elizabethlevett

Imagine if you will a world where all is safe, easy, uncomplicated.

Imagine never having to worry, never having to go anywhere.

Imagine being allowed to live in pajamas and slippers or even shorts with funny looking socks and it doesn’t even matter. Imagine never needing to wear a bra or mascara or even lipstick. Imagine you get to live in safety and comfort for 100 days, even more. You don’t have to go shopping, go to restaurants, show up for parties, weddings, graduations, recitals. You can read, watch re-runs, work on jigsaw or crossword puzzles. You’ll finally prune those leggy ceanothus your neighbor keeps telling you are shadowing her sage. Try your hand at a home haircut and craft your own mask, creating fabulous accessories while finding a use for all those pretty fabric remnants, resulting in a classic two-fer! You can plan some big jobs around the house like repainting the kitchen! (Though you probably won’t end up doing it since nobody sees your kitchen but you these days.) You can even get caught up on those long-neglected little jobs you never have time for – fold all those extra grocery bags to display neatly in an attractive basket, rearrange your tee shirt drawer, exfoliate and massage your feet, even put your glasses on and shave those hard to reach areas near your ankles. You can stay up a little later than usual at night and stay in bed as late as you want in the morning. (You may suffer occasional nightmares of joggers running up and coughing in your face till you run and hide in an un-sanitized public bathroom – but you won’t have to endure those dreams where you can’t seem to get to work on time!) You can even have stuff delivered to your door. All this, and you aren’t even in an assisted living facility yet! 

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll enjoy free concerts streamed to the privacy of your laptop and countless entertainers who’ll tell you marvelous stories and make jokes about their own home life. You’ll thrill to the voyeuristic pleasure of seeing inside the homes of your favorite stars. (Does he really have two copies of The Thorn Birds?) You’ll cringe at news footage of a bloated orange despot inciting his minions to risk their lives and the health of their families to gather and applaud him while thousands take to the street and protest inhumane treatment in their communities. You’ll resolve once again to do things right when you do finally get back out there.

Yes, this exciting vacation can be yours if you take a chance on staying home. Don’t wait. Viruses are standing by.