraculously some TP left, but other items, such as canned goods and wipes, were wiped out.  You can see the tension and worry affecting behavior toward employees, but others are trying hard to be friendly and considerate.  I think the seriousness hasn’t quite hit people here yet, although the lines of people filling up multiple gas cans at the pumps did indicate some panicked preparedness for who knows what.  Incinerating zombies?

Misu was very stressed after her “adventure”, and still isn’t quite up to her old snuff.  We ourselves are feeling the anxiety, while diligently doing all the hygiene/distancing things in the hopes of surviving this.  The worst part is the sense of the unknown indefinite nature of this “novel coronavirus”.  If we had competent leadership in the WH who gave a damn, there might be some end in sight, or at least confidence that all possible measures were being taken.  Instead, many more deaths and meltdowns will have to hit close to home before our country gets its act together like the others.

It didn’t have to be this way.  That’s why every vote counts more than ever, whether early, mail-in, or whatever method is made available during these unusual times.  This president is dangerous to everything we value.  In the meantime, please take this virus very seriously, get informed, act responsibly toward others as well as yourself, and stay healthy and safe.  Rediscover your own yard if you have one; it can be very therapeutic.  And on that hopeful note, out back I go.