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...

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...