Sunday, April 19, 2020 Global Confirmed: 2,404,071 Global Deaths: 165,229 I woke up ready for tomorrow. Nothing felt right. My body wasn’t right. My mind wasn’t right. I felt trapped. I did not feel afraid. It’s getting harder to feel afraid. To remember to be afraid. I understand being cautious. Read more
Saturday, April 18, 2020 Global Confirmed: 2,329,539 Global Deaths: 160,717 People are trying to order food. And it’s bringing a tremendous sense of comedy to these trying times. The order of ten bananas that became ten bunches of bananas once the lady got them. And she was still only charged Read more
Friday, April 17, 2020 Global Confirmed: 2,243,512 Global Deaths: 154,209 People are making lists of Permanent Closures. Lakeside Casino, little sandwich shops, landmark businesses. Places that make a town a town. A city a city. Chicken Wing sales are tanking because there’s no sports. No drunken idiots whooping and hollering Read more
Thursday, April 16, 2020 Global Confirmed: 2,158,250 Global Deaths: 144,243 The people are growing weary. Weary of fear and anxiety. We’ve collectively gone through shock and denial. Now many moved on to anger and bargaining. They’re protesting in state capitals, demanding quarantine restrictions lifted. They’re hollering and blocking streets with Read more
Wednesday, April 16, 2020 Global Confirmed: 2,064,115 Global Deaths: 137,020 We read that Walmart, Target, and Costco will only sell essential items now. I’m wondering what exactly that means. I mean, it is possible that a family who just got their government assistance check desperately need two t-shirts for their Read more
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Global Confirmed: 1,981,239 Global Deaths: 126,681 I loved you twenty seconds ago, and still I love you right now, he says. We were in the back yard again, lying in the sun. It was a little chilly but still nice to be outside. Some say the Read more
Monday, April 13, 2020 Global Confirmed: 1,920,618 Global Deaths: 119,687 So he’s back to work since apparently it’s Monday and people do that on Mondays. I’m still on Admin Leave, so I just cleaned the house. There’s a smattering of talk about “reopening the country” in stages. The President says Read more
Sunday, April 12, 2020 Total Confirmed: 1,850,220 Total Deaths: 114,215 Total Tested in US: 2,805,892 You’re not wearing pants again, he says. What percentage of the day do you not wear pants? But I lost track. It’s Easter, I guess. No Easter Parade, no festivities. I didn’t even bother to Read more
Saturday, April 11, 2020 Total Confirmed: 1,777,517 Total Deaths: 108,861 Total Recovered: 365,585 We got our SPCA Exceptionally Subpar Animal Portraits of Sherlock and Nelson. They are so, so bad. And we are crazy about them. Sherlock has a giant nose and no upper part of his mouth, and no Read more
Friday, April 10, 2020 Total Confirmed: 1,698,626 Total Deaths: 102,773 Total Recovered: 341,589 Enough things happened today for people to write classes about. To write dissertations about. Driving Kids To Become Historians. But some kids will fail because it’s too much information, and some kids will excel because their grandparents Read more