A Covid Christmas

 My family did it's best to follow the rules of having the city shut down on Christmas day because of Covid.  Kim worked half day yesterday and picked me up on her way home to spend overnight and Christmas day with her.  As bad luck would have it, she'd injured her right wrist (might be a torn ligament) at work and was in quite a bit of pain.  Despite that, we arrived home to a turkey that Matt and Jackie had cooked and Kim prepared the rest of our lovely Christmas Eve dinner which we had at 6 P.M.  It was only Kim and me at the table because Matt and Jackie were off visiting her family but we used Zoom to at least be able to see and talk to Nick, Bev, and the boys.

Matt was up before 5 A.M. Christmas morning and the rest of us dragged ourselves up or down for coffee.  We used Zoom again to watch Nick, Bev, and the boys open their presents and we opened ours, too.  Kim got me a lovely journal to write down memories of my life with the grandchildren and greatgrandchildren over the years.  I use the blog to mainly tell them all about their ancestors before me.  I think both the blog and journal will be useful in teaching our young ones where they came from.

Cindy and Don had spent Christmas Eve with Aeron's little family...Cindy slept over but Don came back home to care for the dogs...and then their whole family spent Christmas day together.

Kim and I facetimed with Shelley who was spending Christmas at her beach house with John and Jake...Nicole and Sam were on their way there.  I never did hear about Lisette and Danny, though.

I was going to Uber home in the afternoon but Kim insisted on driving me.  It had snowed quite a bit the night before but I was most afraid of the ice under the snow.  Kim, with her sore wrist, helped me to a safe spot to wait while she got the car but we'd forgotten that her car would be covered in snow and ice so she had to clear it off before we could leave.  Sometimes the bad luck just follows us around...I was too far away to help her!

The roads weren't too bad so we got to my place safely and Kim, with her sore wrist, helped carry all my stuff up to my apartment.  That woman is an angel for sure!  I ended up napping a lot until going to bed early.  This is why I've been awake since 1 A.M. and up since 4 A.M.  No problem because I can nap later today but hope that doesn't continue this stupid cycle.

Something that angered me this morning was to see Christmas dinner photos of huge family gatherings, people who either didn't care about their and our safety or else they still think Covid is a hoax like Trump says!!  Those of us who were careful not to gather in large groups will have people like this to thank if any of us get the damned virus.  In any case, we will definitely see the numbers of people infected and dead rise dramatically in the next two weeks.  How can refusing to follow the simple rules of not gathering in large numbers be worth the agony this is going to cost?

Well, I'm glad Christmas is over and I for one will be hunkering down in my sweet little apartment, being as careful as I can not to endanger myself or anyone else.  Health workers and nursing home residents are still being vaccinated so I think it might be a while yet before my turn comes.  We're receiving regular shipments of the 2 vaccines but not in very large quantity.  We've heard that paramedics won't be considered as front line health care workers so won't receive the vaccine in the first group.  I don't understand this because it's the paramedics that handle and take those infected to the hospital.  I hope that dumb rule changes quickly so they can do their jobs better protected from the virus.

One of my good friends from Michigan has the virus and I'm very worried about her.  Carol S. is about 75 years old and lives in an assisted living home where a few staff and residents have become infected.  I fear I'll know more with the virus before this all ends.

Today I'll count my blessings that the virus hasn't hit any of my family.