Credits: Doctor’s Orders by Just So Scrappy, “Nani Emojis” made by Bitemoji app, coronavirus border created with photos from web Fair Use
Journaling: It’s been a bad year, not for me, for everyone. COVID 19, worldwide, a pandemic. My cousin, Gabi, in Italy just had his second test after he got out of the hospital with it, he’s been quarantined at home. His father-in-law was just taken off the ventilator.
Joe Diffie, a country star I enjoyed in the 90s died from it today and I just heard that Placido Domingo, my favorite of The Three Tenors, is hospitalized in Mexico with it.
My husband is a newspaper reporter who is working from home most of the week. My doctor has told me not to leave the house and even told me to cancel a dental appointment. They told me they were about to call me to cancel when I called.
In Ohio, we’re not supposed to go out if it's not a necessity and we can get ticketed for it. My brother and sister-in-law are both working at home in Indiana and my brother is concerned because he’s in sales and, as he said last night, “If I can’t see my clients, I’m not selling anything.” And we’re both worried because our "lousy at being retired” father is still working his shifts at Meijer for $2 an hour extra "hazard pay." there are fewer customers because Michigan is locked down as tight as Ohio, but groceries are considered a necessity.
