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Published: July 26th 2020
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Doesn't Covid have the knack of changing your life in ways you never imagined . At the start of writing my blog I wrote everyday. I found new things to write about . The world had changed and was changing all the time and I felt the need to scribble. Shopping once a week. Empty shelves . Closed swimming baths and gyms. It was not a hardship at first . In fact it was a bit of a novelty. It was never going to rumble on and on with no end in sight . I never thought it would alter the way I worked or the way I interacted with the doctors . Nor did I imagine I would not be able to visit the dentist or the chiropodist . I never once imagined it would spoil my holidays. There was something good about Covid - quietness , peace , clear skies , no airplanes , no cars, no hustle and bustle . A quieter pace of life that harked back to the 50's. It was lovely walking through the woods and around our village . I talked to people . Nail bars shut . Beauticians too . Hairdressers closed .
Wednesday was shopping day. No queues waiting to shop. No masks . I had mistakenly thought that the wearing of masks was compulsory but evidently not until Friday night . I noticed that the staff did not wear masks and of the few shoppers only half had chosen to wear a mask . I wondered why the shops had not made their employees wear masks from the beginning. We can have viewers round our homes but we have to Covid aware and that makes the whole experience very odd .
Thursday - sun shone . The government are talking of closing the air bridge to Spain . Just when the kids have finished school and their parents have hotfooted it to the Costas for a two week break . When they return they will have to isolate for two weeks . I got my first swim . Gyms have reopened as have swimming pools . Appointments have to booked and limited numbers allowed in. Screens have been placed on counters and spaces marked out for us to stand on whilst we wait to enter . A manager stands and watches us entering the building . A one way
system is in place . Lockers locked . Only a few are open and able to be used . Three wide lanes are open . I enjoyed my swim . Swimming up and down without much of a thought in my head was pleasant . I enjoyed the emptiness of swimming up and down . It felt as if life was returning to normal even though I knew no-one in the pool . Where were all the usual suspects ? Was it just me being brave and trying to return to normal.
Saturday - Gun club opened . Only firing outside . No congregating. But at least it has opened . Slowly but surely we are returning to something like normality .
"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know " so said Pema Chodron . I had to look her up . An American Tibetan buddhist . Never heard of her but her quote rang true . Burn your finger and you remember the pain long after it has healed . Shut your finger in the door. You never do it again . Fall over - you become more aware of your surroundings . Covid has actually taught us a lot but I wish it would go away .
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Home and Away
Bob Carlsen
I've learned the lessons I needed...
so now it can go away. I don't think that will happen in the US until Nov 3rd. I recently took my grandson to our aquatic center. I swim laps with the backstroke. I look at the ceiling trusses and vents to let me know when I'm getting close to the end of the lane. Our pool has similar restrictions as does yours.