The Grand Masque
In some ways it’s hard to believe it has been almost 4 weeks since this all started (for me, anyway). In other ways it has been a very long 4 weeks. At least I can get outside and experience spring happening…that has probably been the thing that has saved my sanity more than anything. The weather is warming up and getting sunny, and it seems like pretty much every plant is in bloom right now, including the trees. I’m allergic to tree pollen so in a sense tree blossoms are like Kryptonite to me, but I’m still thankful for their beauty.
A little while ago we made one last grocery trip to get us through the next 10 days or so. Since it’s impossible to find any kind of reasonable mask for sale online, we fashioned our own masks out of bandannas. It’s great to see everyone being responsible and masking up/gloving up to go out in public, but I have to say it is kind of creepy when everyone is masked.
One thing that isn’t great to see: tons of discarded rubber gloves, and some masks too, just thrown on the ground in the parking lots. People, garbage cans still work! The act of throwing your trash into a receptacle does NOT put you at any higher risk of the virus. Think for one moment about the rest of us, who would rather not wade through your crap as we bring our groceries to the car.
Good Friday and Easter Sunday are coming up in a few days, just to add another layer of surreal-ness to things. For the first time in many years, we bought an Easter ham, plus an egg coloring kit. I’m actually looking forward to dyeing Easter eggs on Saturday, and then turning them into deviled eggs for breakfast Sunday.
Things could always be worse, and they’re likely to get worse before they get better. But in spite of all that, life keeps going which is pretty cool to see.
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