Feeling depressed?

Actually yes, I broke my foot in July which led to two surgeries and a very long recovery process that I'm in the middle of.

As a result of the broken foot my school decided I was the perfect candidate for virtual school, so I lost my classroom.

In a nutshell I'm stuck at home alone working on a computer (which I hate) cut off from my students and coworkers and am struggling with what seems like an interminably slow healing process.

I just realized I dance like Linus.

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Be grateful you're working. Many Americans are in a much worse situation.

When this all started I felt bad for those that had to work. Now I wish I was working. In quarantine, the only contact I have with other humans is take out food and five family members in the last eight months. While I am not a very social person I miss people. My weekly day volunteering at the food bank is missed very much. My Dr. said ‘no.’

That said, I have nothing to grumble about. 99.9% of the world had it worse than I. Make that 99.99. I and my family are so very lucky.

I'm currently 7 days post known exposure to Covid (careful around those 20 somethings 😒) and have yet to show any symptoms. Test results pending. I learned how to spatchcock a turkey, so that's something.

I have found that watching episodes of Bob Ross is the most soothing and relaxing thing ever. It really brightens my day and as an added bonus it helps me fall asleep at night. Try it out for yourself in your spare time. I know all 31 seasons are on Youtube. 👍

Take care.

My best wishes to all of you.

Back in March, my place of employment sent most of us home to work from home. My wife works for the same place, so we set her up in the dining room and my office is what would normally be the "formal living room" right across the foyer from her. So, no privacy for either of us. I bought and installed some doors and built a transom above that to help keep down the noise (we both spend a lot of time on the phone or on Skype calls) which helped.



Mid-April or so, I'm bummed. Not depressed, but I hate working from home, can't see my friends and co-workers (just to chat, etc.) even though I'm not really an outgoing social person, individually one-on-one I like people OK. And then I thought: man, you've got a very nice house to be stuck in, your job is secure, and your health is good. I had nothing to be sad about. Heck, we even had toilet paper!

So yeah, sometimes you just need to put things into perspective (as several of you have noted above).

FWIW we went back to the office in late June, and we've had several covid scares. I have an employee who both he and his wife got it and recovered. Another employee lost her husband to it. It's real stuff, and although now I don't particularly agree with our work policy (we're still in the office) it is what it is, so I just wear a mask when dealing with anyone, try to keep my distance, etc. I really feel sad for school-aged children and young adults who are missing out on so much, and of course for my fellow citizens of Earth who have lost their jobs or business, their health or their lives. Some days it is difficult to keep a positive attitude. Ya'all hang in there!

My wife is working from home. I’m retired so also “working” from home. Her employer is great, and is always checking in to see how she is doing and how she likes working at home. She loves it. I respond, “They didn’t ask me how I feel about it.?” Totally kidding here.

We dined out last night for the first time inside since March. The nearest non- employee was 15 feet away. The gentleperson in the photo shared our table. Dang I should have put my watch on their wrist.

He appears to be enjoying himself.