I did not…

… move to Vermont, or anywhere else.

… go to London in March to see two of the world’s greatest ballerinas in Swan Lake on consecutive nights from those amazing seats at the Royal Opera House that I was so lucky to obtain last November.

… want to also cancel a trip in May to see the Boston Ballet’s Swan Lake, but that production has been cancelled and indeed it doesn’t look like any elective travel is going to an option any time soon.

… lose my livelihood or worse from the novel coronavirus response, thank goodness, knock on wood.

… mind donating those three N95 masks I had purchased last summer in anticipation of wildfire smoke.

… look at my 401k statement and don’t plan to until we’re on the other side of this.  There’s enough stress as it is, and I’m counting my blessings that I’m still working and have health insurance.

… expect to become a microgreens gardener or a kombucha homebrewer, or to have a bottle of Everclear living on my kitchen counter, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

… realize how much unnecessary toilet paper and kleenex I used to use.

… realize how lucky I am at times like these to be a naturally-inclined homebody.

… realize how much I love walking around my own neighborhood that I didn’t move away from, or appreciate how many cherry trees live here, with their different varieties and blooming times.

… leave the apartment yesterday except to accept a delivery and check the mail.  It’s time to take a walk.

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Other random gratitudes:

• what previously seemed like a ridiculous quantity of tea towels
• what previously seemed like a ridiculous quantity of stockpiled soaps and hand creams (wish I could say the same about toilet paper)
• what previously seemed like a ridiculous quantity of art supplies (wish i could say I’m actually using them… soon…)
• the box of disinfecting wipes my sweetheart kindly mailed to me.  Best Easter basket ever!
• the plethora of food delivery options in my city, and all of those brave souls out there working those delivery jobs.  They and the grocery store workers truly are heroes and deserve to have employer-provided personal protective equipment, hazard pay, huge tips, etc.