If you haven't already noticed, I like order, or as my sister-in-law once mentioned during one of our commune summers, "you run a tight ship." I do indeed! One positive aspect about social distancing is that I have much more control over the ship. Sadly, for any other control freaks out there, that additional control over the ship is VASTLY outweighed by the utter lack of control ANYONE seems to have over Coronavirus. So, my crew may be running as well as possible, but it doesn't matter one bit if the sea we are sailing is getting ready to overtake the ship at any second.
This realization plus a trigger set me off my usual composure in the middle of a work day this week. I had a crying meltdown, one that had been brewing for a few weeks of putting on a brave face, even for myself. I vented to Ryan for a few minutes before his next work call and then huddled on the floor of our bathroom to call my bestie out in LA. As she always does, she talked me off the ledge and as I was calming down, I get a knock from an urgent Ryan who needed to use the restroom. I sauntered into our room, still crying, scratching my head, walking to the window, still talking to her when I realize that I am on camera on Ryan's computer. I quickly ran away and was so humiliated that my worst self may have just been caught on camera and seen by Ryan's colleagues or clients.
Luckily, Ryan had just failed to exit the call and he swears that the Zoom room was empty. If any of you see me on Reddit under Zoom fails, please let me know. I would be the girl with a somewhat business on top shirt, black workout shorts on bottom, dirty hair, crying into a tissue, unceremoniously scratching her head while whimpering on the phone and looking out the window. CAN'T A GIRL HAVE A COVID MELTDOWN WITHOUT IT BEING ACCIDENTALLY BROADCAST ON ZOOM?
My poor friend had to reassure me that she has seen all sorts of things on Zoom and we decided that as long as nobody sees your genitals, it will all be okay.
So, without further ado, the random thoughts from this week:
1. This may just be a familial thing or a NYC thing, but my sister and I noticed that our children have achieved the 90s Calvin Klein/Fiona Apple look during this time of Coronavirus. Super pale, under-eye bags and a defeated, far away look. I would love to know what the 90s models did to achieve this look that has naturally come upon the Real House Children of COVID NYC. Did they avoid the outside, only eat canned food and live in constant fear?
2. On the other hand, the adults are channeling more of a Botero painting vibe, aka the COVID 15.
3. I've struggled to find my humor in the last week, but one thing that never fails is the COVID roundup on Subwaycreatures instagram showing how people are protecting themselves on the subway. This one is my favorite.
4. Easter candy didn't stand an EFFING CHANCE this year in the GuRae household. The 100 piece bag was gone by Wednesday. There are 4 of us eating it, including a toddler who only had 10 pieces. Maybe I should amend number 2 above to the COVID 30.
5. Screw the parks, I would give anything to lazily sit on the stairs at the front of our building and watch people walk by.
6. I wish all the protesters in MI and the Mayor of Las Vegas could be flown to NYC and forced to follow a doctor around in an NYC hospital for a day.
7. Ya'll, people be dating in the time of Coronvirus and this fact makes me extremely happy. If you are single, fire up those dating apps and get (virtually) out there! We are going to be in this scenario for awhile, so might as well make the best of it.
8. My favorite time of day is my time with the kids. It is just so lovely to put everything on pause, including stress, and just play with and cuddle them (if they let me). They keep things interesting because they continue to change, develop and grow. Two little wildlings growing in a tiny apartment in the middle of COVID NYC. With all of the sickness and death that we are surrounded by here, they are such an affirmation of life.
9. Can cats sense COVID? They can certainly sense pregnancy and are better than pregnancy tests. I've seen people posting about how their cats were super affectionate with them while they were sick. If so, I'm either pregnant or I have COVID. It's definitely COVID.
10. My sister sent me this video and I watch it at least twice a day. It makes La Cuarentena less painful.
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