February 26, 2020

Good Morning friends! Yesterday the news kept talking about that the Coronavirus now has reached USA. I am not scared of the virus itself really, if we get it then we’re probably gonna be fine, just be sick for two weeks or something, but it’s the spreading that makes me a little nervous. We live right by NYC where lots of our neighbors work, where lots of people fly in and out, where people from all over world live, a city that is very dirty especially the subways. And to be honest, I don’t trust other people. I see people sneezing and coughing out in the open all the time and I’m sure not everyone wash their hands as often as they should (this is part why I’m a bit germophobic). I heard that in Sweden you don’t have to be quarantined if you don’t want to, it’s voluntarily. What? (However, I just read online that they might add a new law regarding the coronavirus). I really hope that people take their responsibilities and isolate themselves or get quarantined if it’s really bad. To get the virus myself, no, I’m not afraid, but I’m thinking of the old people, the babies and those who are already sick, we have to be careful for their sake. I have lots of people I care about, like my nephew and my niece.

Gaahh, this post sounds so dramatic, hahah. That’s not my intention. It sounds like I’m freaking out about this, I’m not, just trying to think ahead. 

But, Jim and I decided yesterday that it would be a good idea to stock up on some food that can last for a long time “just in case” we would get it or if people around us would start getting it and we would have to isolate ourselves. Absolute worst case we would probably rent a cabin in the woods far away from everyone and stay there til coast is clear:) It’s better to think ahead and be prepared than be sorry later. 

I feel bit conflicted though. I want to take classes and planned on going to Manhattan to dance, but if there’s any environment that loves spreading stuff it’s dance studios along with schools, gyms and other fitness studios. Virus paradise haha. The thought of taking the train, subway and then sweat and breathe close to other dancers kinda gross me out. I know I’m being silly, but again, you can never be too careful 😀 What would you do?

This wasn’t all that we bought. We bought extra of some of the items shown and also bought some refill hand soap, dog wipes and other more boring stuff that didn’t need to be in the picture:) The grocery store was also quite empty yesterday, not a lot of fruit or veggies of ok quality, they didn’t have my coconut yogurt for example and lots of shelves had old products. But we went to the grocery store and bought lots of stuff a week ago as well, things like potatoes and coffee, so now our small fridge, freezer and cabinets are completely full. Lots of canned food, nuts, soup, pasta and I have huge containers of oats and chia seeds, so if the world would go under, we can survive for a really long time hahha.  

February 24, 2020

Good Morning! How are you today? We have suddenly got really nice and a bit warmer weather. So lovely in the sun! We’ll see how long it lasts:)
This weekend we took Thor to a new place for a haircut. I don’t think we will go back there. I told her to leave at least an inch of his fluff but he ended up almost completely shaved, even the face plus she cut his whiskers off 🙁 Poor thing, he looks so weird. I mean, he still looks cute, but he definitely doesn’t look like himself. He looks like a miniature doberman and when I put a sweater on him he looks like a chihuahua. Oh well…it’ll grow back in no time. Now he’s ready for spring.
While we waited for Thor to be done we went to a diner for breakfast. Barely came home before we had to go pick T up again (normally it takes a few hours but now he was done in two). Lock City Brewery is just down the street from that groomer so we decided to take T there for a drink before going home.
In the evening we spontaneously took a taxi to the same area we had breakfast to try a place that was across the street from the diner, Riko’s Pizza. Thin crust and tasted just like the Colony Pizza that we’ve been to a few times. I would definitely recommend that, there’s a few places around here.
On Sunday we didn’t do much. I cleaned the apartment, did some laundry and put fresh sheets in the bed. We took Thor for a warm sunny walk, ate a McDonalds lunch, we played computer games and at night we watched an episode of Shameless. Btw, I finished watching the Handmaid’s Tale this weekend, have any of you seen it, what do you think? That show gave me some weird dreams over the past few weeks and the story definitely had me thinking, especially because of everything that is happening around us these days.
Anyway, we had a nice weekend. Thor looks weird but he’ll survive:)

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