I live by myself, and have enough food for 3 or 4 weeks, probably longer. And plenty of activities, including work, and unpacking from the moving, but yes, practicing my dance, and creating figures, scenery, painting, and reading and 'riting (but not 'rithmetic ... lol), etc.
I have family that is already self isolating themselves and their families, but we stay in touch via phone and texting. And I have friends in the church community, dance community, and miniatures hobby community to stay in touch with along the way. So hopefully I'll be ok.
My colleague that I rent office space with has two admins that help us, and there is no way to know who they're husband's are coming in to contact with, and thus infect their concerned wives, and then infect my colleague and I. So ... I'm going to be conducting my business from home.
This public health issue is actually strengthening my business relationships with my clients. The interactions I've been having with them over the phone now instead of in person have contained powerful moments of conversation and strengthening their lives and decision making ability despite their anxiety, fears sadness, and likely suffering at some point along the way.
This is going to be quite a change for me. I'm more extroverted than my younger years, I'm involved in a lot of activities, and of course no more dating isn't going to be fun, although in a way I am relating to one woman who I've been staying in touch with every day as she deals with running her business via mail, and struggling with her octogenarian parents in this tough time.
But hey, this is what is happening in the current moments, and no sense in resisting it. Better to stay aware, make healthy choices as best as possible, and stay connected and supported through the interactions possible via phone, text, internet.
I'm glad this site exists, can't thank Grutch and the admins enough for keeping it going, nor the participants who come here to share their lives and loves and disappointments and information and pictures and stories and friendship.
Thank you.