Social distancing...

So I've come to realize that I actually do have a specific set of skills that can benefit people (extroverts in particular) in these trying times.

I'm an introvert. Avoiding crowds? Staying home? I've done that for over four decades now.

I'm a Gen X'er. We were latchkey kids who learned how to entertain ourselves...and we didn't have the internet back then, ya damn kids. 

I'm MADE for quarantine. Ironically, I have to keep working, but I digress.

So here is Roxy's Guide to Social Distancing:

• You're going to want to lounge around and watch Netflix for a few days. And absolutely do that for a couple days. Take some time and be a bum. But after a prolonged period of time, it will make you sad. We crave structure, so...
• Make a list. You know those things you wish you could do but you just don't have time for? Guess what! Congratulations, here's an abundance of time. Do the things!
• You will want to create some sort of routine. Wake up, take some time and do morning things--breakfast, work out, meditate, watch TV. Get dressed, even if it is just fresh PJs. Then, do some chores. Work, if you're working from home. Just be productive for a while.
• Take this time to learn something new. Learn a new language. Learn an instrument. Learn how to do makeup. Don't let your brain turn to mush.
• If you don't already exercise, exercise. It strengthens the immune system! Don't let your body turn to mush either. 
• Be creative! Paint something, write something, make something. Get reacquainted with your imagination.
• Go outside. Quarantine doesn't mean you can't go outside. Get some fresh air. Just make sure you stay adequately far away enough from others. 
• Don't panic. This too will pass. Try to stay positive. Be grateful for this time you can get things accomplished and come out of the quarantine that much better. 
• You can still hang out with your friends...remotely. We are so fortunate to live in an age where we can still be connected even if we are quarantined. So you actually aren't really alone.

Being alone isn't so bad! You might find you enjoy your own company! Even so, you can still talk to others easily. We can do this!

It's the end of the world as we know it...

Holy hell.

So the world has gone upside down since I last posted.

I personally am not too terribly worried about myself getting coronavirus. I do worry about my parents and my uncle, who are getting up there, but generally healthy otherwise.

I am not quarantined, because I work at a grocery store. WHICH, by the way, WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE. People seem to be treating this like a blizzard. Why so much toilet paper? Coronavirus is respiratory. WHAT? Are you buying food? Soap? Because that's what you need.

Also, just get what you need. Think of others.

If what you are looking for is out of stock, please don't yell at the workers. Most of them have no control over what is ordered or what is shipped. Right now, our trucks are BANANAS. (Well, only partially actual bananas. But we're getting a fuckton of stuff to try and keep up with you.)

Wash your hands. ...were you not already doing that?? Gross.

If you're sick, STAY HOME.

We will be OK. We will get through this.

However.

Yesterday, seeing where after a week of lockdown in Italy has caused the waters in the canals of Venice to run clear and be full of fish, swans returning, it dawned on me.

Maybe this is happening to show us that WE are the virus. WE ARE THE PROBLEM.

Climate change. We ignore it. So, OK, here's a motherfucking plague to make you press pause and pay attention. Without our constant interference, the earth is healing itself. We are the problem.

I include myself in this.

We need to WAKE UP and make some major changes to take better care of our planet.

Stay safe, loves. And pay attention.

Anticipating insanity today, but it's all good. Dance party in the car, hopefully can keep the groove in my heart all day lol #grooveisintheheart #icouldntaskforanother

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hiatus

Have signed up for a few classes and going to pause on the blog, which I've gotten really off focusv anyway. 2020 = metamorphosis. Still. I'm working on it.