I know it's been a long time since I've written and that is because not a lot has been going on. We have been living the city life in downtown Houston Texas. Steve walks to work through the downtown's tunnels and is able to come home for lunch everyday. I have been dog sitting and walking Schooner three times a day. We have been enjoying our location with its mix of high rise buildings and lovely manicured parks and bayou trails.
It has been a long wait getting to see the Lipid Specialist I've come to see to try the newest medicine treatment on the market to treat my HoFH. My appointment come during Covid-19 but luckily I was able to chat with the doctor over the phone and we started to jump the insurance hoops that are necessary for me to be able to try the medication.
I decided to write this post to mark this Covid-19 time period for us. At the moment it's difficult to foresee that this is a historical time period that we are living through but the fact remains that we really are going through something that will forever be in the history books.
At the moment the president of the USA has released the states to open back up when they have reached several criteria that are layout in a three phase plan. Once States reach certain benchmarks with infected humans then they can begin the phases. As the numbers of infected people go down more and more liberties can be restored.
This has been a difficult time for leaders because no matter what your independent opinion is on what this Corona virus really is you don't want to be to risk the mass' lives. No one wants to be proven wrong. I'm personally glad I don't have to make those decisions.
People ask us if we wish we were on our boat right now because personal distance is key. Our answer is NO, we feel very lucky that we are where we are at the moment. Our boat friends that were out enjoying the cruising season are currently stuck where they were when this hit. Restriction are more extreme in those countries then here. For example, they are only allowed to go to the stores on certain days and time and they all have to wear masks, in some countries no alcohol is sold, and they all must stay put, no sailing around and changing anchorages. So we have more liberties here where we are.
Here in Htown, we can go to the store any day of the week, we can have restaurant food to be delivered, I can walk Schooner as usual, I can stop and get a coffee.. what we can do is sit and chat with large groups over 6, we have to stay 6ft away from each other except for partners, we have to stay 6ft from each other in retail stores and on sidewalks. The parks won't let people congregate in large groups. It's all about "Social Distance". I don't mind that at all.
We live in the Rice Apt building downtownliving Htown. It's a great old building that was originally a Hotel and was built in 1913. It has this lovely cover over the front of the whole building. There are several restaurants, a coffee shop and bar in the bottom floor of our building. With this Covid-19 going on many of the businesses are closed in all of downtown and our building. The homeless that reside downtown have been moved off except for the hard core drug addicts. They really enjoy our buildings overhang that protects from the elements but make our life not so pleasant. They have been hanging out in front of the closed businesses day and night. They have making such a mess and stinking up the area with going to the bathroom and leaving their food and trash. Safety has become an issue because they are becoming more desperate with few people working downtown and their drug use has become more obvious.
With the homeless I have been changing up my walking route to avoid them problem ones as much as possible. It has become a game and a bit of entertainment for us to strategize our walks, especially on the weekends.
