We don’t quite have one “lockdown now” date. 
Hubs went to the Seattle Sounders Opening Day game on March 1, 2020, and the next home game on March 7, 2020.
The programmer (along with Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech employees in the area) started working from home March 4th, 2020.
Our last eating out day was March 8, 2020.
It’s been a long year.
I will preface this with: we had the 10% quarantine experience. Maybe even 5%. We are doing fine, money-wise. We have space. We’re in a suburban house, even, so we don’t have to worry about anti-maskers down the hall or sharing an elevator.
In everything else, my life isn’t what I expected. When I left Amazon in the summer of 2019, I figured I’d badger specialists, finish rehabbing from my pulmonary embolism, pitch articles, and be reborn as a freelance writer who doesn’t necessarily need a mobility scooter to go to the mall.
Of course it wasn’t that simple.
I did get some improved diagnosis and meds, which help! I am improving my stamina! It’s just that 1) everything takes forever, 2) my body is like a Jenga pile at this point.
Going from 2 or 3 minutes on the treadmill to 10? Took months. I’m coming up on the 1-year anniversary of starting on the treadmill. And naturally, starting the treadmill made my back unhappy. And my knees unhappy. Both of which I’ve whined about before, and know how to manage (other exercises) but it’s still there and not just FIXED.
Oh, and brain fog. When I started the treadmill would physically wipe me out for hours, and mentally I would have trouble playing solitaire after the treadmill. Solitaire! It’s better now, but I tend to rest until I can complete a word search and not just solitaire.
More recently, I was sometimes getting dizzy when I’d stand up. Checked and my blood pressure was 100/60. I’m TOLD this isn’t that low, but dizzy is bad, so we dropped one of the blood pressure meds.
In addition to all the physical stuff, I also can’t see friends. Go out to lunch. Browse at the bookstore. Go to the farmer’s market. Most festivals and cons are canceled. This is frustrating.
My health has improved over the last year, but slowly. Walking in general is easier. Strength training (for knees etc) is making moving around easier in general. Able to discontinued one of my high blood pressure meds.
And yes, maybe I’ll start sending out pitches for articles again. But not tomorrow.
*Wordpress if the 4 periods in a row breaks you I’ll be unhappy.
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