I’m close to my goal of commenting on everyone this week and holy monkeys people have written some great stuff this week! The word should be out! Maybe voting is low because I’m not the only one taking time to really read and weigh everything this long crazy week.
I'll be honest, I haven't been reading much on LJ lately because I just. cannot. take. anymore. talk. about. coronavirus. It's all I hear at work all day--it's all I'm doing at work all day. I'm not on the front lines, but I am manning the radio for the front lines (to use a old world war metaphor). Physician scheduling. All the patients are scared, unsure, and any little cough will get you sent to triage.
Side note: when someone is screening you for COVID, don't get cute with your answers to the questions. It only wastes our time and pisses people off. Keep it to a simple yes or no and we'll all get through it somehow.
And so I skim and rarely comment. This used to be my refuge, but I don't know if it will be much of one until everyone lj-cuts their plague journals so I don't keep getting triggered and anxious. If that sounds harsh, well, I'm triggered and anxious right now. I've never had to take as much anxiety medicine as I have in the last couple of weeks and I'm not even clinical!
I feel really bad for everyone who is pushed into total go mode while half the internet is like, “Oh yay, we all needed to slow down anyway!” I hope you’re able to find some peace.
This actually makes me feel super bad because I got mixed up with some old voicemails on my phone late last week toggling between work calls (on my personal phone- not what I’m used to dealing with) and thought my primary care doc had called me and asked me to call her office. So I returned a message that had already been returned and then was annoyed at the ensuing confusion. And the nurse/scheduler was also obviously somewhat annoyed. I am guessing that she was quite stressed last week too and just wanted to get to the next call.
I'm getting similar on FB because I have friends there who have immediate family in the medical field. A few of them are now posting under trigger warnings so they don't amp up anyone's anxiety.
I concur - I mostly read for escapism, and when presented over and over with the antithesis of escapism I very quickly give up and go do something else. And then I feel bad about not reading everyone's entries, but...I can only take so much.
I’m cleaning, tutoring via face time, exercising and prob eating better. I brushed/ groomed kitties so now they’re extra fluffy n fuzzy. Today I tutored and worked ahead on modifying assignments.
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Side note: when someone is screening you for COVID, don't get cute with your answers to the questions. It only wastes our time and pisses people off. Keep it to a simple yes or no and we'll all get through it somehow.
And so I skim and rarely comment. This used to be my refuge, but I don't know if it will be much of one until everyone lj-cuts their plague journals so I don't keep getting triggered and anxious. If that sounds harsh, well, I'm triggered and anxious right now. I've never had to take as much anxiety medicine as I have in the last couple of weeks and I'm not even clinical!
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This actually makes me feel super bad because I got mixed up with some old voicemails on my phone late last week toggling between work calls (on my personal phone- not what I’m used to dealing with) and thought my primary care doc had called me and asked me to call her office. So I returned a message that had already been returned and then was annoyed at the ensuing confusion. And the nurse/scheduler was also obviously somewhat annoyed. I am guessing that she was quite stressed last week too and just wanted to get to the next call.
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