My hows

It has been raining here in our place since last night. It was only light rain but not in other parts of the Philippines as the Visayas region has been badly affected by the tropical storm Jolina. I wish that everyone especially my fellow countrymen is safe during these tough situations.

In case you did not know, this cold rainy bed weather is my kind of jam. I even had the electric fan on steady mode while it is turned on to make it even colder. My dogs also love this kind of weather. Because of this I must say that my brain was also loving it. I have been staring at my list of topics for half an hour now and I cannot let it to cooperate. I had already drafted an article about how my day went but I felt like it was too long because I kept on blabbering so I stopped. LOL.

So now I decided to talk about what has been bothering me since this morning. Aside from the bed weather, today marks the birthday of Mama Mary. I also have relatives both from my mother and father's side whose birthdays are today. My mom reminded me this morning about her sister's birthday so I was able to message her in our group chat. When she reminded about it, I also said that it was my cousins' birthdays. Yes, cousins. 2 of them were born this day but they are not twins. I only get to message them late this afternoon because it slipped my mind. LOL. This is one of the disadvantages of not opening my Facebook account, I tend to forget my relatives' special occasions.

About the thing that was bothering me, my aunts were talking about how this virus will stay for a long time just like any viral diseases that we would all be relying on the vaccines to keep us safe. Do you agree with them? I did not react to that part of their conversation because I wanted to believe that this virus will be gone forever in few years time.

This issue about the virus has bothered me because it means that we really have to deal with this new normalcy now. So how am I going to find a job if I am afraid to go out of the house? How am I going to get hired if most restaurants are still having a hard time to cope up with their losses over the past year? Or how am I going to get hired if it is still freeze hiring? How am I going to help my dad with the expenses here in our house? Those questions instantly ran through my mind while I was reading the exchange of messages from my aunts and my mom.

I know that there are other opportunities for me that I can try so that I can still earn while at home. But how about our social life? Are we really going to have a digital life for much longer? I have no issue with face shields and face masks as I am used to wearing them especially the masks since I have worn that longer even before the pandemic because of my allergic rhinitis.

How about my parents who have not seen their friends for a long time? I know that my mom's a home buddy while my dad has always been fond of going out before even after he retired. But now he only goes out when he would drive me when I do some errands. He does not have Facebook and has no plans of signing up. His pandemic life is watching the news both local and international from morning, afternoon and evening. Other than news he also likes watching sports, history and animal channels. Now I know he is watching the US Open. He does not want to watch some series on Netflix because for him it is too long. He would rather watch a series on cable because it is just 30 minutes to an hour a day. I told him he can limit himself to one episode per day but he said that he would not have control and would want to watch one episode after the other. We are all guilty of that. LOL. The last series that we have watched was Suits. He's not yet in the mood to watch the final season of Money Heist. When it comes to movies, he's very much picky. If the movie is dragging for 10 minutes, he would request to stop it.

My mom on the other hand can stay up in bed for hours. She would only get up if it is eating time. LOL. Before pandemic, she goes to our subdivision's club house for Zumba and aerobic classes. Then her friends in the neighborhood would sometimes eat just outside our subdivision every once in a while. But since the pandemic had started, my mom would stay up late watching Youtube or Netflix. She even believes the news that she sees on Youtube. You know those clickbait videos that says male actor is reunited with ex female actress or vice versa. Then she would tell me about it but I would just ask her if it has been reported in the news. Still she was positive about the video that she have watched. LOL. There was even a time when a tab popped up saying that a celebrity is being sued by the banks or this celebrity said it by mistake. Have you encountered something like that? It was fake news using celebrities to promote cryptocurrencies. I told her that it was only a clickbait. It was actually the perfect opportunity for me to tell her the truth that I am earning cryptocurrecny however I stopped myself. I will tell her if I already have a lot of BCH in my wallet.

Both my parents are already old and are vulnerable to COVID. They are also afraid to go out and they only go out when it is only needed. It is only the 4 of us who interacts more with each other. Some of my parents' friends would call once in a while but other than that, they do not have anyone to talk to. My dad would even react to the news even when he's the only one watching. Both of them are more talkative now and I feel like it is not only because they are old but I believe that they needed to have interactions to keep their minds from deteriorating. My grandmother had alzheimer before she died decades ago. We believed it was because she had no one to talk to when she was in US because my 2 aunts were working and she was left alone at home. So my parents most especially my dad would really want someone to talk to. I do not know how my aunt can live alone in US. That is why she was always happy whenever we would call her. I have mentioned her here before that she also does not have any social media not even a PC or a smartphone. None. Zero. She only has a home phone number. It is also a little difficult to talk to her because we feel like she now has a problem with hearing. So we would usually repeat what we have said many times. LOL.

Oh how long are we going to live like this? How am I going to make it more lively for us here in our house? How do we get to convince people to take this virus seriously? How?

P.S. lead image is a photo of my in a hoodie because it was a hoodie weather. LOL.