By George Smith
Coronavirus. COVID-19.
I know some people who are not taking this pandemic seriously. They are flirting with disaster of the most personal kind.
BobJean and I are among the lucky ones. We live of County Road 31, off State Highway 73 in big-time rural Nevada County, Arkansas.
Our house is at the end of a dirt road and at the end of a 220-yard lane. If you come to our house, you are looking for us or you are lost.
Our intent is to keep this highly infectious disease away from the house on Bedspring Ridge and stay healthy.
To achieve that end, we go to town only when we have to, wearing gloves and masks and wiping down everything we might touch outside our realm of isolation.
We even wipe down the mail with Clorox wipes, UPS or FedEx packages, too, outside and contents. We used to save grocery sacks for friends; now, we dispose of them.
Following the advice from a website, we have a “dirty” and “clean” side of our large countertop island. Groceries or other items brought in are put on the dirty side and unpacked; all items are washed and/or wiped down with sanitary wipes and placed on the “clean” side. After all items are put away, the entire counter is wiped down with Clorox wipes.
When I go check on my aunt and uncle, I wear gloves and touch nothing. I take them food occasionally and make sure the containers have been wiped down.
Overkill? Who knows. But at our age —fast approaching 73 and 75—and with certain medical conditions, why take a chance?
Being a “semi-colon” people (you know, when you hit a semi-colon in a sentence…it means you ain’t done yet!) we have a ton of living to do. We have places to see, grandkids to hug and spoil, ideas to be explored and college students to inspire us to keep living and sharing.
And, we have each other. After being separated for more than four decades — from being young and stupid (me) to finding each other again was like winning the lottery of life.
This time of our life is too good, to precious, to throw it away by being hard-headed or neglectful or forgetful.
Be smart. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
We are all valuable cargo and our time to live is…right now.
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