Pandemic Watch: Single life

A single lifestyle is tough enough during the year. Often when trying to get a great aisle seat at the Stadium you can’t. There are stipulations about how many empty seats surrounding the desired one are. We suffer the same thing for concerts at the Garden and other venues.

It has some advantages if you are traveling alone when it is time to leave you just leave. You don’t have to worry about everyone else. The holidays can be sad. But usually, there are plenty of places to go to. Not now.

Sometimes friends see me running to train to head into the city to see a bar band. They say wow you’re so lucky. I looked at them and said, “but you have those two.” They smile at their little ones and say you’re right. But we’d love to go into the city and watch a band play in a dive bar.

During the Covid-19 QT being single has several advantages and disadvantages.

If this happened when I was a teen, I have no clue how’d I’d handle being stuck inside with my mom and sister for hours on end. I love them. But they’d feel the same about being stuck inside with me
When I go out on my “mask and gloves” walk, I can just walk and not have to worry about anyone keeping up with me.
I don’t have to worry about cleaning up for anyone but myself. You think I was because I clean nonstop. A trait I got from my maternal grandmother
Be it religious or national like Memorial Day. We spend these days alone. Last year, I had a Memorial Day BBQ at my mom’s house. This year, I made a hamburger and hot dog in my kitchen. As for the religious ones, I always had places I could walk to for meals and fun. This year, alone

Food shopping: This is the same pre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. But has worsened.

When I went to buy my burgers for my “Memorial Day BBQ” they had family packs. But these family packs seemed to contain more burgers than the freezer at McDonald’s. Same with the family packs of chicken. I realize in my neighborhood families are large. But I think the family packs are out of control. I suppose the supermarkets are trying to offer more so people come to the store less frequently. OF course, the prices are jacked up. I might need a McDonald’s sized freezer
Cooking: Whether it is the pandemic or not we wind up eating the same thing several days in a row. A pound of chopped meat used to make chili or something else would probably feed two people when you add veggies. For me, it can last two days. Maybe three
Entertainment: Well that’s over for now. Unless you count the countless Zoom performances by our favorite entertainers that you watch on your mobile device. But if I was living with people we could watch together and smile at how good the show is or complain. But I guess we have the ever-annoying social media to praise and complain. Most would do this whether they were together with their families or own their own

Bottom line whether we are alone or with family we are all suffering together. We are all alone. Let’s remember this pain when we get our freedom back. Maybe then we won’t be alone.

Other posts can be viewed at:

“Pandemic Watch: Seniors and lifesaving phone calls during the pandemic or other times,”

https://mitchellthoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/pandemic-watch-seniors-and-lifesaving-phone-calls-during-the-pandemic-or-other-times

“Pandemic Watch: There are places I remember.”

https://mitchellthoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/pandemic-watch-there-are-places-i-remember

“Pandemic Watch: Creating a new fashion statement,”

https://mitchellthoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/27/pandemic-watch-creating-a-new-fashion-statement

“Pandemic Watch: Sitting on your stoop,”

https://mitchellthoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/pandemic-watch-sitting-on-your-stoop

“Pandemic Watch: What does a four-year-old think about our situation?”

https://mitchellthoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/21/pandemic-watch-what-does-a-four-old-think-about-our-situation

“Pandemic Watch: Will my nephew ever know how good it was?”