Boy, I wish I had more interesting things to report here but I suppose that's the nature of isolation. Yesterday, I got a DoorDash delivery of food from my favorite Italian restaurant. I ordered several items, one of which was a meatball sandwich for which I was charged seven dollars. Instead, they brought me one meatball. They're still trying to figure out how to credit me for that.
Despite my best efforts to avoid him, it's hard to be on the Internet or turn on your TV without seeing Donald Trump, desperately trying to maintain his "we deserve an A-plus for every single thing we do" posture. I have friends who are very frustrated that the man's obvious lying and incompetence doesn't cause his base to turn on him but it makes some sense if you think of it this way…
These people don't necessarily want Donald J. Trump. They want Republican control of government and backing Trump seems to be the only way to hold onto that. If he disappeared tomorrow, there's no one else who could step in and give them what they want. And they see him as a hero for achieving it.
But I'm sick of looking at the guy. I'm not even watching Stephen Colbert because I don't want to hear the Trump jokes and watch the clips of Trump acting like Trump. I know I'm going to be obsessing on this when we get close to the election. I don't need to think too much about him now.
What I am missing on the news now are the wonderful stories of people helping each other through this crisis, people being strong and caring and assisting one another. I was already in awe of good doctors and nurses and emergency personnel. This has only heightened the awe.