Like Minded Lushes - Spring/Summer 2020

SoCalWoman

Normally we'd introduce this thread with lots of wishes to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather but these are not normal times...even for lushes! Hopefully things will turn around soon and we can all share memories of how we all coped. In the meantime, stay safe and healthy and keep on lushing! :drinker:

ryzeman

Thanks for beginning the new thread Sydney!
I found out a couple days ago that a firefighter I worked with has come down with the virus. I was his Lieutenant when he was first hired and I mentored him through his probation. His wife has now come down with it. They have two boys, early teens. They are very sick but not enough to go to the hospital. Neighbors are leaving food at the front door for them. Welcome to our new normal.

Other than staying home a lot, we are hanging in there. Our local MJ dispensary is considered an "essential" service so I was able to stock up. Not a lot to be upbeat about, although I do think we are doing the right thing "flattening the curve".

Stay healthy!

SoCalWoman

So scary, Gary! That's hitting close to home. There isn't a lot to be upbeat about these days and I'm fearful we haven't even seen the worst of it all yet. We all need to be kind to ourselves to get through it all. If we need an extra glass of wine or trip to the dispensary, then go for it! I haven't had to seek out the dispensaries here yet (I stashed up before we moved) but I absolutely believe they are essential services!

And you lushes would be proud of me that I've done my part: we made a curbside pick up at Bevmo (local liquor store) that included wine, tequila, beer and vodka. We should be set for weeks on supplies :drinker:

ryzeman

Settling down here to our quarantine. The other day Darla's niece and her kids were in the neighborhood and did a drive by visit. Rolled down the windows and we said hi. It was good to actually see them. Being able to stay in contact is so important. Keeping in touch with family, and hanging out with you guys is good food for my soul.

ryzeman

Unexpected death in the family. Darla's cousin, one she had grown up with, got an infection in her toe, which spread to her blood and then to her spine and brain. We got the word she was in the hospital Thursday and she died yesterday evening. She had sepsis and a brain infection, meningitis.

I had a similar event happen to me in 2015, where an ear infection spread to my blood and into my brain. If my wife had not been here to call 911 I wouldn't have survived the day.

Life is short, enjoy every minute, even if stuck at home. Call some friends, see how they are doing. And most important, don't forget to take care of YOU!

SoCalWoman

How horribly sad, Gary! I remember when you got sick. That was so scary. It feels like everything is scary these days.

I think everyone is also appreciating our good health more than ever now. Nothing else really matters.

4.9 earthquake yesterday centered about 17 miles from us. We knew we were moving to earthquake country (they conduct tours of the San Andreas fault here 😳) so I may have had a bit more wine than planned last night. I know you lushes would understand.

Hope you're all safe and doing well :drinker:

ryzeman

In the hospital for a few days. For some reason I developed a clot in my leg and lung. Looking forward to getting this sorted out.

SoCalWoman

What??? Oh my goodness, Gary!! Please take care and keep us posted!! All the healing, positive, thoughts coming your way!! :flowerforyou:

ryzeman

Not sure my reply sent as I am still learning using the phone. I feel like I have racked up a debt leaning on you and the other lashes. Thank you for the positive thoughts, they mean a lot.

Have a 🍷for me tonight!

amcanzo

Oh gosh Gary, that's awful! I hope you heal quickly ! As someone that has had a DVT, I know a bit of what you are dealing with except I didn't have mine during a pandemic. Praying for you!

ryzeman

Thanks Ann. My worry now is the underlying cause. Keeping my fingers crossed that it's something easily dealt with.

I am so happy yours had a good outcome!

SoCalWoman

Lean away, Gary! I won't bombard you with questions yet. Thinking of you...sipping my red wine listening to a rare desert rain shower...hoping you're resting and well.

ryzeman

Syd, a desert rain shower sounds so relaxing!
I was discharged today. Leg still sore but getting better. Now to see specialists to find out why this happened! Very tired. It was hard to rest while being awoken every few hours for vitals and blood work. Also, sleeping with an iv in, ekg telemetry wires on and an O2 monitor on was not helpful. It seemed every hour or so I rolled over and pinched the iv line, resulting in the alarm going off.

Going to bed early! Happy Easter everyone!

amcanzo

Aw, glad you were discharged Gary! I hope you regain your strength quickly and are feeling better
Happy Easter!

ryzeman

Thanks Ann! Darla and I slept 10 hours last night. Feel like a new man. . . . Will most likely turn in my lush card for a few days, I have lost a bit of weight and want to see if I can continue the trend!

SoCalWoman

Glad you are home, Gary! Rest up, recharge and feel better!! I'll keep your lush card active for you

SoCalWoman

Hi lushes!! Just checking in. Hope you're all well and staying healthy.

All good here. 100 degree temps have arrived in the desert I was hoping to start swimming but all pools are still closed so I'm exercising indoors. Brought out my weights and old DVDs. I'm trying to keep the weight off that I lost during the move but it feels like all we're doing is eating and drinking.

Son was supposed to visit for my birthday this weekend. I really miss him But we'll video chat and make the best of it!
Cheers everyone :drinker:

amcanzo

Happy birthday Syd! Not an ideal birthday, I know, but have a cocktail and try to enjoy your day. Mine is right around the corner... I know what you mean about missing your son, I feel like I haven't seen my girls in forever!
Hi Gary!! Hope you are feeling better!!!

ryzeman

Thanks Ann, feeling much better.

I saw the oncologist today.. He does not think cancer has anything to do with the clots. I will have labs done again in August to confirm the possible genetic predisposition to clotting the initial test have. Until then, moderate exercise, drop some weight and just do the things I should be doing! A good day!

SoCalWoman

Great news, Gary!!

I've put back on the 4 lbs I lost during the move. The birthday celebration didn't help. I need to get back to a better routine...maybe one that doesn't include eating so much crap.

ryzeman

But, but, but, eating crap is something I look forward to every day!

Kidding aside, I need to establish my routine again. Difficult with the distractions of the corona virus, but much needed!

SoCalWoman

How's everyone doing?

All good here. Weather cooled down so windows have been open and we've been able to exercise outdoors. We probably only have about another week of that before it'll get too hot so we're enjoying it while we can.

Hoping the son will make the trip from San Diego for Father's day/husband's bday. We'll see how things are going.

Hope everyone is healthy and happy! :drinker:

ryzeman

We are doing well. Last weekend a few of our family members went to my follks house for mother's day and visited with them. We all brought chairs and sat outside on the parking area. Kept our distance, no hugging etc. It was good to see everyone. Syd, I hope it works out for your son to visit, nothing like having our loved ones in the same room!

SoCalWoman

Got to see my son finally!! Woohoo.

Hope everyone is well

amysj303

Just getting caught up, Gary, glad you are ok and sorry about your wife's cousin. I was just hearing about how bladder infections can kill you if the infection goes to your blood, sepsis. I had a bladder infection in April but I got it treated just fine.
Glad your son could come, Syd.
I am in San Francisco and we have been pretty well hunkered down for the duration. I drank a lot more at first but now I am shooting for 3 non-drinking days each week.
I ordered wine-Bright cellars and Naked wines, I think they are both pretty good and Bright cellars offers cheese sometimes too, they sent it to my mom for Father's Day too, which was nice. If anyone is interested let me know, I have codes that can save some money, both are pretty good deals and delivery can't be beat.
We've done a virtual brew fest too, they delivered 10 beers for $40 and a link to a youtube video with brewers talking about the beer and some musical performances and even comedy, it was kinda fun, so we signed up for the zoo brewfest to benefit a zoo and same deal, with hopefully some animal cams. That's July 11.
Both my husband and I work from home and this apartment was not rented with that in mind but we take turns living room/spare room.
I try to get out and walk. My office does a Skype 15 minute workout, it's just a random selection of exercises we do, switching it up every minute-plank, situps, squats, lunges, burpees. I think it's helping though cuz I can do a plank for a minute now which I used to rest, and I can do two real pushups.
Watching a lot of tv too...

SoCalWoman

Hi Amy! Good to hear from you. I've been impressed with how San Francisco has been handling things and it sounds like you're making the best of things with your fun virtual events.

Our county is on the state's watch list. We've taken on some patients from neighboring counties (Imperial is a mess) and we also have prison and nursing home concerns. Husband and I haven't gone out except for a handful of takeout orders and a once every 2 week grocery store visit for the few items we don't get delivered. Our club opened and then closed after someone tested positive. We do use the smaller pool across the street from us. We rarely see anyone else there. It's cleaned 4x/week.
I've dusted off my old DVD workouts. I'm getting in some sweat equity about 4-5 x/week. I'm still drinking my red wine nightly with occasional dates with Mr. Tito's vodka.
With temps over 100 it's pretty easy to hunker down! We miss the travel plans we had for this time of year, but we're thankful for our new place and our health
Stay well lushes! :drinker:

amcanzo

Hi all!
Very quiet around here, hopefully everyone is staying safe!

Found out recently my daughter is pregnant, due in January 2021.
Her and her fiancee are very excited, I am too but I am also very concerned due to Covid. Feel like this is not an ideal time to be having a baby but it's a little late now! But on the plus side, new baby - yay!

Starting a super intense weight training program tomorrow, need to mix things up a bit. Barely been drinking lately so I figure I might as well take advantage and try a new workout.
Stay safe lushes!!

SoCalWoman

Hey Grandma, congrats!!! That's very exciting. Is this your 1st grandchild? My niece is expecting at the end of the month and she's scared. She's a teacher too, so obviously there's concerns about when/if she goes back to the classroom. A lot of uncertainties for everyone these days. But babies are always a great reminder of what's really important

Unfortunately, we're back to square 1 here in California after doing so well to flatten the curve initially. It's sad people can't just follow the guidelines.

Good luck on your new workout program! I swam today and am still doing my exercise DVDs. Its 110 degrees here so not much else we can do!! We finally had a huge dining room table that came with our house taken away so I can now decorate our den/office. Got a desk which turned out great. Need a couple chairs, small couch, a rug, some artwork to finish it all up. I'm doing it all online so it's a fun but slow project. Hoping it keeps me busy through August when the temps will become more bearable and we can enjoy being out in our neighborhood.

Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy! I'm still drinking. The lush card very much active :drinker:

amysj303

The virtual brewfest was good. I liked the beers! I had a couple of weeks where I got three 0s but last week only 2 and now this week will see. Hubs opened a bottle of wine last night and then tonight I am celebrating a work report getting approved-yah, made a marg!
Tomorrow is Friday so I probably will drink...
That's fun about decorating your space, Syd, but with all online it would be hard and things might look different when you get them in the space, but that's always going to be a problem. These days there's pinterest and so much online inspiration!
Congrats amcanzo! My friend gave birth 11 weeks early today! She had an emergency appendectomy last week and that went ok but she went into labor after an MRI. Baby is 3.5# and breathing on her own so hopefully everything will be ok

ryzeman

Just catching up on the thread, it looks as if everyone is plugging along.
Syd, so glad you got to see your son! I think not being able to physically see your loved ones is the hardest part of this pandemic.

Ann- How wonderful! By the time your grand baby arrives this covid thing should have run its course. So happy for you!

Amy- a virtual brewfest sounds fun! I used to brew my own beers. Had a blast doing it. :drinker:

SoCalWoman

I'm a great auntie again!