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lark

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20. Yes, missing the socializing of meeting family/friends at the local watering hole is the worst.
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 07:44 AM
Apr 2020

Don't get me wrong, I know I've got it good. I live in a house in an old growth oak forest on 1/3 acre of land. Yes, I have neighbors, but there is a nice bit of space between us. I am retired, so don't have that nightmare to deal with and my husbands part time job was deemed essential and they changed how they do things to make it safe for them. So no money issues so far. We haven't gotten our stimulus money, but we aren't fretting, it will be a vacation fund and we can't travel safely now anyway.

What I do miss most is having dinner every Sat. with our daughter and her husband and having my son come over and spend the day with us once a week. I miss the fun and laughter and change of pace but mostly I miss them. My daughter is a GM at a restaurant where they still do take out and delivery and is at the window every day interacting with between 50-100 customers. She's at the beach, so now that it's reopened, they are slammed and have added back more staff = more chances for infection. I'd probably risk it, but she doesn't want to infect me as I've had many health issues over the last year, so we are being smart and just doing FaceTime.

Hang in there and stay safe.

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