Reality Blogging: Watch Swine Flu Spread Worldwide in "real time!

Is the proverbial sky really falling, or is this Swine Flu scare just more freaky crap to distract us from the fact that our economy is crumbling underfoot, and there's no more money?

Hard to say.

Yesterday I was contacted by a health reporter for Associated Press who had at one time interviewed me about my child's peanut allergy.

This time she inquired

"...we are looking into whether people have made little changes to their routines or lifestyles due to the threat of swine flu. Do you have any friends/acquaintances etc who might fit the bill and whom I can speak with? "

Looks like I'm the "go to Gal" when it comes to Chicken Little reactions to health concerns.

I told her the truth which is that my kids are far more excited about the prospect of more "home days," than worried about illness, and that as I see it, the cat's out of the bag. Mexico dropped the ball on this one, for whatever reason, and now the virus is simply all over the place.

I can only be upbeat and remind them to wash their hands and pray that if it really does get nasty that we can all get our hands on Tamiflu ASAP.

But, panic won't work. It's a waste of time.

Right now, I'm already knee-deep in organic soil for our "Recession Victory Garden," so I'll just channel my stress into planting more fruit and veggies.

What else can we do?

I suppose, at the most we could stock up on water and soup and face masks...but, it if gets that bad. I not sure what can be done except live each day fully and try to remain upbeat.

I sort of feel like we're all on the Titanic together, but personally, I'm hoping that band up on the deck is really, really good.