Looking back on Covid Infection

And One Day

Judy Jenkins

Busyness

Transcending every sphere of society

Blocking quiet and self-reflection

Making lists only to check the box

An unexamined life emerges

“I’ve been so busy”

Words used to greet friends

Followed by a litany of all that gets packed into hectic schedules

Project to project

Appointment to appointment

Scurrying from one seemingly important commitment to another

And one day

Schools turn virtual

Offices go remote

Restaurants offer curb-side service

Busyness subsides ~ solitude, a friend from long ago, returns

The virus circulates

Masks become the new fashion accessory

Social distancing replaces handshakes and hugs

And one day

An unexamined life emerges

感染新冠時正值疫情高峰，死了很多人。醫院如臨大敵，馬上將我送進Quarantine Ward的私人病房，隔離了兩個星期。其實我沒有什麽症狀，隻是發燒／流鼻水而已，也沒有咳嗽。私人病房加24-hour care每天費用約$500左右，政府100％買單，我分文不出。病房不錯，還有沙發，辦公桌。隔壁房的老人家咳了兩天就去世了。

隔離的頭兩天禁食，就靠吊點滴，趁機減肥。

第三天開始進食，米漿加酸湯。不知道給我筷子做什麽。。。

後來夥食逐日改善，但兩星期下來瘦了5公斤。

 

 

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• The virus circulates. Masks become the new fashion accessory -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 06:15:06

• And one day An unexamined life emerges -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 06:16:51

• 多謝分享這首英文小詩。恰到好處！ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 06:17:42

• 這記錄以後會成為有意義的回憶。2020年的事？平安恢複健康就好！頭兩天為什麽禁食？不是要補充蛋白質嗎？韓國可以進醫院真好 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 06:19:59

• 發燒流鼻水，我們都是在家硬抗的。好在我去年在辦公室被傳染時，已經有了神藥PAXLOVID。吃完，確診4天後我就轉陰了 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 06:23:18

• 那時候沒什麽治療手段，死的人多，所以醫院特別小心。 -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 06:27:24

• A 2-week weight-loss camp in a 5-star hotel :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 09:08:04

• And free of charge -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 15:02:19

• 還能在隔離病房裏拍片嘚瑟，就說明你問題不大 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 09:54:15

• 除了頭幾天發燒，基本上沒什麽問題。 -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 14:05:19

• Your photos are kind of harmless -永遠老李- ♂ (1006 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 10:18:06

• There were horror stories abound -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 14:08:17

• 說明樓主體質好，身體棒！：）） -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 11:27:58

• Luck + competent hospital staff -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2023 postreply 14:07:41