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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The image is from the Government of Bermuda Facebook page today. I am extremely lucky to be here. Today I went in to the town of Hamilton, the capital and only city on the island. I had to see an ophthalmologist this afternoon and after my eye doctor appointment I went into the local department store and got some carry out for lunch. I sat down at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, and looked out over the bay. Then I walked the 2 miles back home through the Botanical Gardens. Everyone i town wore masks. All the businesses require you to use hand sanitizer upon entering, and signs tell you to keep your distance. Bam in November the numbers were high here....over 200 active cases and the minister of health said last night she felt that they almost lost control of the virus. But now the numbers are down. They still require masks in stores, or where you can't socially distance, there is a curfew...can't be out after midnight. Indoor bars are not open. I still continue to be very careful and keep my social circle very small.
February 7, 2021
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Talk about how the pandemic has affected your closest relationships.
For the first four months of the pandemic, I was in lockdown in Spain, my husband's home country, and he was in lockdown in the US. It was very strange. We were each looking after each other's mothers. I came back a few weeks ago to the US and we had two weeks together. The first week we couldn't relate to each other. Our experiences were so radically different, he could not understand mine nor express his. After much fighting and crying and drinking and melting down, we finally got to a better place. We had a nice week together. And then he left to go see his mom. Over six months we will have been together two weeks, one of them bad. I feel like a military spouse, which I know isn't fair--I wasn't fighting or in danger, but it does feel like we are under siege, especially here, in the US, where there is so much uncertainty and it feels like we have all been left to fend for ourselves. In Spain, it wasn't like that. The Government took control and told everyone what to do. And mostly, people did it, because their concern was for their neighbor and family and the greater good of society. I cannot relate to the individualistic attitudes here, because these attitudes and behaviors damage other people. ...
July 9, 2020