My current situation…

I don’t even know where to begin.  All I know is I woke up one day 2 weeks ago and my life as I knew it had changed.

First, after many closed door meetings between our sales managers at work, we Account Executives were all told to pack up our important files and such as we would now be working remotely.

How long?!?

For an “indefinite” period of time…

Granted, working from home was not foreign to any of us as we had all been networked several years ago and had even recently received brand new laptops.   What I was I having a hard time wrapping my head around was the idea that I would be working from home every day, as opposed to from time to time or on occasion.

I’m not gonna lie, at first being at home every day was exciting because I no longer had to get myself up at 430am to kick box at the gym, figure out what I was going to wear to work, apply my make-up, style my hair, deal with crazy distracted drivers on the road, etc.

All I had to do now was roll out of bed at 6am, wash my face, put on my workout gear, find a good 30 minute cardio workout video on YouTube, shower, eat breakfast, put my lounge-wear on and start my work day.

Oh the irony, being home every day but not having the luxury of going out to dinner, visiting family or friends to socialize after hours, going to the matinee on the weekends, and so on.   It seemed like everything, for the most part, was now closed.

It’s no surprise that things started to get real old after about a week and a half.  Being home all day long working on my laptop took away that feeling of joy I used to get when I walked into the house after a long tough day at work.  I felt my home life and work life were now starting to collide.  To compensate, I started taking long walks at lunchtime to break up my day and to change the scenery.

And going to the supermarket or Target on the weekends was starting to get more and more complicated.  Trying to shop without getting too close to the other shoppers, trying to find certain items like toilet paper or Lysol or thermometers, remembering to wipe down and sanitize all of my purchases after I took them out of the plastic bags…

And I really cannot forget to wash my hands (for at least 20 seconds) for what seems like a million times a day…

Or forget to keep my hands off my face…

But the kicker, not being able to kiss, embrace or spend quality time with my family members and/or loved ones.

Hey, I guess there’s always air hugs…

As you TVFL readers know, I always try to find the silver lining.  So after today, 2 weeks in, I would say one of the positives that has come out of this Covid 19 madness for me is that all of the things I said I didn’t have the time to do, I now do.  For me that’s reading.  I used to devour books (especially in the Summertime) and now all I do is scan the daily newspapers for sales leads or read an occasional magazine article(s).   Guess it’s time for me to hit the books once again (smile).

Yes, life as I once knew it is changing day by day and week by week.  It can be dizzying.  All I can do to stay sane is pray without ceasing, count my blessings daily Count Your Blessings… and leave it all in God’s hands.  Without forgetting to stay healthy, helpful and calm.