I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!Well, DH and I made it to 25 years of marriage. You know all those couples that people say it will never last about? That was never us. We were the couple people said were going to make it and I am happy that we have proved them all right. We were a good match from day one. We are best friends and the loves of each others lives. We may not be able to control what the world is currently throwing at us, but we will get through it together like we always do everything.
I still wish we hadn't had to cancel our vacation, though. Still, it wasn't worth the risk.
I called the doctor today to see about getting a home nebulizer for my asthma. I had a really bad attack the other day after walking into the grocery store and getting hit by the fumes of a leaf blower. It felt like my lungs got burned. I had to use a ton of my inhalers. And it's not like I can just go to the hospital and get one, not with the risks involved. I don't know if I will have to go the the doctor or if they will just call it in, since they really don't want people coming in unless they absolutely have to. I am waiting to hear back from them. I also called about getting new c-pap supplies.
I am glad they are finally closing the Canadian border. It should have been done 5 or 6 day ago, really. I haven't heard yet whether or not they have closed the Mexican one, but I think that they should if they haven't. No one should be coming into or out of this country right now other then truckers.
I read that they are sending out Navy hospital ships. Trump invoked a war time power of being able to tell businesses what to manufacture so hopefully we can get these medical things sorted. I always felt it was a horrible idea to manufacture most of our drugs in China. Or to make most of our medical supplies there. And now with them talking about they can just shut it down to us whenever they want to it is more evident than ever how rotten an idea it is.
I still think China is lying about how bad it is in China. And I'm pretty ticked off that China is spreading propaganda that we actually developed this virus and released it in China. No, if we had developed it, we'd have a vaccine in waiting for our own people and to come to the rescue of the rest of the world. Plus we don't do that sort of thing. Considering how many viruses come out of China over and over again, they have a lot of gall trying to blame it on us.
I don't think it is ever a good idea to rely on other countries for basic needs. The U.S. has done it for too long and know we are paying for it.
25th Wedding Anniversary
March 18th, 2020 at 11:05 pm
March 18th, 2020 at 11:27 pm 1584574034
March 19th, 2020 at 12:13 am 1584576800
March 19th, 2020 at 04:44 am 1584593059
March 19th, 2020 at 02:48 pm 1584629316
March 19th, 2020 at 08:29 pm 1584649778
I agree -- we need to manufacture more in our country and quit depending on others, especially China.
I was just telling my hubby that I wondered if China had kept quiet on how bad things were at the beginning and then when it blew up, they had no choice. Perhaps with all the things we are trying to do in our country, it will help keep our numbers down. We were watching a documentary on the Spanish Flu of 1918 and one thing they said was the news media was told not to talk about it so it didn't cause a panic. I can see China doing that until it couldn't be contained. Anyway, they said a lot of the flu victims could have avoided it if they had been told to quarantine and practice social distancing.