Get dressed

Hi to all.
Yes, I've been away from this blog for several weeks. It isn't because of the quarantining going on. I still go to work every day but unlike many of you I still have to leave my home. I guess the world thinks I'm essential. I'll go with that.

What it has done is allow me to do a lot of things around the homestead. It's spring and the grounds of our palatial estate are in need of cutting and trimming and edging and ... well, you get it.

One of the things that I've found I don't understand is how so many people during this lockdown complain about being cooped up. I understand that if you live in an apartment and don't have a house and yard and lawn to take care of as spring rolls through on the calendar. Too many are tired, listless and don't know what to do with themselves.

Here's a thought, get out of your pajamas and get dressed. I've never understood how someone sits around in PJs or lounge-wear all day. Virtually no one gets anything of substance accomplished that way. (Well, maybe Hugh Hefner but he's a different animal.) Why? Because it is the height of laziness. If you're not motivated to get dressed in 'real' clothes you're not going to do anything the rest of the day. All you will be driven to do is sit around which makes you more tired than if you actually did something.

Even on my days off from the working world, after my breakfast and morning coffee, I get dressed. Even during those few times I was laid up at home with a medical issue I dressed for the day. Even if all I could do was dishes or dust furniture I did it in regular clothing. Nothing saps one's strength more than sloughing around in pajamas.

The country is waking back up from this nightmare and everyone needs to get back to business with their lives. You do that by first, getting dressed to face the day.

Oh, and Happy Mother's Day to all the tremendous mothers in this world. I know I had one such mother. I'm sure you do to.