We had a lot of people buying TP at Costco here on Sunday. To be fair, we have a lot more exposure to Asia than many places. I also don't know if or how much it varies from normal Costco TP purchasing.

The only thing I noticed at Vons last night was the pump hand soaps were out of the ones specifically labeled anti-bacterial. I bought lavender & chamomile instead.

Our Costco was totally out on Friday when we were stockpiling for my parents.

Welp, my parent company just canceled all non-essential travel and now a whole bunch of people who had tacked ECCC plans onto their business trips don't have flights out to Seattle.

On the plus side for them, you couldn't pay me enough to go to ECCC this year. I don't trust their "Oh, it'll be fine! We'll CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!" precautions for shit. Seriously, you don't want to be in Seattle right now if you're worried about this.

I mean, [link]

NC just reported its first Covid-19 case in a nearby county. One of my coworkers was like, "About time. I was starting to wonder if we were really a travel hub." (Which, eh, kinda?) so not exactly hysteria.

Yeah, I was worried about the effect on your business, NoiseDesign. I hope you get through it okay.

I am glad to hear Kate and Liese are safe!

No panic here that I can see, but should I panic? I am not sure what to do with the panic.

Great---aaaaaand I've just been told once again that I don't have insurance (by my doctor's office and the health insurance people). WTF. They said they fixed this!!! Jesus. So annoyed--not just at this rigamarole, but the fact that I KNOW I'm going to get a bunch of bills, down the road, that claim I owe a bazillion dollars for every visit.

I am not seeing any signs of panic here, but my new workplace is starting meetings of adapting and making preparations to the emergency plan. Since I am in a Dept Director's office, that will affect us, we will be pulling together data on everyone who should work from home if needed and start making it so that could happen (laptops, remote access, training...)

I got the flower rug and it arrived yesterday and I got it out today. I like it. so YAY!.

Day 2 of work and I am actually already being able to help with some small things. I am walking so much more than I did at my last job, not so much that my feet are hurting, but more in a nice way and I have the opportunity to do several trips a day up and down stairs. I even got lunch from a halal food truck today and I WAS SO HAPPY!! WHITE SAUCE FOR THE WIN!!

Yay!!

People at my job are cancelling some trips, but more random. Like, we had an event in Seattle last week, but someone else just cancelled a trip to LA next week....