Jenobi's World

With all this time on my hands I do a lot of thinking. Most of it is what I could be doing right at that moment. On a regular day off I sometimes spend my day shopping, not necessarily buying anything, just scanning racks, looking for deals. I do have a bit of an addiction to shoes and jackets, as my bulging closets suggest. Anyways, I have been passing time looking for certain things I apparently need, or think I need, or want at that specific moment where my brain drifts off into space. Recently rearranging my apartment has me wishing I had a stereo system. I don't have expendable money, as almost everyone is experiencing in this time of Covid 19, but when I look at my vinyl record collection, it brings back the fond memories of listening to music with all the pops and crackling sounds, especially now that I have all the funny old vinyl my parents had while I was growing up. Sure we all could easily look it all up online, but it takes all those warm fuzzy memories away. I have ...

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 ...

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...