Corona

No, not the beer.  The virus.

I decided to write about this in the event that one of these days I look back at this blog to see what was going on in my life.

Right now, not much is going on in life except surviving.  What started out sounding like a movie script or the beginning of The Walking Dead is our every day lives for the foreseeable future.  Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has brought to world to a standstill.  The disease is spread through contact and being in close proximity to others, so we are all practicing social distancing.  Families are quarantined inside their homes for hours on end, only going out to purchase essential items.  Six feet is the distance that you should stay away from someone else who isn't in your immediate household.  Even Walmart has changed how they operate.  People are let in one at at time to ensure that the store isn't overcrowded to the point that the 6 foot barrier is broken.

The disease is an upper respiratory infection. Symptoms include fever, dry cough, body aches, and very closely mimics flu symptoms. Some folks have the disease and show no symptoms at all.  Some folks are dying.

Every day life has been turned upside down. The kids have been out of school since March 16 and will likely not go back this semester.  Cade's high school graduation is in question. Kenna will likely register for high school online.  Church is even online for the time being. The worship team goes in on Wednesday nights and records the music for Sunday.  Corey preaches to the 3 or 4 of us that stay.  The video is uploaded on Sunday mornings. That is the new norm for now.

I hate this. While no-one I "know" has it, Adam Killion is currently in the hospital on a ventilator because of it.  Joe Diffie (John Deere Green, Ships That Don't Come In) has recently died because of it. I am lucky enough to still be working but many are not.  Many are saying that hopefully by May things can return to normal.  I sure hope so.