Jenobi's World

It's been just over 2 months since the world as we know it here in Vancouver, shut down and I am wondering about the Stage 2 re-opening plan in the hospitality industry. I believe it can happen successfully but only if everyone abides by the new policies. I walked down Denman Street on Victoria Day and was confronted with "summer of 2019". This street is lined with small food establishments with a narrow sidewalk, partially filled with sandwich boards and patio seating, and a busy road with buses speeding by in the curbside lanes. Every open establishment had a lineup to order, and another waiting for orders, making the walking path impossible to take on without rubbing shoulders. Other pubs and restaurants I've seen open in my travels too and from work have patios open with alternating tables closed to permit the physical-distancing needed, although the lineups waiting for a seat were as long as the shopping lineups. Everyone out and about in these places was 35...

It has arrived and it is glorious. Well, is it? I woke up later than normal with the sun in my eyes blinding me, and it was so warm in bed I needed to get up. I remember my mom saying it was so hot on the day I was born .  I think it won't hit a record today but it might be close. As I write this quick snippet of my day, names keep flashing by the top of my screen in the notification column and am surprised at the history I have had. I have obviously affected people in a positive way to have them wish me happiness on my birthday. Most of these names have been from my previous jobs, and as a kitchen manager, I have trained so many people, at my age, I am known to forget a face or two. Happily, they haven't and I feel blessed to know they remember me. Do I feel old? Well, my body does, osteoarthritis picking off joint after joint, but I persevere and keep getting up every day. I try to make everyone laugh and as you can see from my choice of picture above, I will never stop....

It's May the 4th (be with you) and I'm starting to think about my age again, as anyone does around their birthday. Normally we would all be preparing for a visit to see our Moms, Mother's Day is on Sunday, and I choose to remember my Mother , as she passed just under 15 years ago. My birthday has always been linked to Mother's Day and I don't really recall a time where I was ever jealous of a big holiday being close to my special day. I don't think I have ever made a fuss over my day of birth but I am old and may have forgotten some time when I was a toddler or teen throwing a tantrum over my birthday. This year is different. The world is different. There is a significant chance of possibly not seeing next year. I agree I am exaggerating about the latter, but it never came up when thinking about my anniversary of entering the world. The coronavirus fear has been trickling into the minds of everyone, and it hasn't avoided my glob of mush sloshing aroun...

 I was introduced to a new line of thinking about the frontline workers, me being one of them in the federal description of the term. I have an issue with this description for many reasons, but when looking at the medical workers, I think most people haven't realized what they are going through. The dashboard for the provincial Covid-19 cases  currently states that 79 cases are in hospital and 33 cases in the ICU, in British Columbia. With that note, there are hundreds of open beds in hospitals awaiting more patients with the virus, but people waiting for surgeries are not allowed to utilize these openings, yet. Some people I have spoken with have said that these hospital medical staff couldn't be overworked with the small number of people in the hospital with the virus. I doubt they understand the work that goes into working with patients with Covid-19.  From what I have read each patient in the ICU gets their own specific team: nurses, doctors, specialists, cleani...

Does anyone have CDs anymore? I was just wondering because I feel like I have been transported back in time on these days of isolation. I am doing things I have never done, like growing food from table scraps. It's amazing how fast a baby bok choy can pop up out of the leftover cuttings when placed in water. I have bok choy and brussel sprout cores in water in a dish on the window sill. I transplanted the 1st baby sprout today to my garden on my balcony with the living lettuce I bought two weeks ago. Hopefully with al the sunshine, we have been getting, these little ones will flourish. On that note I digress like my mind has been without the motivation of work to kick start it. While I am trying to keep busy I have managed to revive my extensive CD collection. I am using music therapy to stay away from the TV as much as possible. I have noticed everyone is posting pictures of their cooking. It's funny because I used to do it a lot and then just stopped. I guess ev...