It has been a while since I have updated you. My last set of labs went very well. Actually, they were the best I have had in 5 years. So, there is a good point to staying at home more often.
I will be honest, I hit a really low point about 3 weeks ago. I felt like my heart was on the ground. I just couldn’t seem to shake it. I realized that I might be suffering from depression. It is understood that my many conditions can cause this, the medication can cause this and also the current economic and virus related scare can cause this reaction. What did I do? Well..
- I acknowledged that I was not feeling right.
- I reached out to my closest friends and family for assistance.
- I reached out for prayer.
It took about three days of sincere praying and coming up with a plan of action to help me out of this well of pity that I had ended in. Three weeks later, I am functioning fine.
Even though staying at home because of the Virus has been good for me health wise, it has not been for me mentally. It is recognized now. I have to remember to keep one hand on the Bible and one hand on staying busy.
In the mean time, knitting a very large project has become my busy work. I have also stepped up to help a charity refit their business for Covid issues. It has helped me keep my secretarial skills honed.
I am scared about returning to work in August. Honestly, I don’t even know how to express myself completely. As a medically fragile employee, I need to make sure that precautions are in place. I was informed that my desk has been measured for a plexi-glass shield which is good news. Then comes the what about the gloves, sanitation wipes, masks, office flow, office capacity, working from home questions, how many days in office, who will supervise parent contact, nursing orders for students when they are in the building for hybrid models, busing for students, etc. It gets really complicated and quite the rabbit hole fast.
Before this current school year ended, I did come up with a guidelines for the office I work in. I tried to use common sense and various guidelines from the CDC and other office related articles. I am sure that the school district will have their own guidelines for office procedure. It will be interesting to see how mine compare to theirs.
I will still continue to wipe down everything each morning. I am hoping that the school system will now provide the supplies for that instead of my wallet. I will wear the masks my sister and I have been making, unless the school provides disposable ones.
I might have to reconsider how my desk is laid out functionality wise. That might mean becoming more organized somehow to get the paperwork off my desk. Maybe a rolling system that I can move around easily for the paperwork I am always needing to have at hand. Something like the below organizer. Since less people will be allowed in my office, I will have room to move it around to have access without cluttering up the desk where the shield will be.
I feel like I am grasping at air for something substantial when there really isn’t anything. What I have decided that would be the most important thing to do is to pray daily to God about my health, work situation, virus protection and safety. When scared, up the communication with God. He has it all under control even when we don’t see anything.
Articles that may be of interest:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/us/florida-schools-reopen-august-trnd/index.html
M-DCPS Reopening Plan – Special Board Meeting of July 1, 2020 – SP-1 Presentation