The Petra Zone

Diehardpetrafan:) wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:44 pm

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I wish I could just to a beach somewhere and listen to God, all alone. I’m so sick of people right now. Anyone feel the same?

brent wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:57 pm

I contracted duh 'rona this weekend while installing AVL systems at a church. Frankly, I am surprised it took so long. The building was a construction site and none of the trades protected themselves or could practice social distancing. So, I am living in the basement, all alone, with everything I need, sans The Woman. When I realized I had to live apart from her for a couple of weeks, that hurt.

Some friends of ours were apart for a month or two, in a hospital and at home. Hopefully, we won't be apart that long. My office and studio gear consume the majority of the lower floor. So, I work from home until I drop. You don't need a dance partner. I do my spaz dance around the house whether people are here or not. It looks like I am getting electrocuted. The kids liked it when they were little. Now they and their husbands shake their heads.

BTW, if you get it and lose your sense of taste and smell, use that time to catch up on nasty vegetable intake.

brent wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:57 pm

I contracted duh 'rona this weekend while installing AVL systems at a church. Frankly, I am surprised it took so long. The building was a construction site and none of the trades protected themselves or could practice social distancing. So, I am living in the basement, all alone, with everything I need, sans The Woman. When I realized I had to live apart from her for a couple of weeks, that hurt.

Some friends of ours were apart for a month or two, in a hospital and at home. Hopefully, we won't be apart that long. My office and studio gear consume the majority of the lower floor. So, I work from home until I drop. You don't need a dance partner. I do my spaz dance around the house whether people are here or not. It looks like I am getting electrocuted. The kids liked it when they were little. Now they and their husbands shake their heads.

BTW, if you get it and lose your sense of taste and smell, use that time to catch up on nasty vegetable intake.

Mountain Man wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:44 pm

This topic is a little different for me. My wife passed away in 2019, so I was "alone" before this pandemic nonsense even started. I put "alone" in quotes because I still have my three kids, so I'm not lacking in human contact, but I do miss having another adult in the house. Where the pandemic has put a crimp in things is that it's very hard to go out and meet people. I went on one date some time before the pandemic, but that ended up not going anywhere relationship wise (she said she wanted to be friends and then spent the next six-months keeping me at arm's length; she told me once how God would drop people in and out of her life, but I eventually realized they don't "drop out" because of God but because she pushes them away); then I asked a co-worker out to lunch who initially said yes, then a couple of days later said no, and then we were all laid off the very next day when the governor shut the state down because of the Wuhan flu. And that's the extent of my dating life over the past couple of years.

And so here I am. I'm not depressed or despondent, I would just like to meet someone that I can share my life and interests with again, but who knows when that's going to happen since the government is discouraging us from even leaving the house despite all the evidence that lockdowns and masks are largely ineffective when it comes to stopping the spread of the virus.

Mountain Man wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:44 pm

This topic is a little different for me. My wife passed away in 2019, so I was "alone" before this pandemic nonsense even started. I put "alone" in quotes because I still have my three kids, so I'm not lacking in human contact, but I do miss having another adult in the house. Where the pandemic has put a crimp in things is that it's very hard to go out and meet people. I went on one date some time before the pandemic, but that ended up not going anywhere relationship wise (she said she wanted to be friends and then spent the next six-months keeping me at arm's length; she told me once how God would drop people in and out of her life, but I eventually realized they don't "drop out" because of God but because she pushes them away); then I asked a co-worker out to lunch who initially said yes, then a couple of days later said no, and then we were all laid off the very next day when the governor shut the state down because of the Wuhan flu. And that's the extent of my dating life over the past couple of years.

And so here I am. I'm not depressed or despondent, I would just like to meet someone that I can share my life and interests with again, but who knows when that's going to happen since the government is discouraging us from even leaving the house despite all the evidence that lockdowns and masks are largely ineffective when it comes to stopping the spread of the virus.

Mountain Man wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:44 pm

This topic is a little different for me. My wife passed away in 2019, so I was "alone" before this pandemic nonsense even started. I put "alone" in quotes because I still have my three kids, so I'm not lacking in human contact, but I do miss having another adult in the house. Where the pandemic has put a crimp in things is that it's very hard to go out and meet people. I went on one date some time before the pandemic, but that ended up not going anywhere relationship wise (she said she wanted to be friends and then spent the next six-months keeping me at arm's length; she told me once how God would drop people in and out of her life, but I eventually realized they don't "drop out" because of God but because she pushes them away); then I asked a co-worker out to lunch who initially said yes, then a couple of days later said no, and then we were all laid off the very next day when the governor shut the state down because of the Wuhan flu. And that's the extent of my dating life over the past couple of years.

And so here I am. I'm not depressed or despondent, I would just like to meet someone that I can share my life and interests with again, but who knows when that's going to happen since the government is discouraging us from even leaving the house despite all the evidence that lockdowns and masks are largely ineffective when it comes to stopping the spread of the virus.

Mountain Man wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:44 pm

This topic is a little different for me. My wife passed away in 2019, so I was "alone" before this pandemic nonsense even started. I put "alone" in quotes because I still have my three kids, so I'm not lacking in human contact, but I do miss having another adult in the house. Where the pandemic has put a crimp in things is that it's very hard to go out and meet people. I went on one date some time before the pandemic, but that ended up not going anywhere relationship wise (she said she wanted to be friends and then spent the next six-months keeping me at arm's length; she told me once how God would drop people in and out of her life, but I eventually realized they don't "drop out" because of God but because she pushes them away); then I asked a co-worker out to lunch who initially said yes, then a couple of days later said no, and then we were all laid off the very next day when the governor shut the state down because of the Wuhan flu. And that's the extent of my dating life over the past couple of years.

And so here I am. I'm not depressed or despondent, I would just like to meet someone that I can share my life and interests with again, but who knows when that's going to happen since the government is discouraging us from even leaving the house despite all the evidence that lockdowns and masks are largely ineffective when it comes to stopping the spread of the virus.

Dan wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:19 am

You have amazing strength, very few people would have your outlook after something like this. Sorry for your loss.

Mountain Man wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:24 am

Dan wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:19 am

You have amazing strength, very few people would have your outlook after something like this. Sorry for your loss.

It's not me, it's God. I have a new appreciation for the concept of "peace that passes understanding". I can't explain it, I just know it. I know that my wife is in heaven and fully healed, and that I will see her again some day. "Grave Robber" has taken on a whole new significance. I can't imagine what it's like for nonbelievers to go through this. The futility and hopelessness they must feel would be horrible.