Week 14

Happy Tuesday and welcome back!  This is whole pandemic thing is scary and staying home is getting old and boring but super important for staying safe. At least our governor is on it and getting us prepared for the worst so we don't become overwhelmed like so many others have. We're holding strong and hoping for the best. Everyone please keep doing your part to help.  

Here are last week's pictures which are getting harder and harder to take as it's hard to find inspiration stuck in this situation but it is what it is and should also be documented:

Day 90- Monday, 3/30/20

I still have to work in the lab a couple days a week to take care of my cultures keeping them alive and also testing important clinical samples but that's ok because it's nice to be able to get out and do something that's helpful for animals anyway. Our lab is also isolated and has to be kept super clean so it's much safer coming here than going to the grocery store for sure.  In the afternoon this kid is finally up and out of his room.  He's taking it all in stride and really doesn't mind becoming a hermit. It's easy to let him be to do his own thing but also important to help him engage in others things especially now that his homework packet is done and next week is spring break.  He'd sleep ALL day if it were up to him.

Day 91- Tuesday, 3/31/20

Happy 19th Birthday Justin!  Today is his birthday but the pictures are from last week when we celebrated right before he returned to HSU. He picked a great Cold Stone Neapolitan ice-cream cake for us to enjoy.  Good thing his celebration was last week because Cold Stone is now closed until further notice even for takeout. 

Day 92- Wednesday, 4/1/20

Time for a new month.  John and Bella posed with my monthly marker since it is their birthday month.  Later that evening I had a Zoom Booster's meeting. Who knew Zoom would become and important new way of life?  I had a meeting yesterday, today, two tomorrow, and one on Friday.  Hopefully none of them get Zoom Bombed which apparently has been a problem with college and high school kid classes recently.

Day 93- Thursday, 4/2/20

Another work day in our empty lab but I did get to take a nice walk to another building for sample pickup and on the way there and back I passed no one (the campus is pretty much empty). I did find these interesting flowers in bloom that look like they are made from crinkled tissue paper though, and I enjoyed taking in some fresh spring air before having to isolate in the lab to process samples.

Day 94- Friday, 4/3/20

At least this Zoom meeting is mostly for fun.  I usually have my morning coffee with my long time work friend Nadira but we can no longer meet in person so we've decided to at least have a virtual coffee date once a week to catch up.  It's important to keep social connections as best we can and it was so nice to talk to her again.  We also found out today that Brandon's schooling will continue to be on-line through the rest of the year starting back up after their spring break next week.  No surprise but we hadn't heard officially from the school district until now. Surreal times!

Day 95- Saturday, 4/4/20

We're experiencing a lot of rain this weekend and even so Bella still needs her daily walk.  We tried to wait for the rain to let up but it wasn't happening so out we went in the pouring rain.  She doesn't mind at all and as long as I have an umbrella or a good hood I'm fine with it too. For dinner we had Mexican and John brought public enemy #1 to the table.  LOL!

Day 96- Sunday, 4/5/20

Yep it's still raining on and off all day and probably tomorrow too.  I tried to get to the store before it started again but no luck and you'd think the rain would help keep people away but no luck there either. The store was crazy with people and now we are supposed to be wearing mask out although I saw very few complying just yet.  We'll see what the next week brings.  In other news, we finished Ozark and are now working through The Handmaid's Tale. What would we do without streaming TV especially since our cable remote broke Friday and its all we can really watch right now.

Ok that's It!  Stay safe, stay home, stay positive, wear those masks and hope for the best.  See you next week.