♪♫ After Hours - The Weeknd
Wow... so much has changed since my last blog. I wish I could say there good changes... but unfortunately, as everyone knows, we are now in a pandemic. Where I live in Canada, most places are closed and people are being told they must quarantine themselves. I still have to go to work (I work in a homeless shelter), so I am unable to fully quarantine myself. Right now I'm visiting my family for the last time for a while (possibly months). Tomorrow I'll be heading home and from then on, it'll just be home and work for a while. Plus the occasional gas station visit and grocery pick up. I won't be able to see my boyfriend either. He has asthma, which is dangerous if he were to catch Covid-19. I'm considered a higher risk person to catch it, due to still having to work. This whole thing really sucks.
Unfortunately, I also have to cancel my trip to Hawaii that I was going to take in May. I'm devastated. The Lost Con was cancelled. There are talks of rescheduling for next year, but nothing is 100% right now. Either way, I'm still going to Hawaii once all of this blows over. This is my dream vacation and I'm still going to make sure it happens! I also will not be moving in with my boyfriend in May. For now, I will have to work hard to keep my sanity. I live with youth that I work with, which means that I have to be in youth worker/helper mode all the time. I will have no one to provide me support in person (which is better than support via a phone). Burnout is likely going to happen, but there really isn't anything I can do about it. I need to just keep working, saving money, and looking forward to the future.
As I said earlier, I'm currently visiting my family. I've been here for 3 days, because my boss is wonderful and gave me a little bit of time off of work for my mental health. Its been very helpful, but it went by too fast! I'm so upset that I won't get to visit here for a long time. Anyways... I've got to do some good self care since I got here. The best two things I did was make a big pot of vegetarian chili and take a bath with a Lush bath bomb as I watched YouTube videos. When I go home tomorrow, I'm going to be catching up on Riverdale with snacks (I ordered a bunch of junk food from the grocery store and paid online, so they are going to bring it out and put it in my trunk for me tomorrow when I stop by before heading home). Oh and I'll be checking out The Weeknd's new album! I'm not super into pop music, but I really do like The Weeknd.
How is everyone doing with this pandemic? What is everyone doing to occupy their time? Anyone have any good movies/tv shows/music/podcasts to recommend?
Update: I got all my quarantine snacks! This will probably last me 1 - 2 months. Not pictured: cheesecake and caramel sauce.
Wow... so much has changed since my last blog. I wish I could say there good changes... but unfortunately, as everyone knows, we are now in a pandemic. Where I live in Canada, most places are closed and people are being told they must quarantine themselves. I still have to go to work (I work in a homeless shelter), so I am unable to fully quarantine myself. Right now I'm visiting my family for the last time for a while (possibly months). Tomorrow I'll be heading home and from then on, it'll just be home and work for a while. Plus the occasional gas station visit and grocery pick up. I won't be able to see my boyfriend either. He has asthma, which is dangerous if he were to catch Covid-19. I'm considered a higher risk person to catch it, due to still having to work. This whole thing really sucks.
Unfortunately, I also have to cancel my trip to Hawaii that I was going to take in May. I'm devastated. The Lost Con was cancelled. There are talks of rescheduling for next year, but nothing is 100% right now. Either way, I'm still going to Hawaii once all of this blows over. This is my dream vacation and I'm still going to make sure it happens! I also will not be moving in with my boyfriend in May. For now, I will have to work hard to keep my sanity. I live with youth that I work with, which means that I have to be in youth worker/helper mode all the time. I will have no one to provide me support in person (which is better than support via a phone). Burnout is likely going to happen, but there really isn't anything I can do about it. I need to just keep working, saving money, and looking forward to the future.
As I said earlier, I'm currently visiting my family. I've been here for 3 days, because my boss is wonderful and gave me a little bit of time off of work for my mental health. Its been very helpful, but it went by too fast! I'm so upset that I won't get to visit here for a long time. Anyways... I've got to do some good self care since I got here. The best two things I did was make a big pot of vegetarian chili and take a bath with a Lush bath bomb as I watched YouTube videos. When I go home tomorrow, I'm going to be catching up on Riverdale with snacks (I ordered a bunch of junk food from the grocery store and paid online, so they are going to bring it out and put it in my trunk for me tomorrow when I stop by before heading home). Oh and I'll be checking out The Weeknd's new album! I'm not super into pop music, but I really do like The Weeknd.
How is everyone doing with this pandemic? What is everyone doing to occupy their time? Anyone have any good movies/tv shows/music/podcasts to recommend?
Update: I got all my quarantine snacks! This will probably last me 1 - 2 months. Not pictured: cheesecake and caramel sauce.
That's awful about your trip, but hopefully you can reschedule! I'm also still working since I work for a small company, but we've limited contact with others by only accepting phone calls and emails. Face-to-face only in emergency or major necessity.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not at work, however I am home. I have tried to avoid stores like the plague, and not just because of germs. People have literally lost their damned minds I swear. :O
Glad to hear you're staying safe, and I'm glad I stumbled on your blog!
Best Wishes,
Shanae