What I’ve Learned About Myself and Other Things During This Pandemic

It’s been almost a year that we’ve known this pandemic was alive and destructive to this world.  Longer if some reports are to be believed – I believe them.  I’ve made an attempt to pay attention to what I’ve been learning during this time.  Was it the teaching of the pandemic that presented these things for my edification?  Or would I have learned them during these past months in my normal life?  Here’s what I’ve learned.

It’s okay to eat a whole can of black olives at one sitting … but, maybe not a whole can of picked beets.

I don’t like bread crusts.  It’s okay to cut them off.  And, give them to the squirrels.

Procrastinate is a word that I really, really don’t like.

Washing two loads of clothes is easier … and quicker … than washing three or four.

When you go to bed at midnight or one, you can sleep until eight in the morning with no regrets.  But, when you have an appointment at nine o’clock, it is hard to be ready on time.

Writing between ten and midnight is easier than writing during the day.

Being restricted to your home and not encouraged to go away from home, does not mean you have more time to do stuff at home.

You can eat without cooking. Restaurant delivery or carryout works.

Squirrels will eat almost anything you put out for them.

If you watch carefully, you may see a different bird at your feeders, like a nuthatch.

You can spend a lot of time watching TV.

You don’t have to learn how to order things on line … if you beg someone else to do it for you.

You don’t have to wear ALL of your undergarments if you are not leaving the house.

Spending more time at home does not naturally equate to a cleaner house.

Watching squirrels in the back yard may be your entertainment for the day.

Dog sitting neighbors´ dogs can be fun.

If your hair is short, it’s easier to take care of.

At home by yourself and in the car by yourself, you don’t need to wear a mask.  In my state, our governor has issued an order that when in public, we shall wear masks.  We expect that when our 46th president is inaugurated, he will expect us to follow the CDC guidelines of wearing a mask, physical distancing, and staying at home as much as is possible.

Watching television movies allows you to cry, and no one knows.

A day with warm temperatures is a day to cut wood.

You have a greater appreciation of friends and relatives.

It’s probably easier to be alone than with a household full of children.  As an old person living along, I have no house filled with children.  I do, occasionally, have children visit – always outside – and it helps me remember just how much energy they have and how much fun they are.  But, I can send them home to their moms and dads.

Be safe and be well.

The Cranky Crone

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