How are you? (Five months into this)

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I’m starting to feel warn out. Dealing with COVID-19 while my father-in-law fights cancer is hard. My son moving nearby with his family has been wonderful but exhausting. Now my father-in-law can barely walk anymore and we need to get him into a place that can care for him. Not being able to get away for a few days is driving us stir crazy. I’m so thankful we can at least go to Sunday mass, though I’d prefer daily. I could ramble more.
How is everyone else doing?
 
I’m sorry for your situation.

I’m doing okay but I’ve gained a lot of weight during this whole thing. Hoping I get confirmed. I got baptized which was good though.
 
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I am going a little stir crazy myself. I had my son just before all this started… I haven’t been out on a date with my husband or had my mother watch the kids so I could get a break since 2019. 😮

I don’t think it is going to be over soon, and I personally am not going to take a vaccine that has just been approved or give it to my kids, so unless they come up with a treatment that works for infants up to adults I know we will be stuck like this for awhile longer. It is depressing but for now just trying to stay busy and hope I live a long life so this 1-2 years will not seem like so much time lost at the end of it.
 
Even my mom, who’s 94, is getting cabin fever. I used to take her exercise walking at the mall twice a week, and of course Mass, but she hasn’t been out of her house since her last in-person doctor visit a few months ago.

But she has it better than a lot of folks her age. I stay with her all day, and my sister is with her at night. Mom and I both have income from our pensions, so thankfully money or work isn’t a problem. Overall, I’m grateful, but every day I pray we keep finding ways to minimize the effects of the virus, and of course I pray for all who are suffering because of it.
 
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Tomorrow we have to take my father-in-law for a PT scan and then a COVID-19 test. The nursing home we are looking at requires the test. It’s the same one his wife is in, so that will be good, but he’s not looking forward to it. Then we have to get a doctor to perform a physical on him. Not easy to schedule quickly in this COVID-19 environment.
 
Indeed. My mom suffered a small stroke just as this whole pandemic was starting back at the end of February. She was out of the hospital by the beginning of March, but she had to have several outpatient CT scans and blood work. Since then, she’s recovered nicely and we’ve been doing telemedicine. My sister’s a nurse, so that helps a lot too.

I hope it works out well for you and your in-laws.
 
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I’ve begun to attend the TLM, and I must say, it is BEAUTIFUL. Absolutely amazing.

But besides that, not much has really affected me…except for my finger being jammed. Hurts a lot, but Jesus suffered more, so it’s no biggy 🙂.

My Latin lessons are starting soon, so that is fun. Anyone been doing some language studying or traveling?
 
I think my greatest struggle has been with caring for my elderly mother. Family stress is running quite high and some resent that I stayed away due to Covid and no travel requirements. I’ll be praying for those of you who are also dealing with elderly parents and making sure their needs are met. I do miss my church community and Bible studies. It’s hard.
 
First, I send my sympathies and prayers to everyone who’s struggling.

I have a daughter who was a senior in college and one who was a senior in high school. The sacrifices and sadness we faced are behind us now.

Living with uncertainty is the way life is now. My son is still in high school. My daughter is headed off to college. What will happened next week? Next month? Three months from now?

Aside from that, covid is an afterthought. We have enough middle class family struggles irrespective of covid.
 
We’re making do. I think the secret is to stay busy. Still a lot of work to do in the garden, and getting the house in shape for the visit in September by my siblings, for my 70th birthday celebration.

There’s still an unsettling undercurrent, being that so much about this has been politicized and even when it’s over, I predict that those who have used this pandemic to grab more power aren’t going to relinquish it, easily.

We’re a little bit on pins and needles until this upcoming election is over. Then, we’ll have to see what happens from there. How much better or worse our lives shall become remains to be seen.
 
We’re doing ok! My daughters fiancé had a liver transplant a little over a year ago. He developed a hernia that was more painful than the transplant! He finally had surgery to fix it…boy, that was a pain trying to schedule an “elective” surgery during Covid…and is now, finally, doing well and has started a new job…so, the marriage arrangements are back on! 😇

With him being immune compromised, fear of Covid was a very real fear! It still is as my daughter lives with us and her two children but she’s his primary caretaker so she tries to take on most of his shopping, etc. to lessen his exposures as well as helping him around his little apartment.

Getting him to this stage has been exhausting but all is behind us now. As much as we all would love a return to normalcy, we are now healthy and coping. For those of you caring for elderly parents, my heart goes out to you! This has not been fun for anyone.

And now…the kids are returning to school! Yikes! Please let this go well!
 
I am in my second lockdown, today we had 317 new cases in the past 24 hour and 14 deaths, the youngest being in his 20s. We are looking at stage 4 for the entire state and potentially stage 5 for Metro areas. This pandemic is going to be around for quite some time globally, I just wish everyone would take it seriously, I would like to go back to Mass and Confession, its been Easter since either.

Prayers for your father in law
 
Frustrated I can’t be helping my parents as in times before this🤔They are safe on their farm with other family nearby ,I’m able to make a freeze stews for when mum is tired.They do have everything they need ,and services in place though.
I .miss.mass.
The secret to getting through Winter for me was sorting through everything in the house and painting rooms…each evening getting into bed it felt like something had been accomplished.
I’m on my own ,last of my children has left so am adjusting…but I would have liked to have travelled 🙂
 
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