Yesterday, May 20, they finally opened up the city a bit. Not sure really what changed other than restaurants are from now on allowed to serve guests at tables outside at a 6 feet distance and I think all the shopping malls are now opened too, but of course face covering is required and all the other social distancing things we are ordered to follow. Jim took Thor for a walk downtown in the afternoon yesterday and saw that all bars/restaurants outdoor seating were full and there were news teams filming it all (I found an article, read HERE)
It’s exciting that things are opening up. We’re not really planning on going out to eat or go shopping at the mall anytime soon, so it won’t change much for my husband and myself, we’re happy to distance ourselves a little longer. Since we have read that countries has got new cases since they opened up from quarantine, I think it’s smart to continue distancing ourselves a little longer to see how this will turn out. But nonetheless, yesterday was exciting anyway and it gives us hope for a bright and functional future. Some people can go back to work and companies can hopefully survive. It sounds like Jim will have to work from home for the rest of the year which he is happy about, and lot of other companies has realized that they don’t need to pay for big offices because their employees can work from home, so, it looks like that will be the new normal after all this.
No news on when dance studios will be reopened though. Or when our building will be allowed to open the gym. No news on anything really, the only thing that has changed from yesterday is like I mentioned above that restaurants can serve food with limits and shopping is opened. And we have heard that hairdressers can open up but not for haircuts, only for blowouts, which is one of the weirdest things I’ve heard all year haha.
So, our days will continue like it has the past fourteen weeks. But I am thinking of if I should go to the grocery store soon on my own though (we have only ordered groceries online for delivery for the past three months). Fruit and greens is what I miss the most and I can tell that my body is starting to feel weird without it. We haven’t ordered for a few weeks now and we have run out of fresh ingredients (we do have some frozen veggies and dried fruit). We have some carrots and lemons left, but that’s it and my body is not happy and both Jim and I are extremely tired and feel a bit sluggish at the moment. Sure we can order for delivery again, but I want to pick out my own stuff cause most of the time the things they send us is about to go bad in a day cause they pick up the first thing they see, I like to take my time and find the best banana or the freshest salad or an item with expiration dates that isn’t tomorrow. If only one of us go into the store, keep mask and gloves on, pay with the watch and we wipe everything off when we get home, it should be ok.
(( I know I know, we sound like dumb idiots for taking such precautions, but we believe the biggest problem is that most people don’t take these kind of responsibilities. Even if they don’t feel sick themselves they can still spread it around to so many others – just look at Sweden, most people think they are ok, they eat at restaurants, they party at clubs, they send their kids to school and hang out in big groups in the parks, but it results in spreading it around and then hospitals refuses to help people 65 or older, way more people are dying because others are idiots [I really really hope it turns out in the end that Sweden did the right thing, I have way too many people in Sweden that I care about]. So, in order for us to be able to sleep better at night, we want to do absolutely everything we can to not get the virus < though, I think it’s possible we’ve already had it > and spread this around. This is not going to be forever, a little extra distancing doesn’t hurt us ))
The diner next to our apartment early yesterday morning