Virusgiving 2020 (Yeah, it’s a tasteless name but the intention is good)

I self-sequestered because the cancer makes me immuno-compromised. And then I proceeded to throw a very undignified hissy fit at having yet One More Thing cancer took away from me. I felt trapped; a good friend reminded me that I was not trapped, but making a logical decision until this CORVID-19 gets under control. 

My Beloved helped me turn a corner of the living room into my "office" with natural light, a comfy chair, and purple things that I love.

I also heard that several of you are social distancing which triggered no small amount of schadenfreude of which I am not ashamed.

But now that I've calmed my sarcoma self down, I thought of how generous y'all were with my Screw Cancer Amazon list, and how loved it made me feel. 

Following the comfort of my Cancer wishlist and The Blogess’s tradition of Booksgiving, I propose sharing surprises with one another to get us through this super weird and frightening time--a way of reminding us that we are not alone.

Here’s how it goes:

1. Create an Amazon wishlist called Virusgiving 2020. If you don’t know how to create a wishlist, follows the instructions here.
2. Step 3 of the above instructions is ESSENTIAL. This will walk you through the steps of including your address so the item can be delivered to you
3. Add to your list ONE ITEM UNDER $25. This could be something that you need (TP, sanitizer, coffee …) or something you want (toys, movies, books …) that will help these days of being stuck in the house.
4. Keep your list to ONE item under $25! People have different budgets and different abilities to give. By having a variety of wishlists with a variety of costs, it allows more people to participate.
5. If you want to surprise someone with a gift just click on their link, buy their item, choose their address at checkout (it’ll just give you their town for privacy reasons) and send!  If it doesn’t give you their address it means they skipped step 3 and didn’t enter their address so just delete that item from your cart and try the next person.
6. Gift notes are not necessary but they’re fun to get and to be able to respond.
7. If you don’t want to participate in the above, respond with anything that makes you happy, a weird suggestion to you from Amazon, pimp the book you wrote, pimp your website, whatever.

Because I am sharing this on multiple platforms, please post your wishlists in the comments of this blog. If you respond on separate platforms (Twitter, Facebook ...), I will try to remember to move it here. Please keep in mind that my chemo brain is working overtime these days.

Happy giving! I love you! Wash your hands and stay safe!