This morning my husband made a video.  This is not so unusual because he makes videos for a lot of things, but this morning he decided to make a video with his crazy quarantine beard and his hair turning to wings over his ears, going into a short soliloquy about how he was able to melt an ice cube with his mind.  Forty people have “liked” this crazy thing.  It’s making people laugh which is a good thing, but just how bored do you have to be to start making silly videos of yourself doing anything and everything and sharing them on social media?

Well, we’ve been bored enough to start a podcast and people are bored enough apparently to actually listen to it.  People are listening to two 60 year old music teachers talk to each other about whatever they decide they want to talk about for 20 minutes.  Almost 50 people voted on what they thought we should name it. It’s a crazy world we live in for sure.  The fact that we’re keeping track of numbers is just another sign that we’ve lost it.

People are dressing up or arranging cold cuts to look like famous paintings, creating obstacle courses in their homes for their toddlers, cleaning out closets, and rearranging t-shirt drawers.  I saw people putting before and after shots of how they cleaned the tracks for their sliding doors on social media.

We’re all sharing pictures from our Zoom meetings, virtual choirs and playing every silly game that pops up on Facebook.  Everyone from CEOs to college students are joining in, asking people to describe them with a particular letter and then assigning them a letter to begin the game again.  I was tempted to play but I don’t have that much time.

When I watch the news I see horrible things happening, I see newscasters and doctors talking about armeggedon and government officials giving lock down orders.  And my reality is that I get to experience the luxury of having a full pantry and freezer, the ability to work from home, and not being alone, despite being stuck in one space.  It’s like I’m watching other people experience a horror movie in another world.  It’s real but it doesn’t feel real.

So all I can really complain about is that I’m bored.  Sometimes bored to the point of tears. Maybe I just need to work to be more creative, but so far I’m healthy, I can watch spring arrive from my balcony and I can continue to watch my husband make silly videos and laugh at him.  How bored are you?