(04-10-2020, 06:22 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(04-10-2020, 07:03 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Are you guys gaining an appreciation of what great lives you had before this?  I am.  What used to seem like a mundane existence- seeing friends, shopping, going out to eat- now looks more and more like a really great life.  

Perhaps when this is over, and everything returns to near-normal, we'll all have a greater appreciation for all those little things we can't do when we're under house arrest like this.

My husband works night shift and with his commute he's gone 14 hours out of 24 so we don't socialize much or go out. Church and some family time is about it. Other than the lack of those two, our lives haven't changed at all other than (me) having to wait in a long line to go through the drive thru teller at the bank when business checks are deposited. I miss being able to go to the occasional movie, going to the gym (I walk a 3 mile circuit in my neighborhood for now,) and going out in public mask free. 

Why the heck are banks/credit unions closed? They can put up plexiglass as a barrier like everyone else is (Food Lion, Lowes, Harris Teeter, etc.) and mark the floor every six feet with tape like everyone else is doing. I have probably $100 of coins in my coin can and it's about to run over. I can't go in the credit union to empty it and get bills and I'm not paying some random machine 10-12% to do it for me. I guess I'll get another can. So I guess that's something. 

Freedoms you miss  are sometimes in the smallest of things.