It is April 3, 2020. Tensions are running high between China and the rest of the world over false information regarding the virus. Saudi Arabia and Russia are at odds over oil production, and the US military has moved air defense systems into Iraq in response to an Iraqi attack on American troops.
Meanwhile, the US economy is basically shutdown. Unemployment is estimated to be at 10% already and on a steep incline. The number of unemployment claims are drastically understated because the state unemployment systems are so overloaded that people cannot get through to file their unemployment claim.
Oil prices are up 25%. God bless American and Canada too. That is a 25% increase of a price that was nearly zero, but an increase is still an increase.
My personal frustration for the day is that I got an email from one of Brainy Bird’s teachers saying that he has not completed the online assignments. I have had the strong suspicion all week that he is on his computer playing video games and not getting his work done. Being right often sucks as a parent. In the grand scheme of all things, I appreciate this is a minor frustration, but in my little world it is a huge frustration. I am likely going to be moving him to the main house over the weekend, thus adding to my already tremendously long to do list. I do like being busy.
This time next year, Brainy Bird will be a senior in high school. He will have figured out where he is going to college, and he will be ready for the next chapter of his life. I find myself wondering if life will be back to normal this time next year. I believe that we will have won the invisible war with the virus, and I believe that our economy will be on the road to recovery, but I certainly never thought we would be where we are right now, so I have some fear of the unknown.
I was full of energy yesterday; today I am in a sort of melancholy mood. Brainy Bird not getting his work done is a contributor, but I think that my mood is more a reflection of the overall situation. Never in my adult life has my livelihood and well-being been so out of my control. I am feeling down today, yet I am in a much, much better situation than most.
I have a very long work day ahead, and I need to get to it, so this is all for now.
Thank you for stopping by to read my thoughts. Stay healthy.