{"id":23,"date":"2020-03-28T04:59:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T04:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arley\/?p=23"},"modified":"2020-03-28T04:59:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T04:59:33","slug":"thursday-march-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arley\/2020\/03\/28\/thursday-march-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, March 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I felt useful for the first time in a week. I worked on some projects for the Teaching &amp; Learning team, channeling my anxiety into blogging. It reminded me a bit of working at the Paralympics, where you have to produce something under a lot of pressure. And, actually it\u2019s appropriate, because even though it\u2019s been 4 years since I worked at a Paralympic Games, I\u2019m still wearing my Team Canada sweatpants.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it was just me alone, I would hole up in my apartment. But because I have a toddler, I\u2019ve been taking her out to run around for an hour a day, to try to practice social distancing. After yesterday\u2019s disaster, we went to Trout Lake. We saw:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Many dogs!<\/li><li>Many ducks!<\/li><li>A dog who was intent on picking up a log, which Dot thought was hilarious!<\/li><li>Many people practicing social distancing, enjoying the sunshine!<\/li><li>Groups of teenagers huddled together on a blanket, not social distancing.<\/li><li>A birthday party in progress, not social distancing.<\/li><li>A group of 20-somethings drinking in the park who were:<ul><li>Bragging about a a Coronavirus playlist that they had made and were blasting loudly WHILE NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING<\/li><li>Talking about how the Coronavirus would drive up the price of cocaine WHILE NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING<\/li><li>Laughing about some internet challenge where people are licking toilets called Coronavirus challenge WHILE NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING!<\/li><li>Sharing. A. Bottle. Of. Booze. Drinking. Directly. From. The. Bottle. APPARENTLY LAUGHING IN THE FACE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m trying not to be a Social Distancing Narc, since sunshine is good and I can\u2019t control what other people do. But it\u2019s hard to read the scared posts of immunocompromised friends and neighbours, then see people whose lives seem so unaffected. But I guess I\u2019m out there too, trying to keep 6 feet away, chasing my toddler.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/57SHonJnXc8Uz3Equ3IFXyF8kIIExPF4e4WGnBgCk0xogo4K6lPfx9SNB-EL0PfklezJd-SF0hqllSdyyVETUQsBwH2p5U3VtBRiK8mHJ7a-I5TBzRcy3f7CnWHhwxi7rHyasHLj\" alt=\"A toddler in a blue sweater stands on a circular mosaic\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dot had fun, at least. She yelled \u201cit\u2019s a good boy! Sit!\u201d at every dog we passed, and then we played a game where she pretended to make ketchup and mustard by stirring a stick in a hollow log.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I felt useful for the first time in a week. I worked on some projects for the Teaching &amp; Learning team, channeling my anxiety into blogging. It reminded me a bit of working at the Paralympics, where you have to produce something under a lot of pressure. 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