Roni

It’s crazy how fast your state of mind can change. How the world can being going one way and totally change direction in a matter of moments. One week you’re  putting the textile industry at risk with the inane amount of ripping that is occurring, the next you’re being told to hide insane away from other people. Yes, life has been awesome, I’ve got it dialed in, at least it feels like it. Ive got a smokin wife, good job, great hobbies, good friends and family. I’ve got  great goals and aspirations.

Most the stuff we worry about will never happen, that’s why so many people who speak professionally say that fear is just between our ears. The greatest fears are things that never cross our worried minds. The things that hit us on some idle Tuesday. That’s how it’s sort of been with the corona virus.

A week ago, Dalton and I were talking about it. I felt everything being done, all the media coverage, it was an overreaction. The flu kills a lot of people. Gun violence kills a lot of people. It seems that every year there is a sickness that scares people. I was obviously naive. I was shocked when they postponed NBA . The following day it was  the MLB, then it was the NHL, then it was all NCAA sports, they canceled the tournament, what was next?

As it turned out, a lot more was next. Next was schools. Cheyenne doesn’t have school until  April 27th—as of this posting. Every couple days, her return for planning is postponed. She is stuck at home, wondering what the heck the plan is. I could see the entire year being canceled at this point. Costa Rica closed its borders, there goes our vacation in a couple weeks. Grocery stores, pharmacies, and the essential stores are still operating. Toilet paper is sold out, oddly. A sense of uncertainty, unlike anything anything I’ve ever felt in my life, has taken over most everyone and everywhere. Seems like everyone is out of answers at this point. I was foolish and didn’t it was a big issue. Now life is being affected unlike anything I’ve seen before. This is unprecedented. It’s wildly interesting, and I can see my own work shutting down within a matter of days. That being said, I’m not living my personal life much differently. Outside of the social interactions:

Some quick panic buying some wine, everyone losing their minds:

Left to isolation

Continuing to avoid people and we rode our bikes around town and enjoying the spring air:

Hanging with Paisley at Rachel’s house:

Some snow late in spring, also we got our WSU plates which means we are unofficially- officially alumni.

It feels like every 48 hours the world gets a little crazier with this virus information, maybe that’s me being too tuned into the news. Hard to say what’s gonna happen. But I feel like lots of people are going to die, the response is too little to late, and it’s going to get really wild here in the next couple weeks. God only knows.

Keep destroying them textile factories and keep life ripping