Wednesday, April 8, 2020
We are no longer number one! The first death related to COVID-19 in the state of Colorado was in El Paso county, which is where I live. Until yesterday, the most COVID-19-related deaths were reported in El Paso county every single day. Yesterday, Denver county passed El Paso county by three deaths. That is bad for Denver county, but perhaps the stay-at-home order is starting to work for El Paso county. Maybe the daily death rate will start dropping for all of Colorado.
I have been joking for a while that I had better not catch COVID-19 and need a ventilator because if there is a rationing of ventilators, I will be out of luck. This morning, my older daughter, Megan, asked me to stop talking about it. Megan told me the law of attraction works whether you want it to or not. I had to agree that I do believe in the power of spoken word, that is why I do not read my journal posts out loud for my YouTube channel, I ask volunteers to do that task. I will stop making jokes about dying with COVID-19.
It is another beautiful day in Colorado Springs. I am currently trying to wrangle my seven-year-old, Mika, into doing her schoolwork. Mika could get her schoolwork done in an hour and a half each day, but she fights every step of the way. Mika’s resistance to schoolwork is the biggest reason I am not ready to try an online school for her. Mika is finally doing her 30 minutes of reading, two hours after I asked her the first time. (Thirty-one days left of school.) Mika really does not like to be told what to do. I cannot seem to get her to understand there are rules everywhere, even at home (I still blame Head Start).
Last night I had a dream in which I bought a hard-bound book. I was at an event for artists and authors, and in the dream, I asked someone how this event could be happening because we are not able to congregate in large groups. No one answered me. Somebody asked me why I bought the book, when I am purging items from my home. I explained that books were the one item I was still allowing myself to purchase. Real life controls my dreams many times, and I am very practical in my dreams.
Mika’s dad had to convince her to go on a walk with me. I told Mika we would walk to the convenience store to buy ice cream because she has been asking me for two weeks. Mika’s social distance play date friend was not available, and I thought today would be a good day to find out how many of our immediate area restaurants are still open. We have had Domino’s three weeks in a row, and I wanted to support a locally owned restaurant this week.
Our walk to the convenience store was the carrot that persuaded Mika to finally finish her schoolwork today. Once Mika finished her schoolwork, she started to play with her toys. I asked her if she was ready to get ice cream and she said we could do it another day. She wanted to give her two Barbie dolls a bath. For the record, Mika did not show any interest in dolls until after I donated all the other Barbie dolls when we were clearing out toys. Go figure. I asked Mika several times for the next two hours if she was ready to get ice cream, but she kept telling me no.
When Mika’s dad, Donald, came home, I told him I was going for a walk and leaving Mika at home because I wanted to get supper and she did not want to come. Donald told Mika to go with me, so she did. We ordered our meal and played in front of the restaurant while we waited, and then walked to the convenience store. I think I officially live in the ghetto now. Our local convenience store simply looks run down and dirty inside. I do not know who owns it now, but they are not taking care of it at all.
My piece of advice to you is to enjoy the day. I was going for a walk with or without Mika. The day was too nice to stay inside and not enjoy it.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
We are no longer number one! The first death related to COVID-19 in the state of Colorado was in El Paso county, which is where I live. Until yesterday, the most COVID-19-related deaths were reported in El Paso county every single day. Yesterday, Denver county passed El Paso county by three deaths. That is bad for Denver county, but perhaps the stay-at-home order is starting to work for El Paso county. Maybe the daily death rate will start dropping for all of Colorado.
I have been joking for a while that I had better not catch COVID-19 and need a ventilator because if there is a rationing of ventilators, I will be out of luck. This morning, my older daughter, Megan, asked me to stop talking about it. Megan told me the law of attraction works whether you want it to or not. I had to agree that I do believe in the power of spoken word, that is why I do not read my journal posts out loud for my YouTube channel, I ask volunteers to do that task. I will stop making jokes about dying with COVID-19.
It is another beautiful day in Colorado Springs. I am currently trying to wrangle my seven-year-old, Mika, into doing her schoolwork. Mika could get her schoolwork done in an hour and a half each day, but she fights every step of the way. Mika’s resistance to schoolwork is the biggest reason I am not ready to try an online school for her. Mika is finally doing her 30 minutes of reading, two hours after I asked her the first time. (Thirty-one days left of school.) Mika really does not like to be told what to do. I cannot seem to get her to understand there are rules everywhere, even at home (I still blame Head Start).
Last night I had a dream in which I bought a hard-bound book. I was at an event for artists and authors, and in the dream, I asked someone how this event could be happening because we are not able to congregate in large groups. No one answered me. Somebody asked me why I bought the book, when I am purging items from my home. I explained that books were the one item I was still allowing myself to purchase. Real life controls my dreams many times, and I am very practical in my dreams.
Mika’s dad had to convince her to go on a walk with me. I told Mika we would walk to the convenience store to buy ice cream because she has been asking me for two weeks. Mika’s social distance play date friend was not available, and I thought today would be a good day to find out how many of our immediate area restaurants are still open. We have had Domino’s three weeks in a row, and I wanted to support a locally owned restaurant this week.
Our walk to the convenience store was the carrot that persuaded Mika to finally finish her schoolwork today. Once Mika finished her schoolwork, she started to play with her toys. I asked her if she was ready to get ice cream and she said we could do it another day. She wanted to give her two Barbie dolls a bath. For the record, Mika did not show any interest in dolls until after I donated all the other Barbie dolls when we were clearing out toys. Go figure. I asked Mika several times for the next two hours if she was ready to get ice cream, but she kept telling me no.
When Mika’s dad, Donald, came home, I told him I was going for a walk and leaving Mika at home because I wanted to get supper and she did not want to come. Donald told Mika to go with me, so she did. We ordered our meal and played in front of the restaurant while we waited, and then walked to the convenience store. I think I officially live in the ghetto now. Our local convenience store simply looks run down and dirty inside. I do not know who owns it now, but they are not taking care of it at all.
My piece of advice to you is to enjoy the day. I was going for a walk with or without Mika. The day was too nice to stay inside and not enjoy it.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.