Tonight, against all of our better judgements, after a 2 week hiatus during which none of us got sick and we all worked at home, stayed in the house and only went out for groceries, beer, wine, and prescriptions, we got together with our best friend couple for our weekly game of Setback. I made chili and salad, they brought red wine. The guys kicked our asses, paying us back for last time when it was the other way around.
We have been playing for 3 years. We’ve known each other for 5. We go on vacation together. We know each others strengths, weaknesses, and foibles. We know our family secrets, the state of our finances. We have running jokes that only we would ever, in a million years, think are funny.
You’ve all got these friends. These are the two who will stand up for us at our wedding in June, if it can happen.
So tonight was great. So great. To see them maybe, one last time.
I read the news, rumors abound, my siblings in GA think this will be over by the end of April. Nope. The worst will be happening at the end of April. It will take months to recover IF our current government can deal with it. I pray that they can.
Tonight we talked about how we can continue our close relationship? Is there a Setback online game? We will Google it.
But one thing we all agreed on- our Family Dinner group includes not just the 4 of us but 12 to 16 other people. The group consists of mostly single people. We usually host because I have a big ass table. It’s pot luck. We cook the protein, others bring the sides and apps. It’s brought us so much joy over the years.
We are figuring out how to set up a Virtual Family Dinner. So we can use (Skype) or some other method to eat dinners at home, on a screen, with other people, and have the opportunity to talk like we do over actual dinner.
I’d appreciate any ideas about how to do that.
I’d also like to encourage you to do that. Right now, there is nothing more important than keeping you and your family as safe as possible. The second most important thing is to help your community, starting with your friends in need.
Isolation is incredibly difficult. Reach out to family and friends. If you have IT skills, bring your people in on line.
We are humans. We need other humans. Help make that possible.
I wish every person on this planet good luck in this fucking crazy situation we find ourselves in. And please, help your neighbor. Even the ones you don’t like.