Is it better to be single during Coronavirus? Yes! A hundred times yes! Here are a few reasons why.

Take showering, for example. Why would I? When was the next time I would see or be around anyone? Five days. Well, there’s plenty of time to bathe within five days. No rush. Who’s going to know? No one can smell me on Zoom! And my dog didn’t seem to mind.

What was for dinner? Who cares? Here are several of the meals I had during Coronavirus time:

Ice Cream. Peanut butter and celery. Crackers. Cereal. Cheese. Crescent rolls with jam. Buttered pasta. Banana Bread. Carrots.

Each one of those made up a whole meal. It was awesome. I didn’t want to go to the grocery very often and just decided to fill up on what was available at home. I’m not saying it was a healthy diet, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I know for a fact that my friends who are not solo did not have the luxury of any of these delicious dinners.

I didn’t make my bed…twice. I know that doesn’t sound so wild, but when I was married I probably would not have left the bed unmade. Crazy, right? But it’s true. I didn’t make my bed a couple of days and each day I found myself thinking I should get upstairs and get that done. But why? I was able to sleep just fine when I hopped in bed the next nights.

Laundry. What laundry? I swear I wore the same outfit for about two weeks. I wasn’t going anywhere. I wasn’t seeing anyone. At bedtime, which was sometimes 8:00 and sometimes 1:00, I removed my clothes and put on my nightshirt, then upon waking I did the reverse, brushed my teeth, and I was good to go. It was perfect. When you are hardly changing clothes, it really cuts down on the laundry.

Seriously, I was super lonely at the height of the Coronavirus lockdown, but I am lucky enough to be able to see that there were benefits. You’ve gotta laugh, right?