I look at my cat, who spends 99% of her day lounging around, and am starting to feel like her. The world she lives in is definitely exactly like mine now. If I could literally sleep this all away it would be amazing. Unfortunately, I can't. I need to move around or my body will be like the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. I can go outside, go for a walk, ride my bike, enjoy the weather. My indoor cat is here all the time, 24-7, and I look at her now and wonder if indoor cats are literally mush in the brain. I like to do something and get bored pretty easily. If I spend too much time dawdling around I start to feel guilty. I am the same at work. I hate standing around doing nothing. It's the same there too. So very slow producing the little amount of food for the minute amount of students around. I'm used to cooking for a professional soccer team and staff, 80-100 daily, breakfast and lunch. That keeps me on my toes....When I return to my work with the team, I will most definitely be rusty, as my brain is turning to mush, too.
I enjoy watching the TV reality show Big Brother, and am starting to realize the boredom that must happen for each house guest as they are all locked down in one house, living side by side, 24-7 and waiting for upcoming competitions. If anyone has watched the live streaming camera feeds of the house, the house guests are in different states of brain mush themselves. There plight was better than ours, before the show shut down because of the Covid-19 essential service rules. They were essentially quarantined together, and had the social interaction, without the need for physical distancing. They also had their shopping done for them, including toilet paper. They had competitions to motivate them into focussing on the next day.
Our plight is much different. We know of the dangers outside, and are allowed to leave our house, but are constantly told not to leave. We have to self isolate without social interactions other than the . We have to go out to get groceries, risking the chance of being infected. We have very little motivation, unless we self-motivate, making routines, keeping to that list of things needed to be done around the house.
I watched as the house guests found out about the pandemic outside of the reality show. The emotional responses were the actual reality of that episode, thinking of their friends and family and wondering if they were okay. If I were on the show I wouldn't want to leave, as they were all not infected, and presumably safe. If the show could have gone on, obviously quarantining the full staff behind the scenes, Big Brother Canada would have been an incredible sociology/psychology experiment. Obviously this could never happen regardless if the whole crew and contestants agreed to the "experiment", which was what this show was in it's beginnings so many seasons ago. Watching them react in such a strange egotistical way, when they were all told the show was immediately over, was confusing and weird for us outside their world. They were upset their dreams were crushed. I wonder if, when they were brought outside the house to be brought home, future shock hit them like a brick wall. I bet they were masked immediately and told to stand away from anyone, treated like a leper, in some ways. That is what I wanted to watch.
Sitting here typing away, while listening to the radio talk shows, I am getting antsy....
Ok I'm outta here.... Maybe I'll post some pictures of "The City" next post.
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