Signs

Its JUNE.   The last day, praise.

 So when I see these signs pop up 3 MONTHS after this pandemic has begun it makes me feel bratty and mad and all kinds of other words like

recalcitrant

obstinate

rebellious

and annoyed

I mean for God's sake, did The Man just decide this was important?  More than masks?  More than handwashing?  Than staying home if you're sick?

It might as well say PLEASE DON'T SUE US IF YOU GET SICK.

Take the stairs.

And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you

woah!

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

And the sign said anybody caught trespassing would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and yelled at the house, Hey! what gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, man you're some kinda sinner

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign

Now, hey you Mister! can't you read, you got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat, you ain't suppose to be here
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside

Uh!

And the sign said everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all,
I didn't have a penny to pay, so I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said thank you Lord for thinking about me, I'm alive and doing fine

Sign Sign everywhere a sign
Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
Do this, don't do that, cant you read the sign!
{5 Man Electric Band}

I'm not wearing a mask in the parking garage, give me a break.  And if I don't know how to wear one after all these years you got bigger problems.

******

Thank you Lord, I'm alive and doing fine.

Over it

We stopped at HEB in Burnet last weekend for a new propane tank, and as I sat in the truck waiting for Hubby, I realized I never ranted and raved in a post about how much I hate grocery shopping during this whole pandemic.  I know that no one does, and I hate to put a lot of negativity out into the universe.  But the contrast between how people behave in Burnet stores versus Austin stores is real.  Bottom line:  people in Austin were over the top scared of the outside world and each other, and in light of how dysfunctional our society seems at the moment, it says a lot about how Austinites see themselves and each other.  I'm not in the camp that sees Covid-19 as a one-off.  Science says it will mutate.  It will reoccur.  Viruses have been with us forever and will continue to be.  We cannot hide from them in our homes forever.

It's called Life on This Planet.

I work in healthcare, which makes me no expert, but I feel like people are losing their marbles over it.  Is is a blanket statement to say that people in Burnet don't treat each other as pariahs?  Because they don't.  That people here are still making friendly conversation?  That they are generally happy to see you and your dollars, helping their business stay afloat?  That folks seems to drive friendlier, check you and your groceries out friendlier, and in general, just behave friendlier?  I think it will be hard, once this pandemic has eased, to go back to business as usual for Austin.  I feel very over living here, and that makes me feel sad as I chose to be here and raise a family.  Now I am looking forward to leaving this place and being somewhere with a totally different vibe.
My advice, as always, is:  stay home if your'e sick, wash your hands often, and cover your coughs.
With, or without, a global pandemic.  And try not to panic.


Gina