How The Covid 19 Pandemic Changed Lives:

I can think of little good to say about Covid especially knowing as we do now that it was a man made virus that destroyed so many lives. We are also starting to learn that while it was made in China that it was at least partially funded by the USA. Why  anyone would pay a lab in China to develop a virus that would harm so many people and destroy so many lives is way past my comprehension. 

All the machinations about staying safe from Covid from the start has changed lives. We now order on line and can get anything from toothpaste to parts for the blade on my tractor through the mail. While we do not get door delivery; we still have to drive 8 miles to the drop shed. By comparison that is better than having to drive 50+ miles one way to do our shopping. And the best part - most of our orders are sent postage free. 

Also, when we do have to shop for groceries in town we can order on line ahead of time and they bring our groceries out to the vehicle for us. We no longer have to spend time walking from one end of the store to the other to shop. We have always shopped from a list so we rarely make spontaneous purchases anyway.  

The above are some positive changes but there are also some downsides attributed to the pandemic. Stores we used to shop at have gone out of business and when making medical appointments we have to wait longer so the waiting rooms are not as crowded as they used to be. For example we had to wait over 4 weeks for an electrician to repair an electrical line. Our favorite auto repair shop is under new ownership so there are new employees whom we don't know. 

All in all Covid has changed lifestyles and patterns but some of the changes are very welcome and favorable to our remote lifestyle. What intrigues me - I wonder what other evil our government is up to and if it will impact us like covid did.... I guess it won't happen until it happens and because of covid I suspect there are far fewer supporters of our government than before Covid.