{"id":4292,"date":"2020-05-19T11:57:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2021-10-16T15:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T19:45:57","slug":"pandemic-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/pandemic-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Thanks go to Kim Kimball Holmquist for giving us the chance to laugh out loud!<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>New monthly budget: Gas $0, Entertainment $0, Clothes $0, Groceries $2,799.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Breaking News: Wearing a mask inside your home is now highly recommended. Not so much to stop COVID-19, but to stop eating.<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>We low-maintenance chicks are having our moment right now. We don&#8217;t have nails to fill and paint, roots to dye, eyelashes to re-mink, and are thrilled not to have to get dressed every day. I have been training for this moment my entire life!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>When this quarantine is over, let&#8217;s not tell some people.<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>I stepped on my scale this morning. It said: &#8220;Please practice social distancing. Only one person at a time on the scale.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Not to brag, but I haven&#8217;t been late to anything in over 8 weeks.<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>It may take a village to raise a child, but I swear its going to take a vineyard to home school one.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>You know those car commercials where there&#8217;s only vehicle on the road? Doesn&#8217;t seem so unrealistic these days.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>They may open things up next month &#8212; I&#8217;m staying in until July to see what happens to you all first.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Day 56: The garbage man placed an AA flyer on my recycling bin.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Appropriate analogy: &#8220;The curve is flattening, so we can start lifting restrictions now.&#8221; Or could it be&#8230;.. &nbsp;pretty funny &#8220;The parachute has slowed our rate of descent, so we can take it off now.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>People keep asking: &#8220;Is coronavirus REALLY all that serious?&#8221; Listen y&#8217;all, the churches and casinos are closed. When heaven and hell agree on the same thing, it&#8217;s probably pretty serious.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go up to a bank teller wearing a mask and ask for money.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>I am home schooling. The first day I tried to get this kid transferred out of my class.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Putting a drink in each room of my house today and calling it a pub crawl.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Okay, so the schools are closed. Do we drop the kids off at the teacher&#8217;s house?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>For the second part of this quarantine do we have to stay with the same family or will they relocate us? Asking for myself&#8230;.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>And the best one: I was in a long line at 7:45 am today at the grocery store that opened at 8:00 for seniors only. A young man came from the parking lot and tried to cut in at the front of the line, but an old lady beat him back into the parking lot with her cane. He returned and tried to cut in again, but an old man punched him in the gut, then kicked him to the ground and rolled him away. As he approached the line for the 3rd time he said, &#8220;If you people don&#8217;t let me unlock the door, none of you will ever get in to shop.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks go to Kim Kimball Holmquist for giving us the chance to laugh out loud! 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