Day 7 - 85 -- Thoughts of normalcy

Sun shone today, which helped deal with the whiter world left yesterday. The pile by the street from the sidewalk and street plows is mid-thigh deep. Not even going to touch that -- way too heavy. Besides, about 6-8 inches more is expected in the next two days with yet another spring snow storm. I will wait until the rest arrives before calling someone to clear the end of the driveway. I am not going anywhere until Saturday. Where a I going? Well, I spent 2 hours fighting with the software to place my first ever online grocery order and the earliest pickup time was 6 PM on Saturday (order was placed on Tuesday). Sales in place when I ordered will disappear by the time the order is filled, so I will need to go in to check prices and eliminate a couple of items that I don't want at full price.

Most of today was spent speaking with others. I had three meetings about current projects. It was great to chat with other people dealing with self isolation -- as so many people worldwide are doing. Getting coping strategies to make the days special in some small way is interesting. Trying to focus on research projects also helped add a degree of normalcy to this bizarre situation. Visions of what it will be like when it is all over are difficult to see clearly. It won't be the same as it was, but I hope things will have some semblance of past normalcy as the new normal is built. Lyrics from a song state how I feel at times -- "Before all of this went down . . . you were just a face in the crowd out on the street, walking around . . . " I expect this will infiltrate my dreams soon, too. We need to hold onto those thin strands of hope and faith that will get us through. Oh, and yes, I will move on to another artist -- this one just had so much to say to me this week. <smile> Enjoy!

A Face in the Crowd -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers