Not so bad- kinda like retirement had already been except now we can’t visit anyone! That was the point of retirement – to go visit the grandchildren. Anyway, we are adjusting quite well I would say. It is only day 5 however. We don’t call it quarantine- we call it “jammieland”.  We can’t go anywhere and nobody can visit so we can spend all day in our jammies!

Since we live only a 1/4 mile from the Greenway, it is enjoyable to take walks (not in jammies). Our usual jaunt so far is 3 miles. Lots of movies and recorded programs to catch up on help fill the gaps. I had been waiting for months after my back surgery to be able to start working in the yard and garden again – now I have the time. Peg is a great cook so good meals are never an issue.

The most difficult aspect is the lack of socialization, at least for me.  Peg is certainly not antisocial but she usually doesn’t initiate it, whereas I tend to be the social butterfly. I would say that I have started talking to the squirrels, but I always did that. One of our favorite pastimes is ballroom dancing – but that’s off the table for a while, although we could/should use this time to practice.

It’s unfathomable to me how people are hoarding groceries. We ordered groceries online since we can’t go out and half of our list was unavailable from the store. I remember that when I was a kid, we would have both the milkman and bakery truck deliver to the house. Wow – I am old.

I keep asking Peg when the Wine and Ice cream truck is coming by. I wonder what the jingle from its loudspeakers would sound like? I guess they would serve an old man dressed in jammies.