I've noticed several of my friends have been getting puppies over the last 2 weeks. I think it is wonderful to have all this time at home to bond with a brand new puppy. What a wonderful distraction! Almost makes me feel like going out and getting another puppy.... almost
My biggest silver lining is being here when my kids wake up in the morning. When I was working in the office, I was leaving the house at 6am, getting home after 7pm barely in time for dinner. I hated having so little time with them, but hated the most not being there when they woke up. It made me feel like I was missing out on something important.
Now we can have breakfast together, I tell them I'm "going to work" but will see them at lunch, and there's plenty of time "after work" to go ride bikes in front of the house or play video games together. It's wonderful feeling to be here to catch the small moments with them, not be constantly exhausted from work or preoccupied. I'm really gonna miss this.
My life just feels more streesful
We were pretty much social isolating for the last year with Gary unwell and with his compromised immune system
now everything is just harder, getting groceries is a nightmare, going to the chemist is risky
So ill have to get back to you with my silver linning
i might have to invent one but ill do my best missy
I've been helping a friend take his nutter ex to court in order to try and get custody of their child. It is draining! but it is good to know I might be making a kid's life better. (Fingers crossed...)
DH gave me a nice camera for Christmas, mostly to take pictures of the birds I like to watch. I haven’t even gotten it out of the box yet because learning how to use it will be quite a project. Now I will have the time to dedicate to it and I found a free photography course offered free online due to quarantine. I might get some decent pics of sparkly things to show here as well.
It’s been great to see how generous and bonded my clinical team is. We’ve been really stepping up in being flexible with our shifts and adapting to new hospital work flow needs. Love my work fam.
Also since doing more work from home, I get to take lots of picture and annoy my cat lol. I’m tempted to rescue a dog but I don’t know how much the cat would tolerate it and I still have some unpredictable shifts at work. Sigh. One day!
Ok - my silver lining....
I decided if I have to be bored witless, I'm going to get something out of it. So I'm doing.....
The COVID-19 Health and Beauty Makeover!
So far I've lost 10 lbs, I've bleached my teeth multiple times, and I've dyed my eyelashes. I'm also working out - a LOT - and my stamina is going up. I'm doing a bunch of hair and skin treatments and moisturizing religiously. My hair is only growing back now from 4 surgeries last year, so I'm doing all I can with vitamins etc to aid the process.
On the down side, I've recently had a huge flare of my ulcerative colitis and ended up in hospital on Wednesday. It was...not good...but the apex ultimately passed and the symptoms have been improving.
I've taken up yoga recently - which I HATE - but my body needs the flexibility, so it's been added to the C19H&BM list as well.
I'm bored beyond belief - but I intend to look fabulous doing it!
ETA 'Fabulous' might be a tad optimistic, but I'll settle for better than normal.
Ok - my silver lining....
I decided if I have to be bored witless, I'm going to get something out of it. So I'm doing.....
The COVID-19 Health and Beauty Makeover!
So far I've lost 10 lbs, I've bleached my teeth multiple times, and I've dyed my eyelashes. I'm also working out - a LOT - and my stamina is going up. I'm doing a bunch of hair and skin treatments and moisturizing religiously. My hair is only growing back now from 4 surgeries last year, so I'm doing all I can with vitamins etc to aid the process.
On the down side, I've recently had a huge flare of my ulcerative colitis and ended up in hospital on Wednesday. It was...not good...but the apex ultimately passed and the symptoms have been improving.
I've taken up yoga recently - which I HATE - but my body needs the flexibility, so it's been added to the C19H&BM list as well.
I'm bored beyond belief - but I intend to look fabulous doing it!
ETA 'Fabulous' might be a tad optimistic, but I'll settle for better than normal.
Save money by not going out and to cook more at home, in case it has not been mentioned yet.
DK
Ok - my silver lining....
I decided if I have to be bored witless, I'm going to get something out of it. So I'm doing.....
The COVID-19 Health and Beauty Makeover!
So far I've lost 10 lbs, I've bleached my teeth multiple times, and I've dyed my eyelashes. I'm also working out - a LOT - and my stamina is going up. I'm doing a bunch of hair and skin treatments and moisturizing religiously. My hair is only growing back now from 4 surgeries last year, so I'm doing all I can with vitamins etc to aid the process.
On the down side, I've recently had a huge flare of my ulcerative colitis and ended up in hospital on Wednesday. It was...not good...but the apex ultimately passed and the symptoms have been improving.
I've taken up yoga recently - which I HATE - but my body needs the flexibility, so it's been added to the C19H&BM list as well.
I'm bored beyond belief - but I intend to look fabulous doing it!
ETA 'Fabulous' might be a tad optimistic, but I'll settle for better than normal.
The upside of this is that 2 of our neighbours have offered to shop for us, and even our postlady has told us if we need anything, to just leave a note for her and she’ll see what she can do.
We’re also eating even more fruit than usual as our deliveries are big quantities.
I'll start.
1. We get to spend quality and quantity time with our closest loved ones
2. Time to take over some neglected chores (reorganizing, cleaning, decluttering).
3. Spending so much more time with our furry (and for those of you with non furry) babies.
4. More people willing to foster local rescues during this time since they are home and can open up their home to them.
5. Reducing our carbon footprint.
6. Learning new technology ie Zoom and FaceTime (OK I haven't gotten around to that yet but I probably will...)
7. More time to read
8. More time to engage in meaningful conversation with loved ones on the phone or in other ways (see above FaceTime etc).
9. More time to reflect on the meaning of life
10. An opportunity to do good, to offer services to those who need help. Even if it is just shopping for our elderly neighbors. It makes me feel like I am contributing something at least to a world in desperate need.
So much we cannot control but at least we can control some things and to that end do as much good as we possibly can.