@leona
I agree with you about the anxiety. Yesterday was a real tough day for e personally. I am trying to support my husband who is trying to take care of people in need right now. I had also woken up with what I realized was the beginning of a UTI.
Bad time to have one of those and that totally increased my fear level. I have been taking some natural remedies which have actually been working so I am hopeful things will not progress and continue to go away. Today has been pretty good so far. ( if anyone has extra prayers, feel free to send them over this way because I really don't want to head to a a medical facility right now).
My daughter is empathic and she is picking up on lots of stress right now. Additionally her boyfriend who lives in a different state was supposed to visit her beginning today for a few days and she really misses him. Canceling was not fun for them. But the whole world is canceling normal life so it is just part of the process really.
I slept well last night after many not so good nights.
Tell him also to strip down and kick off shoes as soon as he comes in your home door (put a hamper there, and maybe hang a robe nearby-or not ? ), and then go shower immediately. Spray the shoes with some Lysol.
I need to implement this too for my husband too who will be exposed on an off during this crisis too.
We talk about lockdown all over in the news, and how it is hard to be stuck, sometime alone, at home. And yes, it's hard. But what about homeless people ? Do you know what is done for them ?
I hope they are not forgotten
This is an excellent point. My daughter actually has some students she teaches who are homeless. She is very concerned about them as school is not simply a safety net, it is essential for providing food, a safe environment, interaction with people who care and some health services. It is a title one Schoo l and they also have a social worker on premises. The schools have closed and they are working of a way to feed all kids as they ALL receive free breakfast and lunch. In such times as we are now living, the state has said school buses can be used to deliver classwork and probably food to students homes ( No Internet for many). But what about the homeless students with no addresses?
Even trying to figure out what packets to send these kids home with is tricky. They often don't even have crayons or colored pencils or glue. She is a music teacher so it is even more difficult.
Germaphobe that I am, maybe have your husband put his clothes straight into the washing machine, wash his hands, door knobs and washing machine surfaces, and then shower and dress.
Excellent idea Bluebelle. Thank you. There is a shower by the laundry room too so that will make it easier.
Had to post this ProPublica story about how Trump's policy of getting rid of foreigners is working for us:
The Trump Administration Drove Him Back to China Where He Invented a Quick Coronavirus Test.
A federal crackdown on professors’ undisclosed outside activities is achieving what China has long struggled to do: spur Chinese scientists to return home. In this crisis, it’s costing the U.S. intellectual firepower.
I had another dream lately that I think is about the next few months, but I am not sure again about the interpretation. It gives me hope so I thought I should share it. In the dream I am climbing a wall that is straight up and down and made of some interesting ceramic brick material. Every few bricks over there is a knob that sticks out of the brick and that is how I am hanging on. I move to the left using the knobs to hold onto and it is slow going but I am ok. I am not near the top of the wall and I don't look up or down, only to the left to grab another knob and move left slowly. After a while the wall changes to another material which is more like cement bricks which are large and form a wall that is a little bit strange to describe, less straight up and down, more like a slightly sloped brick wall with ledges and curves all along it. I go from grabbing a knob to a ledge and can stand on a ledge below me and move along with the ledges which curve around the wall. It is easier than the wall of knobs but still a very hard material. The wall changes a third time as I move along and now it is like climbing large upholstered furniture lumps. I realize that now I am not alone and I am following my brother who is also moving along the "wall"--this wall is so much easier to climb sideways on and I am now near the top of the wall of upholstered lumps (because the wall is shorter?) and I am so relaxed I am carrying along a mug of tea or some hot drink to enjoy while I move slowly along. My brother and I chat as we move along, we seem relaxed. Every lump I come to I move my mug of tea over with me and set it on top of the lump. I think this means that things are difficult and hard for a period of time while we stay isolated (the knob wall) and then things get a little easier--yet still we are isolated (cement wall of ledges) but then things get much better...hence the soft wall of lumps (which seem so close to being similar to a pillow but are more like large ottomans). We will isolate ourselves for about time and then we will be able to see others again. Perhaps no physical touching yet but in the same physical space...with much less fear of virus exposure...I feel like saying two months until things get much much better...at least in the US where I live in Georgia. My brother lives in South Dakota so I think this may also apply to most of the country. I hope my interpretation is right. So much of intuition feels like guesswork sometimes... I think the fact that I don't look up or down is like a message to stay in the present moment and don't try to think too much just keep surviving as best you can in the now. Try not to find more and more things to upset you (don't look down!!) Stay focused on hanging on to whatever gets you through this with less stress--maybe do hobbies, read fiction that is fantasy-like or exciting or whatever helps you distract yourself...to a calm state where you hang on and keep moving to the better time period that is ahead of you! ?
Germaphobe that I am, maybe have your husband put his clothes straight into the washing machine, wash his hands, door knobs and washing machine surfaces, and then shower and dress.
I just had a vision of MY husband doing this and it wasn't pretty. Do I want a large, naked man sashaying through the house and out to my [unattached] garage to put his clothes in the laundry? Touching and "cleaning" things as he goes? Nope. I love him. But nope.