Wow, here we go. It’s Monday and the start of a new week. The world is going on lockdown thanks to Coronavirus and I am trying to stay as up to date as possible on what is happening; the sick and death counts, and travel restrictions. These are now days of quarantine, working from home, and online schooling.
My Poetry Workshop has transitioned to online-only until further notice. I recently registered for online classes at my local community college for this summer (I am pursuing an Associates of Applied Science in Music Recording Technology). As for work, my primary source of income is my job at a Brew Pub in downtown Salt Lake. Yesterday, the Pub closed after lunch shift (Saturday we closed an hour early, Friday we closed three hours early). After hearing about the bars and restaurants closing in L.A. and New York, it is not a matter of ‘if’ it happens in Salt Lake City but when.
I have already started looking for online jobs and I’ve been applying to part-time work at nearby grocery stores since I am thinking they may be the best option for in-person work in the future.
These are interesting times and I don’t think this is all going to ‘blow over’ anytime soon. I am expecting a couple months of this at least but this is just my personal opinion.
What I think is important right now for everyone is staying calm and being kind. Even though everyone should be practicing social distancing and ideally staying at home to self-quarantine, I think being kind is key.
I’ve been seeing a lot of people taking walks, couples, and families walking their dogs around our neighborhood. Everyone appears restless and worried but I believe it is crucial we are kind and calm and we communicate with each other, we must stay connected. We are all trying to deal with what is happening and the worst thing we can do is turn on one another and completely isolate ourselves from what’s happening.
I know that all I’ve been posting lately are my poems and I haven’t done any updates about my Novel or anything else but it is because I’ve been so busy with personal and work life. Now that everything’s going to be put on hold, I feel like I’m going to have plenty of time to write posts including my day to day updates, poems, album reviews, and updates on the progress of my Novel.
Also, to keep myself entertained I have started a Coronavirus-inspired playlist on Spotify. Got to keep the mood light and have a laugh, have fun, and enjoy ourselves. Laughter and joy keep us together and keep us sane.
Listen to my DontBeACovidBeeotch playlist.
Keep Calm and Carry On my friends, we’ll get through this.
CHEERS!
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