COVID 19 comes close
Monday 7th September 2020
I am beginning to think what I often think is me being anxious is oftentimes a hunch at work. The landline rings. It was T. By the time I got to it she had gone.
I phoned her, no answer. I texted her. I was thinking, “What’s up?” and then I was thinking, “G you are so neurotic.” I left it a while and then phoned her again. She answered. She had tested positive for COVID 19. She added, “But I have no symptoms.”
Something in me was already thinking, “So what does this mean for me?” I scrambled quickly on the NHS website. I have to isolate for 2 weeks. I can’t go out. I was not prepared for this. And yet I hear the same advice I thoughtfully dispense to others knowing to utter it is so much easier than to live it, “The only thing required of you is this moment.”
I take those words and now live more in the moment than ever.
Best day,
g
NB I didn’t publish this story until isolation ended to avoid questions and causing fear perhaps for some
