Amy Lu's View

I ran out of time to blog yesterday.

Wait, how did I possibly run out of time when all my activities have been canceled? And I’m used to having a lot of schedule commitments. But now I have no rehearsals for plays or bands…no performances to be in or attend…no going out for dinner or meeting up for drinks with friends. I don’t even have to spend time on commuting or getting dressed for work (although deciding on comfortable and warm WFH fashion for video meetings is surprisingly time consuming.) I’ve actually felt pretty busy since I’ve officially not had anything to do.

Time is weird. Maybe we (or just me) always find things to fill our time and feel busy–a variation of Parkinson’s Law. Our activities expand to fill whatever we time we have.

I’m sure I also feel like I don’t have much free time because work has been pretty intense since the time of COVID-19, and I’m working more and in more concentrated blocks of time. I think I’m also more distracted and preoccupied and obsessed (by emotions and news and preoccupation with the apocalypse and canceled vacation plans) so it probably takes me longer to accomplish things.

Also, because I can’t run or go to the gym, I am spending a huge amount of time just trying to burn a small amount of calories so I can keep drinking wine and booze and eating crackers and cheese. As previously bitched about (and I’m sure I will bitch about it some more) there are a LOT of minutes (feels like lifetimes) spent on our F%^# ing exercise bike and walks.

On the plus side, I’ve also been spending more time assembling vegetables (“cooking”) and having meals with and talking to Chad, and reaching out and connecting (virtually) to friends, families and our church community.

StanLee B would like to go on the record by saying I have NOT been spending more time giving him the attention he deserves (although he does enjoy online meetings–for work and social reasons) or letting him play with cats.