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Hey, how are you guys doing? How are you feeling and coping?<\/p>\n
If I don\u2019t think too much and just go about my day, everything is fine. The sun is out. I have plenty of good food to eat and clean air to breathe with natural beauty all around me. So far, my family is healthy, our income is stable enough to weather the storm, and we have plenty of space to play. If I stay focused on my immediate environment, and the things I have control over, I can manage just fine within the constraints of this new and bizarre reality.<\/p>\n
Still, I was extremely rattled to learn about Pauli Lakkanen, a 55-year-old Aspen man who died last week from the virus. Until then, I was under the impression that anyone under the age of 60 who didn\u2019t have a pre-existing medical condition was going to be OK. Then I read about a 40-year-old man in Vail who had died a couple days later. Suddenly I became very afraid of getting this virus that seems to keep us guessing with its wildly varied and unpredictable behavior. Some people show no symptoms and have no idea they have it. Some are sick for two days, others for two weeks. Others die.<\/p>\n
Even though I feel safe up here, staying home in my remote little river valley where the wildlife outnumbers the people, I am lonely. Ryan is still working as the challenges of his job seem to grow and change daily. And with no child care in the foreseeable future, I am alone with my 4-year-old all day, every day. I have written about how much I appreciate this uninterrupted time with him, but I desperately miss having time to myself.<\/p>\n
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