Coronavirus Take 1

So … this year, I turned 40 … Its kind of a number that you never think you'll get to... But now it seems, the world as we know it is crashing down. You see, this Coronavirus thing hit … and now we are all expected to just sit around and look at each other from the comfort of our homes. Lets be real... for 40 years I've been a scheduled out, go, go, go type of person... So for my calendar to literally be empty and not allowed to go anywhere it is a mean type of torture. I know, I seem like a big baby because it could be worse. I could actually have the virus and be confined to a bed, or be trying to take care of someone with the virus. So, here, just entertain me and let me complain for a few. And I get it, the virus spreads easily, people don't even know they could be carrying the virus, hospitals are overwhelmed, people are dying etc etc etc. I'm not trying to discount any of the above and I completely understand public health. But here are some of the things I'm worried about …

• People are loosing their jobs at an alarming rate, or maybe not loosing their job, but not working and not getting paid for the foreseeable future. And while many people will be ok for a little bit. They won't be ok for months. So, not to mention not being able to pay housing bills like rent or mortgage, what about not being able to buy food? I mean, yes, many people are 'being nice' and the government is trying to 'help out' but how can the government possibly able to help out the millions of people that didn't plan on this? 
• Small Businesses … seriously, with all the 'stay home' orders how are small business supposed to pay their employees, rent, taxes etc if they can't sell anything? This is people's livelihood. This is their passion, their blood, sweat and tears. 
•  The simple things -- you can't even buy a roll of toilet paper or a bottle of Tylenol without strategizing when to go to the store. All the hoarders around town have made things very difficult to even come up with meal options for families. 
• Grocery stores have raised prices or stopped offering sales at a time when the American Public is loosing their job. 
• The senate -- who is a division that works FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- could not even pretend to agree on terms of a stimulus package for days, meanwhile voting completely party line instead of trying to figure out how to help the people they work for. 

On the flip side I've seen the good in people 

• On my runs I've seen encouraging words on the sidewalk in chalk...
• I've seen people reach out to the elderly and ask if they need help...
• I've seen social media help a farmers small business (and really many small restaurants) 

We will get through this … and we will be stronger for it... but this whole "being in the middle of it" sucks a whole lot...