Virus life officially seized hold our State, overnight. Saturday I attended dinner theatre. Sunday’s message: all public gatherings over 50 people cancelled. 6 feet social distance, prior day’s PSA tag – now California’s ‘shelter-in-place’ term added to the vernacular.
Restaurants join stadium events (& NBA basketball). ALL restaurants. Crazy. Unimaginable. It’s this secret disease that’s nowhere in my County – only a handful of cases in the entire State – but now, regularly reading government jargon to determine coworkers’ fate. Can we work, can we not? Manufacturers, currently YES but need to full-court transition 50% of Staff to roles from HOME. Cisco & Zoom, more new words.
Every day, 4pm speech from the Governor. Every day, a new ‘must not’ rule.
Enter CORONA time. Dropped Stephen at D.I.A, flying home to New Hampshire.
Next task: grocery HOARDING. As a guy with 2 vegetables & a condiment on his fridge walls, HUGE MIND SHIFT. Biggest fail? Waiting ‘til Sunday to shop. Shelves almost bare. No-name pasta sauce & a case of beans. Outside-lined 7am, Saturday following. Fog/light snow – at a WALMART, 30 minutes away. We hear they have trucks bringing provisions while grocery stores remain empty/supply chain awaiting. CRAZY. Feed into the hysteria – but, what if. What if they’re right?
2 marathon weekend, both events cancelled. Flights/hotels. Disruption, disappointment, FEAR.
March 15th. BEWARE the Ides of March… and COVID-19.
‘Shelter-in-Place’ essential activities, according to the order:
- Engaging in or performing tasks essential to health and safety, or to the health and safety of family/household members. This includes pets. Examples include picking up medicine, visiting a doctor.
- Obtaining necessary supplies or to deliver supplies to others. Things like groceries count here.
- Going for a run, hike or other outdoor activity, as long as proper social distancing is observed.
- To care for a family member or pet in another household.
- To perform work at an essential business (see below) or perform minimum basic operations.
What about other businesses?
- minimum activities to maintain the value of the business’s inventory, ensure security or related functions
- minimum activities to facilitate employees being able to continue to work remotely from their residences
THIRTY never looked so good!
Birthday work-day CINNAMON ROLL (kiddo fave). Lunch libations at Avery Brewery in Gunbarrel. Time-crunched for a brew tour but didn’t skip the lunch flight trio 🍺
Gal’s got priorities. LOL>
Lame-o birthday month for the BIG 3-0. Still recouping from the world’s longest flu. Fever gone, back to work. Just zero energy, completely zapped. Ho hum.
THIRTY-ONE’s gonna be HUGE! Promise ❤️
Bit lame-o for Tommy W’s day also. State closed all restaurants due to the COVID outbreak. DoorDash app helped maintain birthday-tradition chicken from ‘The Post’. Celebrated another year AND supported LOCAL. Fried CHICKEN front-door delivered. YUM! Ash-influence rubbing off. Usually all do-gooder initiatives are hers!
Happy Birthday beautiful ones. We’ll go BIG in 2021!
Been a tough week to celebrate the annual Holiday of LOVE.
Fever & lack of energy, day after day after day. Hadn’t missed a [non-marathon] day from work in YEARS, but this… can’t seem to shake.
So 2K20… most thankful for those PRESENT in our lives.
Those who show kindness and love when you’re down & need it most.
Many thanks Ash for bringing by food. Thanks to friends texting/for checking-in. And thanks most to my best pal, Ro. BESTEST companion EVER. I love ya buddy 🐾
Happy Valentines Day 2K20 ❤️
“Where there is great love, there are always miracles” ~ Willa Cather (1927)
Valentines Day FUNNY (niece & her comfort cat)