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¿De que manera el coronavirus le está afectando su vida en este momento? Cuéntenos sus experiencias, sensaciones/emociones, y pensamientos.
La ventana de mi cuarto. Cada noche antes de dormir, cada mañana antes de despertar veo hacia el cielo por medio de la ventana de mi cuarto, escucho los sonidos, los pájaros que cantan. Ya no he escuchado los pajaros que a las 5am cantaban anunciandome que ya iba tarde a la escuela, ya no he escuchado a mi vecina gritar "Vas tarde" a su hijo, ya no he visto al chofer que siempre me decia "No te atravieses asi" cuando veia que el camión se me pasaba, no he visto a mis amigos en el camión, antes no veia la ventana de mi cuarto y ahora si. Al ver la ventana de mi cuarto me pregunto, ¿Cuándo volvere a salir como antes? ¿Cuándo vere a mis amigos otra vez?
February 3, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
It’s been one of the darker weeks. The world feels like it is imploding again with the murder of black and brown people by police, children murdering innocent protestors, teachers scared to go into schools, the economy continuing to collapse, a hurricane. It’s overwhelming. I also feel more isolated as we have been quite conservative self-isolating for 2 weeks after a vacation. I have seen her mood shift. She is lethargic again and we are all just sick of this. We are ending our two week self-quarantine tomorrow and honestly will not self-isolate this long again or again after traveling and being conservative to begin with. (No one has had symptoms - this is just following the suggested rules). We travelled with friends 2 weeks ago. Meaning we brought groceries to a rental and stayed in the same place for a week. Before that we self-isolated for 2 weeks so we could see our friends and then again when we got home out of respect for everyone. We did do one or two errands but that was it. Meanwhile we work at home, our friends work at home and they also self-isolated and are strict with their rules. Most people in our lives work either in healthcare or other high risk fields. When we see them I feel like we are more at risk anyway. I feel like we are overdoing it at the expense of our daughter’s mental health. When we stop isolating we will still social distance - but this is too much. When we get home from our next trip we will continue to distance ourselves as usual but not in this extreme way. And yesterday my daughter and I rode to the library (again we have done some errands) we saw so many kids riding their bikes together and it looked like a regular summer. Then there is my daughter who we keep pretty separate. You can’t help but start to doubt yourself. My husband reminded me we aren’t seeing all of the other kids who are also being safer - because they are doing just that - being safer. I am feeling resentful.
August 27, 2020