For the past couple of days, my phone has stopped beeping so often. Maybe we are at that point in the pandemic where people are retracting behind personal walls. I don’t always get a call back. The number of texts has gone down. Even in my own home, we seem to have retreated to three separate spaces.
It is disconcerting to say the least. And it can be challenging not to think that people just don’t care about you when your requests for connection go unnoticed. But the truth might be a bit uglier. Perhaps we all are retreating behind our mental stone walls trying to figure out how to cope with week three of Covid 19.
The news doesn’t help. Dr. Fauci gives vague amounts of time for how long the pandemic might last. It could be weeks. In NJ, the news announces that it could be 21 days before the virus peaks. President Trump has been recorded saying that he is considering putting NY, NJ, and CT under a national quarantine.
My friends and I agree that we most likely won’t be teaching in an actual classroom until maybe May, if not June.
Social Distancing is rapidly becoming self-isolation.
And that is a bit scary.
But we live in odd times, don’t we?
Stay safe everyone!
Meandering Through Midlife 
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