It’s Doctor’s Day! Thank a Doctor!
We are empty nesters, so we are adjusting our lifestyle “just the two of us.” Lin’s parents are 87, so we check on them daily. Lin is the doctor at the Hall County Detention Center so he goes out every day to see patients at the medical unit inside the facility and his temperature is checked, as well as everyone in the facility or working in the facility, every day. He gets home after that and because we have a few acres that our house is on, he works around the house or in the yard.
I work for WDUN hosting “Morningtalk with Martha Zoller,” so I arrive at the station about 8:30 and leave after the program. I had used Kroger’s Click-List since they started so if I need groceries, I order them and pick them up. I get gas or pick up things for people and then go home.
It’s very important to stay active, so I find time to walk or workout in someway every day. And I try to sleep more than usual. I’m still in grad school and we are going to class remotely so I do a little schoolwork every day. And I call people to see how they are.
The 3 most important things I do everyday is check on my in-laws and my out of town kids and grandkids by phone, rest a lot more because sleep is the best medicine and clean surfaces and floors everyday.
Finally, I stay up to date on the numbers related to coronavirus. I use the CDC, WHO and DPH. There are other sources and “dashboards” out there, but they all use these numbers to feed into them. I find them to be the most accurate and helpful to analyze where we are.
Personally, the two things I miss the most are going to church and missing my grandkids. It’s great they have virtual options at church, but I miss the closeness. And not being able to be close to my grandkids and to hug them is harder than I thought.
Additionally, my daughter’s wedding is planned for late May and I don’t know how it’s going to be impacted. We set a date of May1 to make a final decision, but I’m still worrying about it. It’s emotional.
Our lives have changed in the short term. When the dust settles we can look at what we did and see if it was the right thing. Now is not the time to criticize. I don’t think the media or the bureaucratic machine treated this the same way as the last pandemic. We need to learn how to live with these kinds of things without shutting our world and our lives down. I do believe it is right to adjust reaction based on the situation in your own area.
Use good common sense and we will get through this together.
Hall County is under control. Our folks are doing a great job in mitigating the caseload. Thank them!
