Pandemic Update!

[tkingfisher]

Hi, everybody! Just wanted to drop by and tell you all that I'm fine, Kevin and the teenager and I are sheltering in place and not going out for anything but absolute essentials. Our buddy Shepherd is here too, which is nice because she can do a lot of scratch cooking. (Me, I'm working in the garden a lot.)

Everything's pretty messed up out there, but we're all healthy so far and trying to our part to flatten the curve. Schools are closed and the governor just ordered all bars and restaurants to shut down for anything but takeout. I'm worried for all my local business friends, but it's gotta be done. I'm doing daily check-in Twitter threads for people, so if you're out that way and don't follow me yet, I'm ursulav over there.

World got a lot stranger this year. Take care of yourselves.

Comments

[lassarina]

Glad you're doing well. I'm looking at it as an opportunity to learn to bake bread, to work on my pile of game and book backlog, and enjoy 2.5 extra hours a day from not having to commute, but I'm already lonely, alas.

At least there are cats.

[kathmandu]

I really enjoyed the extra time from not having to commute, for one day. Then my employers wanted me to do a pile of set-up and donate personal cell phone ID and information so my working from home would be easier for them, and now I'm not happy.

[lassarina]

Ooof. I am fortunate to work somewhere that doesn't expect that, and because everything I do is subject to freedom-of-information (sunshine laws) requests, I can be like "nope will not do that with my personal phone."

[zeeth_kyrah]

Would be nice if you could tell them, "If you want that, a company cell phone to be passed around on-duty staff would be appropriate."