The Coronavirus, COVID-19

It is time to mention COVID-19 since it has now changed the lifestyles of everyone in the world! We currently are watching cautiously the number of infected rise across American and the world as we expect a slow curve of infected around 70% and that we hope will not overwhelm our medical services so that treatment will prevent as many deaths. Our daily routines are affected such that my wife is telecommuting for work and we are shopping carefully with nitrile gloves for the available supplies and groceries we need, and many items are not on the shelf presently.

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I guess I am more interested now in how everyone is doing and surviving the CV-19 pandemic. So if you want to share, please do.

Tammy went to Kroger's grocery store yesterday and wore Nitrile disposable gloves that her hair cutting friend gave her Friday at her appointment, and these are good protective gloves useful against the virus until you have to take them off and touch them with your bare hands. But, she shopped Saturday morning and found many items still out of stock, some things like dishwasher detergent you wouldn't expect were gone. So people are still buying for the long term and creating shortages now.

On the way home Friday from her hair appointment she picked up Cane's chicken without any problem, however. And take-out and delivery are still options for meals. Tammy made a crock pot curry chicken and rice meal, so we are eating many things from our deep freeze, also.

My routine of walking 3 miles outside for two days in a row and then skipping a day continues. Tammy works at home from our dining room table on her office lap top telecommuting. This works pretty well although she misses dual monitors. And there were some things like printing I helped figure out with her, so I'm kinda her combined PA and IT guy.

Her Nissan started making a noise for a few minutes after starting it up cold, so now we need to take it to be evaluated by a mechanic. There would be nothing worse than to be broken down somewhere right now in Houston. It is still necessary to be somewhat mobile.

I have a cataract eye surgery planned for the near future that may or may not happen since it can be postponed if the CV-19 situation gets worse and Eye Center of Texas is forced to close. This is not a big deal, but I've been awaiting the procedure for over a year as my vision in one eye is bothersome. But, there are more important things.

In the coming weeks as we need things like food and supplies we will encounter new methods and procedures that living with CV-19 will dictate. Curbside pickup and home delivery may be the norm and more likely how many things can be obtained since stores may not be able to keep shelves stocked. We will all deal with it and adapt until things are back to normal.

Today since there is no church there is a planned live streaming for the service. And since so many are doing that in the morning our church will do our service in the afternoon to prevent lag or communication problems. So we do adapt and life goes on. 

Tammy's Birthday

Today was Tammy's birthday and we spent some time at Maa's Nursery in Seabrook looking at all the beautiful flowers and fixtures before dining at Tookies Seafood Restaurant. The food was wonderful and we enjoyed the day, as well as the food and gatherings spent over the prior weekend with Jordan, Tom and Marcielle. Pictures and Birthday Video.