A Strange World Emerging

Uncertain times. Strange days.

Weird, weird happenings.

Here in Alberta we are still in the early days of this global pandemic. The numbers of infected in our province are still relatively low, comparatively, and in my personal area we’ve had only a few confirmed cases. We’re all preparing for worse days – some more ridiculously than others, but I know none of us can truly comprehend what’s coming.

Reading articles, letters, and blogs from people who are already further along the pandemic timeline (places like China, Italy, Spain, etc) give us an idea of what to expect. But it’s not the same. And none of us will truly understand what those people have gone through until we too are going through it.

Which is scary. Nay, it’s (slightly) terrifying.

It’s scary and terrifying because it’s so incomprehensible. It’s so completely unknown.

And then add in the various ways so many of our lives have been turned upside down, and that just magnifies the fear. The uncertainty.

Schools and daycares are closed. Rec centres, libraries, movie theatres, sports centres… all of them closed. Every day more businesses are closing. Every day more people are being laid off. It’s a scary, uncertain, confusing time.

About 2 weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Alberta I’ve concluded three things:

1)    No one needs that much toilet paper.

2)    I will never truly consider homeschooling. 

3)    Everyone reacts to stress and crisis differently, you just can't judge.

… but really? What are people doing with 6000 rolls of toilet paper?

Whether you’re firmly in quarantine, still social distancing, or self-isolating at home, what’s one thing you’ve already learned during this pandemic?