Day 4: Covid Family Isolation
Trying our best to keep calm & carry on
To read about Day 3, click here
Yesterday afternoon, three patrol cars full of police officers showed up on the corner of our street to impose a bit of necessary law and order. I doubt the neighbors hanging around in groups were carrying proper authorization. I would make a comment about how we’re quickly becoming a government-controlled police state, but in the current climate I’m not actually sure that’s a bad thing — some people just can’t seem to help themselves. In a distant future when some alien species lands on Earth some day and discovers whatever exterminated humankind, they’ll probably slap their foreheads and say something like was it really that hard for them to just stay in their damn houses? 🤔
But last night ended on a positive note. We listened to music, played Lego Creationary as a family which is an excellent game that doesn’t take a lot of time to play, and danced and sang in the kitchen after dinner. It was a great ending to a less-than-great day, so I’ll happily take it.
We awoke this morning to gray skies and now i’m left thinking how truly lucky we were to get a bit of solar respite. Prior, we must have had two straight months of clouds & rain (a typical winter in Northern France). If we’d been contained during this period, so help me, I don’t know what might have happened. Now we’re anxiously awaiting the return of the sun.
Things are… not looking good.
Professionally. I’ve had more than one call canceled. My project is delayed. There’s always something to do to keep me busy and to move forward (albeit slowly), but I’m waiting until we start to really feel the impact of this beast.
The French government is talking about relief to entrepreneurs and companies as if we are truly at war, fighting to stabilize our future. Many are saying that this is the most important thing that the government can do for the economy right now to avoid 20 years of economic strife. There are a lot of people hyping this up but it can’t be denied that with so many people joining the ranks of the “part-time” unemployed for “indefinite” periods of time, that money has to come from somewhere and we’re all going to feel the strain.
I’m actually feeling lucky that our plans to buy the bigger, more expensive house fell through. We live well within our means and are privileged enough to know that the belt-tightening that others will experience will not really impact our family. I truly feel for the working class.
It’s been calm online today.
My colleagues have been less chatty than usual. My morning call was rescheduled for tomorrow due to saturated video chat lines. It’s given me an opportunity to do some house-keeping (professionally-speaking), taking care of things that I don’t otherwise have the time or take the time to deal with.
…I don’t know if it’s quiet because it can’t always be loud, or if it’s quiet because we’re starting to lose steam.
