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。