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And the nightmare continues

For me, this started just over 2 weeks ago, March 12th to be exact. It was at the monthly rowing association board meeting (I’m on the board), where we learned someone in the club may have been exposed to the corona virus.

It’s not that I hadn’t heard about the virus previously, but it just never hit home as an issue. Fortunately, the person supposedly infected, tested negative, which was a big relief, but it was after that, we decided to close the boathouse, and the city, county and state set into motion certain restrictions, and bans which would effect everyone.

What was so disconcerting was the people most at risk [of dying] where people over 65 (Judy and me), and those with underlying health conditions, i.e. me, with my immune compromising MCL, and my heart issues, although I suspect the latter is not an issue, having never had a heart attack.

Other than that, Judy and I are in pretty good health, but we decided it was best to self isolate at home anyways. You never know!

But how were we going to occupy our time, get groceries, clean the house, and most importantly, exercise?

Fortunately, I’ve been able to order groceries online for delivery (although many items are in short supply), Judy is doing a good job of cleaning the house, sans the housekeeper, and we’ve been making good use of our Netflix and Amazon Prime subscriptions and our store of jigsaw puzzles, so that pretty much left exercise as the only issue.

Since I couldn’t row, I decided to dust off the bike, pump up the tires, and charge the lights, in anticipation of my first venture on the bike in almost 2 years.

OY! What an experience that was! I only did 11 miles, but that was enough. I was not comfortable at all. I’ve really become accustomed to rowing. It’s so much less stressful, so I decided to purchase a Concept2 rowing machine, and, so far, I’ve been able to keep my sanity [mostly] and stay in shape.

Still even with with all that, this is not going to be easy.

I’m concerned if this goes on too much longer (reports are anywhere from one to two months, or even more), we’re going to run out of things to do, or just not want to do anything at all. Plus I’ve been washing my hands so often, the skin on the back of my hands is starting to turn raw, and it’s only been 2 weeks!

What are things going to be like after a month or more? Which I’m guessing the way things are going, we’re likely to find out!

I just hope the wine doesn’t run out!

BIG SIGH!

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