A new normal.
Strange to think that we will be walking, talking and running around all the while being hounded by an invisible foe. A deadly opponent out to become superhuman by living in us, humans.
Tomorrow being the first of May, worker's day, everyone will obviously stay at home but from Saturday, all shops and malls will be open and even though all will be managed with extreme caution and care, one can't help but wonder how safe we are going to be. Somehow I think that our local shopping mall will be as busy as can be because people are tired of only shopping online and being isolated.
The next two weeks will be telling. The number of those newly infected is comparatively low but nonetheless it still is increasing. Even in Oberwart the number has increased by one overnight. As the figures given to us are of the Oberwart district which also includes us, one can't help but look askance at anyone coughing or sneezing in our local shop.
Today I have resorted to wearing my fetching gardening gloves yet again whilst I was delivering groceries and at least my hands are getting some rest from the incessant cleaning with alcohol wipes. The poor car keys go through the wipe down process daily along with the steering wheel, gear lever and handbrake.
Driving with my gloves made me feel a bit like an extra in Driving Miss Daisy and I have to say, the ladies of yore had a point and possibly the smoothest hands well into their dotage. So many historical habits and customs make sense and hopefully they will come back into fashion, corona or not...
Biggi
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