Jenobi's World

So many people have told me that they injure themselves while sleeping, and most of the time I don't believe them. I should because I'm sure I have injured my knee while rolling over in my sleep, my foot caught under the tightly tucked in sheets. I have also injured my neck by falling asleep sitting up, book or tablet resting on my lap. My experience with my aches and pains usually stem from my history, rather present and possibly bleak future, with osteoarthritis. Recently my thumb has been causing me grief, the joint where the hand meets thumb being quite painful. I have attributed it to overuse, bending it back too far and reinjuring it daily. This is resulting in osteoarthritis (OA) in that joint. I have a brace but it is quite clunky. It is good to wear overnight, avoiding the infamous unconscious hyperextension injury. My new favourite show on cable is Better Things, on FXX, and noticed the main character, played by Pamela Adlon, has the same ...

This strange set of circumstances in the world today makes me think that this is reaction to a larger problem. I have never been a spiritual person; never raised with religion in my life. I have always been the worker bee, trying to eke out a living while staying reasonably healthy and happy. This virus, that has stopped almost everything man made on Earth, has changed everyone's lives. We all have stopped being physically social, stopped spending money, stopped running aimlessly for our careers, stopped traveling. The world as the general population sees it, has stopped, but if we all stop and open our eyes, it hasn't stopped. Is it because we appreciate the moments outside, doing our essential shopping, or just getting some fresh air, that we notice even the little snippets of nature in our concrete jungle? It seems the cherry blossoms are fuller and more fragrant this season. The magnolias are more colourful, the tulips and daffodils are more abun...

I know the world is weird right now and I totally get it. We all realize that spatial distancing is important to avoid passing on droplets to others. I am always very aware of my breathing, mouth closed especially, in tighter quarters... shopping, single file walking paths, etc...but others are not too aware. I am super aware of what I touch, especially when I venture out of my cave.  When I go out it is to get basic groceries or to get fresh air. I live 8 floors up and on good days I can do the stairs.  On bad days my knee is not capable of bending to go down 8 flights without pain. Osteoarthritis is the enemy of any post-athlete that had surgery. Anyways our building is 13 flights and has 2 elevators. I'm sure there are lots of people in my building working from home, missing exercise, especially with the gym and pool shut down. Also there are many people that are physically challenged and elderly needing the elevator in the building. There is a new suggestion to...

What time is it? OMG is it really that late? How is it that in this time of Covid 19, we lose track of time? I have been self-isolating so much lately, I have been literally losing big chunks of my day. The sun starts to set and I realize I literally haven't done anything worthwhile all day long. Yes, I did injure my wrist recently and should be resting it. I have been doing light housework, like cleaning my patio chairs and sweeping my patio. I transferred music from my old itunes to google music....Now when I go outside I can listen to that music on my android mobile phone. Cleaned my dishes, blah, blah, blah. Nothing really worthwhile. Then it was 3:30 pm ...! WTF? I woke up late and that's okay. My amazon delivery showed up at my door early...Yay. I Took my daily temperature and at first began to panic a bit. It was a bit high and I checked twice, then a third time which dropped more. Then I recalibrated my thermometre and came up with the same temperature as test ...

It's funny how we all have been reacting to this self-isolation as if we are caged animals, abducted from the wild, pacing in our surroundings, wanting out. We all are stuck in this situation due to a little thing called Covid 19. This novel coronavirus has spread around the world, passing through our breath - well, droplets from our saliva through coughing, sneezing and even breathing. Every country has it currently and Covid 19 has killed thousands of people world wide. In combat of this deadly flu bug, we have been separated from our friends, family and even work-mates in many cases, to avoid passing on the bug. Symptoms don't present at the beginning of the contagion, which is why we could pass it on without even knowing we are infected. Since early March, we have been told by the Chief Medical Officer, to stay inside, self-isolate, stay away from large gatherings and to wash wash wash our hands. Being cooped up in our own personal spaces due to a deadly pandemic o...

The new normal is definitely weird. If we all look back to a month ago or two months ago, things were very much different than today. We all have no more freedoms, not that that is a bad thing. We are all understanding the need to hunker down in our homes, in the light of the seriousness of this pandemic. Focussing on your surroundings is a great way to keep busy. I have a list of things to do, which I was quite Gung-Ho about once I began, but now I have abandoned my efforts. If I do eventually get fully laid off, I don't want to complete my cleaning/organizing mission before we are all let out into the world again. 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...

Welcome to the new world, baby. It's a surreal moment in time, which I never thought I would experience, where people are spending time hidden away in their homes from a deadly virus, Covid-19. This virus known more commonly as "Coronavirus" has snuck into every crevice of every community via droplets spread from our saliva. It's making every single person isolate themselves, literally deleting jobs from the working landscape, creating very anxious and poor people.  Today is rent day for all of the renters around the world and I'm sure thousands upon thousands have not been able to pay their rent. They have been laid off, let go, working less hours, and generally not receiving an income. Everyone I know is hurting for money, social contact, toilet paper, sanitizer, cleaning supplies and surgical masks. I paid rent today, leaving me quite low on the dough, but I am lucky to have a father that insists on helping. Unfortunately, if he were to help he would...