I could call this one a stir crazy but it’s not really funny or silly. It’s just pissy. I am feeling really frustrated today. Everything I try to do fails. I’m tired and annoyed and just in a bad state of mind today. Not even the Tewksbury Tweets (!!!!!!!) from last night can cheer me up. Maybe I’ll just watch a zombie movie and listen to Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut. Just feed the pissy mood.
At least tomorrow is Friday…. not that that means anything.
I had a shitty night’s sleep last night. I went to bed early but I kept waking up. My back was sore and I couldn’t get comfortable. The numbers I got from my watch this morning showed that my sleep was okay but nothing special. I was really tired when I first got up but I’ve felt a little better as the day rolled on. I just ate my lunch so I’m feeling sleepy again.
I’ve read that trouble sleeping can be a side effect of all the stress from the social distance. I’ll buy that, but I don’t think that’s my current problem. I think I just sometimes have a little back pain. My stress issue is stress eating but I’m not going to stress over that right now.
Its been warm enough the last couple of days to open a window in the office. That has felt great. It’s too cold today though and that’s bumming me out. We’ve got cold and rain in the forecast for the next few days. Again, major bumming out. I needs me some Springtime right now. I ordered some screens for our bedroom windows. I can’t wait for a warm, breezy night when we can sleep with the windows open. It’s going to be bliss.
Nice weather would go a long way toward making the whole COVID-19 thing a little more tolerable, don’t you think?
Just before 9:00AM today I checked to see if my staff had all signed in to work. One of them hadn’t. He lives way down South of Boston. My first thought was, traffic must be bad today. That was followed immediately by, you idiot.
There was also a second or two this morning as I was getting ready for the day when I thought it was Thursday again. It’s not. It’s Wednesday. I double checked.
So the whole social distance thing is getting more and more normal every day, but we’re still not 100% there yet. I seem to still have some adjusting to do.
Unrelated: That last post… I proof read it twice before publishing it. I just read it again a few minutes ago. There are at least a couple of dumb grammar/usage errors and one I-could-blame-it-on-auto-correct-but-I-typed-it-on-an-actual-Windows-box error.
Moron.
Tuesday morning:
Changed the litter box
Emptied the trash
Took the barrels out to the street
Brought the Poland Springs delivery inside and wiped it all off
Took the barrels in from the street
Took the instacart delivery into the house and wiped it all off and put it all away
Changed the batteries in the electric door lock because Alexa told us to
Just realized there is still an amazon delivery on the back step
Oh yeah, and I’m working too. All but the door and amazon were before I punched in.
Jen and I share an office. We’re both working from home and sitting in the same room together. We both have regular meetings each day. I have at least one and sometimes as many as four. She has them pretty much all day long. It’s tough for both of us to join a conference at the same time, so I created what I now call Conference Room A.
Also known as the conference call nook. The little couch thingie is actually Bellana’s. We bought it so she could take it to school with her but when moving day came she asked if she could leave it here. I’ve always wanted to have a bedroom couch so I set it up. When she moves back to school, whenever that might be, she is going to take it with her. I’ll need to come up with a conference call nook alternative at that point. For now, the brutally uncomfortable folding couch thingie wins.
The fact that this conference call nook exists is not evidence of stir crazy. The fact that I wrote a post about it is. Oh yeah.
My personal social distance/quarantinish experience began when I left the office at 5:30PM on Friday March 13th. Today is April 13th. I’ve been at this for a full month. I, like most of us, was initially expecting about two weeks. I think by the time I punched in to work for my first full time working at home day on the 16th we all knew it was going to be longer than we thought.
We still don’t know how long it’s going to go on. The nazi in the white house wants it all over by May, but he’s a nazi and doesn’t care if you live or die so his opinion is invalid. The idea here is still to make life easier on those who are trying to save lives. The president is more concerned with the bank accounts of the 1% than he is with saving lives. That’s the only thing he’s made clear to the American people through all of this. Money good, lives irreverent. Of course the 1/2 of the country who worships him as their false god are falling right into line with his bullshit and that means more people are definitely going to die.
Political Rant Over.
Anyway, it’s one month for me. It was one month a couple of days ago for my wife. The exact date is fuzzier for the kids. One was on spring break when it all started. The other was in the middle of a somewhat confused response that is still being straightened out. That’s not a criticism. The school systems in the United States had to redefine their entire existence overnight. It’s no wonder it was tough to figure out. I applaud them all for the progress they’ve made.
So what I’m trying to say is, happy one month quarantinaversary, everyone. Stay home!
I ran out of bird seed for the back yard bird feeders three days ago. Every time I look out the window there is a bird sitting on one of the feeders, looking back at me… accusingly. You can almost smell the disappointment.
Today is the first day since this all started where it feels like we’re quarantined, and the introvert in me is kinda pleased.
We’ve spent most of the day just hanging around and doing our own thing. Harry’s playing Minecraft, Bellana’s doing logic puzzles, Jen’s been tweaking her computer setup, and I’m on my laptop alternating between mixing RPM music (three songs in the can, babie!) and trying to find a new TV show to binge. There’s Lock and Key, Altered Carbon, You, Brews Brothers, and a rewatch of The Walking Dead. I also thought about starting Smallville from the beginning, but I just couldn’t do it. Sadly for originality, TWD is kinda in the lead at the moment. Oh well.
We had a Zoom with Jen’s folks earlier. We’re having another one with my siblings and their families. I thought about making some Tewksbury Tweets today (if you don’t know what they are then you are unworthy and should suffer an eternity of wondering about it) but Jen was working on lunch and I would have been stepping on her toes. Maybe after dinner I might look into it again. Probably not. Not tomorrow either, as Jen is going to cook an Easter dinner for us. She’s… what’s the word I’m looking for here… starts with an A, I think… Amazing! Yeah, that’s the word! She’s amazing!
I still need to take my photo-a-day picture today. Don’t forget about that, dumb ass.
If I were good, this wouldn’t suck. Or something like that.
The Stir Crazy has me in a big way tonight. I don’t know why. I’m trying very hard to not let things get to me. Especially things that shouldn’t get to me. I don’t want to be an asshole so I’m hiding in the office, watching Locke and Key (it’s not that good. Not bad, but not that good) and trying to write lyrics about hiding and locking yourself indoors and all that fun stuff.
I think I just need a nap.
We did watch JoJo Rabbit tonight. What a fantastic movie. I really enjoyed it. It totally makes sense that it was nominated for 20434725 Oscars.
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