Well, I started this post last week, when we were just monitoring COVID-19 in my region. It's amazing how quickly things can change in a week.... Amanda at
the900facebookpony.com posted about the virus on Thursday am and I glibly commented that things here in Canada weren't too bad.
Ha!
Things sure went sideways over the course of the day Thursday and by Friday noon, all schools in the province were to be closed until April, the Prime Minister's wife tested positive for the virus and the PM was "working from home" as a precautionary measure. Our parliament has also closed until April, so that is kind of a big deal (I live near and work in the capital city so the machinations of government affect us a lot). Since I work for our national police force, I have had a pretty busy week and Friday was the busiest day of all. I work in public affairs tho, so its not like I'm on the front lines or anything, but it still was a hectic day.
We haven't found out yet what our work plan will be moving forward - we all have to come to work on Monday unless we hear otherwise. My job can be done from home, so that would be ideal. It is just such a weird situation - I remember SARS and H1N1 and it was never this bad. I hope we can work from home as that would be the best case scenario, but you never know with our office.
I am trying not to give in to the hype and anxiety over this illness outbreak - but I can't help but worry a bit about the vulnerable population and people that may lose income because their work has been shut down. Our government is pretty good at helping people in need and they've already announced measures to help, so that is a start.
Anyhoo - enough of the plague-talk. I meant to do a mini-review on another book, but I didn't get around to it. In order to help de-stress, I spent an inordinate amount of time window shopping for horse gear that I don't need!
The lure of online shopping has been strong this week, with more and more collections releasing their spring/summer colours. I normally can resist this stuff no problem, but for some reason, I'm having a hard time this year.
It doesn't make sense for me to be tempted, really, when you look at it. Let's look at the facts:
- I haven't sat on a horse in over a year
- I don't currently own a horse that is broke to ride
- If I were to ride, I ride western
- I'm trying to save money for shows and a foal coming next year
Yet, here I sit, clicking through the Hufglocken collection, drooling over the silver-grey and the black/whiskey and the charcoal/blue combo. Maybe Fred needs some metallic bronze boots or chestnut snakeskin boots? OMG. lol What is wrong with me? Luckily I have been able to resist, but I can't guarantee I will hold out forever!
The other thing I'm obsessed with searching for is denim breeches. Why? Who knows? lol I mean likely because when I ride western, I tend to wear any normal jeans. I don't really like or need breeches, but when I do, I want a denim pair as they are more like normal jeans?? Lol Again, I would need to be riding to justify buying breeches, so for now I'll just keep window shopping and resist the little "add to cart" buttons everywhere.
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I hope everyone stays healthy and has no issues with work or anything! Fingers crossed that this virus gets under control and we can all get back to normal...