Day 10: Dealing With Real Life Gunk While Living in The Surreal Covid 19 World

Day 10.

We are beginning to fray a bit at the edges, I think.  Friends have called to chat about hitting the proverbial wall, strange dreams, or excessive stress.

Today I was coerced into dealing with my car insurance company once my Doc said he wasn’t getting paid because of my deductible.  I spent hours calling my insurance company and the other driver’s insurance company.  And then I googled the what ifs, which are never good. NJ is a “no fault” state, meaning that even though it has been determined that I had no fault in being rear ended, I still may end up paying my deductible and 20% copay.  I felt my nerves unraveling during the last call.  My blood pressure rose, and my tone changed.  I gave up after that.

I know we are all in this Dystopian nightmare called Covid 19 together.

And I guess it will take a while to get everything resolved.

And I can’t control other people’s actions and/or thoughts.

I can only control my CALM: Creative at Alleviating Lousy Moods.

We have friends who are trying to sort out dire tangles in their life.  One is dealing with excessive work responsibilities. Another…the loss of a family member.  A third, has a child with cancer.

None of these situations have stopped because of Covid 19, social distancing, sheltering in place, or curfews.  We just need to figure them out in this new context and hold onto the thought that “this too shall pass”.

Namaste