At Home, Weeks 1 & 2
It's been 10 days since I've been into a store. Well, anywhere really. That's probably a record for me. So, it's been 10 days since I've been around lots of people. Even on my last shopping adventure, I encountered maybe 5 folks at the Dollar Tree. While I haven't gone crazy yet, there have been some close calls. This is where the Husb would interject some emphatic comment to confirm that I've gotten testy at times. But overall, we're hanging on, and I hope you are, too. This forced shut down feels like I'm living the narrative of one of those dystopian novels on my bookshelf. I've read about all this before. I've even seen movies. But never did I dream that it could be real. Weeks ago, the school system I work for started developing a closure plan. When teachers were asked to create lesson plans to use in the event of a shutdown, I remember saying something along the lines of "oh, we'll never need these." Hmm. So ...
