The Only Post I Want to Make About COVID-19

Hey there. Coming at you today for the land of social distancing, aka my couch. I’m posting this the same day I’m writing it. Today, Monday, March 16th, was supposed to be the first day of my spring break. We had big plans for this week, going to Chicago or maybe to Miami (I know those are different) but now being in my house in my pajamas for a seemingly indefinite amount of time.

I didn’t want to just start a new blog post about makeup and beauty and not mention what’s going on. I have an intense amount of disease-related anxiety right now. My anxiety feels like a full-time job even under the best of circumstances, but these days, it’s really been jacked up to a ten. For the record, Charles and I are fine and are relatively low risk.

I took this picture. Please be impressed.

When I’m not here, I work as a teacher, and school is just closed. So, that’s limited my risk quite a bit. Wisconsin was one of the first states to announce widespread preventative school closures, and that’s been really helpful. My husband is a nurse, and he’s been working at the hospital, but we have a pretty good plan to keep him healthy, and to keep his illness away from me should he get symptoms. We’re also not leaving our home beyond the necessary.

It just bothers me to see people not mention anything about the reality of what’s happening and keep hocking makeup or affiliate ads. Don’t get me wrong, I think that, as someone’s job, it’s fine to keep working during this time, but I didn’t want to just head back to that.

So. Here it is.

I’m anxious. I’m trying to compartmentalize what the coronavirus is doing to my mental health and focus instead on things that make me happy. This place won’t be the corona update zone, and we shouldn’t expect bloggers to take that mantle up. Makeup and lifestyle content makes me happy, and that’s what you’ll see here, but I want you to know that I’m aware of what’s happening. I’m taking precautions as is my family. I’m still supporting local businesses in this hard time. We are so fortunate to be able to do that, but I can’t dwell on it too much or I will go crazy. So, not ignoring it, but I won’t really be addressing it again.

See you soon.