Just Calm

Today was a video game day.
I booked off last night because I was tired.
I work in a nursing home.
Before the Corona Virus was upon us, we were already short staffed. Now, well. Now it’s getting interesting.
With the epidemic, we can’t train new people. Our residents are of the vulnerable population. So we have to exercise extra caution.
Last night, I took time for me. I haven’t slept very well for quite some time.
Despite all my bravado, I do get quite anxious about the situation. It’s not for me though. It’s s for the people I’m in close contact with on a regular basis. If something happens to them that could be prevented, well, it would be too horrible to imagine.
On the lighter side, I have been enjoying playing Witcher 3 on PS4. Lovely game. It has a great storyline. I love how you can level up the character and find and craft all these different weapons. Also, it has a huge area to explore. I’ve always loved these games. These role playing games. RPGs. Does anyone have other recommendations for games along this similar thread? I would love to hear about them!

Jackie has been a wonderful cheerleader throughout our epic game playing. She always has Mr. Monkey or The Moose close by.

She actually does seem to follow along.

I hope you are all keeping well and most importantly, keeping safe.

Good Morning!

The world is a scary place at the moment. People, trying to avoid fear, uncertainty, start to commit actions just to stay busy. Unfortunately, this only helps the person in motion. We need to just stop for a moment. Breathe. Gather our thoughts and do what is best for our society.
These thoughts of mine were sparked by seeing pictures of people lining up to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We need only to look to Italy to see how this is going to affect us in the long run. Their country has been devastated by the virus. They have lost countless loved ones because of being unprepared and not following the directions strongly suggested by their medical experts.
To be fair, unless you’ve experienced this sort of virus before, how can you truly understand how to act, behave, protect? At the moment, we are to told to practice social distancing. Some of us are experts in this field. I happen to be one of them. For the rest who are unfamiliar with this sort of practice, remember. It’s not forever. We are doing this to protect our more vulnerable population. These are our older people. Our people with compromised immune system. Folks who are already being ravaged by illness. Remember, we are social distancing ourselves for this little amount of time for the greater good.
We can do this! We can help others. We can do the right thing and reduce our social outings, look after out vulnerable, and be a better community at the end of this all.
Be careful. Be safe. Be smart.