I feel like possibly I should post, since I'm constantly hoping to hear how others are doing

[sandrylene]

I'm fine. I hate being stuck at home. I miss so many people. I was astonishingly, stupidly grateful when work did a zoom virtual happy hour and I got to literally see peoples' faces when I had not otherwise seen them in weeks. I miss conversations that work flawlessly with more than three people. I miss seeing people smile out of genuine amusement. I miss mental/emotional stability being a thing that didn't require consistent, observable effort. A lot of things, really.

But I'm doing fine. My family are fine. I have what I need to keep going and to keep my life in order. My job is likely stable for the remainder of the year (granted I found this out by surviving one round of very stressful remote layoffs, but still). I have a lot to do - I'm taking both French and German again, all remotely, of course. I'm practicing flute tons more than otherwise I'd usually been doing, because I sit three feet from it and my music stand what feels like all damn day, and I can't take sitting this many hours in a row, so standing breaks are practice breaks.

And I get to cook again, which is in some ways nice.

So basically, life is fine. I absolutely hate being stuck here, and the lack of social satiation is definitely not good for my mental health, but realistically I'm fine.

I hope other folks are doing okay.

Comments

[sovay]

I absolutely hate being stuck here, and the lack of social satiation is definitely not good for my mental health, but realistically I'm fine.

I'm glad to hear from you, whatever your state. We seem to have our health so far, which is the important thing.

[sandrylene]

Yes, absolutely. :)

[wanderlustlover]

I feel so much of this so hard, and I'm in perfect agreement and feeling with so much of it. About being okay, but about all the space that just learns to grow and grow and grow. Missing people in that space, friends, coworkers, everyone. Laughter and even just the passing interactions of smiling at a stranger.

[sandrylene]

Yeah, it's hard to even realize what it is you're missing sometimes until you see it again and think, "oh WOW, I needed that!"