You know you’re a Social Distancing Hostage when:
- You’ve watched 3 hours of videos showing people in Australia putting out trash bins dressed in homemade costumes before 9 a.m.;
- You’ve taken 4 naps in a 24-hour period every day for 8 days;
- You’ve experimented making 13 recipes of Cajun gumbo without garlic, shrimp, andouille sausage, and Tabasco sauce;
- You don’t know what andouille sausage is;
- You’ve read every trashy romance novel available for free on Amazon;
- Your only social interaction is waving at the trash collectors at 6 a.m. on Tuesdays;
- You’re fascinated with the videos on how to cut your own hair
- You’re having two-way conversations with your dogs about canine hygiene
- You’re having any conversations with your dogs;
- You’ve sent out 4,500 Corona Virus tips to people you don’t know
- You’re correcting the English of telemarketing callers from Who The Heck Knows Where just to prolong the conversations
- You’re having any conversations with telemarketers
- You’ve bonded with your face mask so much you are sleeping with it on
- You’ve left facemasks taped to all doors and windows instructing would-be burglars to put on protective covering before entering
- You’ve cleaned out the freezer and are halfway through the ‘fridge.
- You delight in hearing cars go by
Who can get bored with all these things to do?
Good ones!
Sitting in the house for 14 days seems interminable. I talked to Will at our local grocery about whether I could order online and come pick it up. He personally wrote down everything I wanted and brought it to the house. Wouldn’t even take a tip. That was really, really sweet of him, but I was actually looking forward to driving the quarter mile to the store and back. Damn!
A friend came by this morning to get me to sign a petition for a sheriff’s election (You wouldn’t believe the scandals about the one now in office.), and we stood masked and wary on opposite sides of my front porch as I used my own pen to sign and tried not to handle the paperwork too much. Weird. Like we’re on Mars.
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No kidding. I’m surprised she found anyone that would answer her knock. The expats here are really skittish about contamination. Can you walk around the soccer fields?
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Love this idea, and your sense of humor!
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Thanks Carol.
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I talk to the blackbird. He actually stops to listen to me now as I admonish him for stealing my fruit and worms. I’ve even to leaving out snails for him. the only problem is when I shoo him off my vegetable patch he ignores me. Great list, BTW. May be we should all create one to help bring some humour back into our lives
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Never tried to talk with blackbirds. I have shouted obscenities at them.
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…..and you feel compelled to look up just what an andouille sausage is!
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Right!
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After a few weeks it has become rather relaxing a new way of life.. Saved a junk of money on fuel for the car 👍😊
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And you are saving the planet in the process. Your spring pictures are great.
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I’m kinda scared that I’ve done many of these.
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Yes, that is a scary admission.
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Well, what is andouille sausage? You can’t leave us hanging like that! 😉
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it originated in France and has many recipes, but usually made with pork, garlic, pepper, onions, wine, pork chitterlings, tripe. It is a spiced, heavily smoked, cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig.
You asked. Sounds questionable but is delicious.
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Thanks for the answer. I for sure learned something today!
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It’s worth a trip to Louisiana just for the variety of foods. Not today, but sometime in the future when the coast is clear of virus.
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