Today is Saturday, April 18th 2020
Our eyes opened up to the weekend, a little after 07:00. Rolling over, I snuggling further into the bed sheets I didn't want to climb out of yet. The weekends probably don't mean as much if you've been laid of or in self-isolation but it's only day 2 for us. Hello.
I closed my eyes and fell back asleep for another 45 minutes or so.
The phone ringing woke me up.
'Home' it said on my screen and I knew my Mom would phone again in the next 10 minutes if I didn't pick up. Good Morning.
She's asking how we are feeling. Do we have symptoms developing?
If anyone asks I've been saying "I'm OK." But I'm only saying this to help myself believe it. It's what we do to protect ourselves maybe. She tells me to have a coffee and we'll talk later. Click.
I am feeling well enough to cook meals, think straight, smoke a joint, write here, and work on a Thomas Kinkade designed Beauty and the Beast puzzle. I only started the 500-piece distraction yesterday but I think I'll have it completed by Sunday evening. If I do I'll share a picture in tomorrow's update.
After coffee we agreed it was a day to have French Toast for breakfast.
Crack 3 eggs
Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract
A sprinkle of brown sugar
Can I have some milk?
Nope! Smells weird.
Whisk it up
Turn on the stove
Add butter to the pan
Soak 4 slices of whole wheat toast
Fry them until they're golden brown
Add 'Milk' to the grocery list on the fridge
I have a meeting in a little over an hour. It's because I'm on the condominium board for my townhouse. Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) should take place next month and my guess is we'll have to send a link to owners for a Zoom meeting, or something similar.
Yesterday I realized I have an opportunity to work smarter now while I work-from-home.
People (meaning clients) have more time on their hands. Especially on the weekends; which were normally reserved for going out and plans. If their business is non-essential they'll be stressing out about how they will pay their rent or other bills. If they already work-from-home, as in their business is a home-business, maybe they have to rework the business strategy. Some of them might be wondering how they will come out of this still a business-owner. It's not about if, it's about WHEN - when we come out of this, we will be battered and blue but not broken.
We must continue practicing social-distancing in public. And paying attention to the world, our health, and the well-being of our families.
Thank you for the opportunity to protect and scribe.
Until tomorrow.
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18.4.20
17.4.20
Self-Isolation: Day 1
Today is Friday, April 17th 2020
I woke up around 05:45 and tossed in bed for approximately 20 minutes to wake myself up fully. It's my day to head into the office. For the last month we've been rotating our small team of five to minimize staff at work, keeping three of us to work-from-home.
I washed my face, brushed my teeth and for some reason decided to check my work phone. Maybe I had a feeling something was off, because it was.
My colleague; whom I was at the office with Wednesday, sent a WhatsApp message to our group stating he woke up around 02:00 "with shortness of breath, nausea, cough and chest pain suddenly".
Immediately I'm thinking about the coronavirus, the one they call COVID-19.
He's in his mid-twenties, living at home with his father. Thankfully it was just him and I working together, so we can rule out our sixty-seven-year-old Manager having had close contact. The two of them hadn't worked together in a couple weeks. Our two additional co-workers who were in the office the day before did not have a problem covering for us today. This is what we do - protect each other.
What I didn't realize at the time of the original WhatsApp message: he has asthma.
Any person with underlying health conditions has to be extra careful when they are in public today. We simply cannot know who may be carrying the coronavirus and this should be enough. Shouldn't it? Or do we need to continually watch a rise in confirmed cases in the Calgary zone for our people to take this seriously?
After performing the self-assessment online through MyHealth.ab.ca he will be referred for testing and must self-isolate for 10 days or until symptoms are completely gone (whichever is longer). Now my house is doing the same. This is what we do - protect each other.
My husband was also on duty to work-from-home yesterday so his office was not potentially exposed either; thankfully. He notified his boss as soon as I had the heart to let him know about the situation, and immediately contacted the rest of the management team. I, too decided to perform the self-assessment and the recommendation was to isolate for 10 days as well, based on the one symptom I had experienced over the last week. This is how we will effectively reduce the spread of the deadly COVID-19 in Calgary. We must protect each other.
For most of the day we sat across the kitchen table in work-mode.
Answering and making phone calls
Sending e-mails
Taking deep breaths from time to time
Just doing our best
We are both in sales of essential goods and services so it's important our clients know we are here to help. More so during these super scary days, when the President of America is tweeting about reopening the US economy. Meanwhile daily deaths in major US cities continues to surpass the 500's.
Our economy here in Alberta was in a rough patch BEFORE the pandemic started. But here we are sitting in our home offices trying to weather this storm. And it's only going to get worse if we don't keep our distance. I think if I do end up selling any equipment I'll burst into tears.
Thank you for the opportunity to protect and scribe.
Until tomorrow.
I woke up around 05:45 and tossed in bed for approximately 20 minutes to wake myself up fully. It's my day to head into the office. For the last month we've been rotating our small team of five to minimize staff at work, keeping three of us to work-from-home.
I washed my face, brushed my teeth and for some reason decided to check my work phone. Maybe I had a feeling something was off, because it was.
My colleague; whom I was at the office with Wednesday, sent a WhatsApp message to our group stating he woke up around 02:00 "with shortness of breath, nausea, cough and chest pain suddenly".
Immediately I'm thinking about the coronavirus, the one they call COVID-19.
He's in his mid-twenties, living at home with his father. Thankfully it was just him and I working together, so we can rule out our sixty-seven-year-old Manager having had close contact. The two of them hadn't worked together in a couple weeks. Our two additional co-workers who were in the office the day before did not have a problem covering for us today. This is what we do - protect each other.
What I didn't realize at the time of the original WhatsApp message: he has asthma.
Any person with underlying health conditions has to be extra careful when they are in public today. We simply cannot know who may be carrying the coronavirus and this should be enough. Shouldn't it? Or do we need to continually watch a rise in confirmed cases in the Calgary zone for our people to take this seriously?
After performing the self-assessment online through MyHealth.ab.ca he will be referred for testing and must self-isolate for 10 days or until symptoms are completely gone (whichever is longer). Now my house is doing the same. This is what we do - protect each other.
My husband was also on duty to work-from-home yesterday so his office was not potentially exposed either; thankfully. He notified his boss as soon as I had the heart to let him know about the situation, and immediately contacted the rest of the management team. I, too decided to perform the self-assessment and the recommendation was to isolate for 10 days as well, based on the one symptom I had experienced over the last week. This is how we will effectively reduce the spread of the deadly COVID-19 in Calgary. We must protect each other.
For most of the day we sat across the kitchen table in work-mode.
Answering and making phone calls
Sending e-mails
Taking deep breaths from time to time
Just doing our best
We are both in sales of essential goods and services so it's important our clients know we are here to help. More so during these super scary days, when the President of America is tweeting about reopening the US economy. Meanwhile daily deaths in major US cities continues to surpass the 500's.
Our economy here in Alberta was in a rough patch BEFORE the pandemic started. But here we are sitting in our home offices trying to weather this storm. And it's only going to get worse if we don't keep our distance. I think if I do end up selling any equipment I'll burst into tears.
Thank you for the opportunity to protect and scribe.
Until tomorrow.
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