My normal reaction to anxiety is to hole myself up in my apartment, so this time it's kind of working out for me.

Relatedly, I may have picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue smoking.

My office may be going WFH ... although I can't - don't have and can't get internet access. So ... I may be social distancing myself at the office. I'm packing to move and have unread books and unwatched movies (last night I watched my DVD of Jet Li in League of Gods ... being lazy, I chose the dubbed option). I'd stocked up on food, since the grocery workers were possibly going out on strike, although I've gone through a lot of what I had. I do have TP ... I think, if worst came to worst, I'd snitch some from the office restrooms (if I DO turn out to be the only one here, I can take it from the MEN's room).

My company VPN cuts my internet speeds in half so I'm spending today figuring out what I can do offline so I don't spend half of the next month waiting for things to load.

One thing I learned from therapy is that I'm really very good at handling Actual Emergencies since I have had so much practice calming myself.

It turned out that the person who set off the closing of our campus yesterday because they were being tested for coronavirus didn't actually have it. Which is good to know, but as long as they had closed the campus anyway, it's not going to reopen anytime soon. The board of regents then closed the rest of the campuses in the state as well. I was supposed to drive down to the community college Monday to meet with my colleagues to figure out how to best coordinate our online teaching efforts, but I guess that'll have to be done online, too.

I somehow blew off the fact that I actually need to know how to set up a Zoom meeting myself. Luckily our IT staff is on point, so they have drop-in sessions all day!

Tom's anxiety and mine are kin.

You should not be going to any public events. They just cancelled Broadway and baseball. That's your clue to not go to a BMX competition.

I'm going to high five you Pushing Daisies style, Hec. That's exactly what I thought when I read Laura's post.

Laura, you stay safe. Son's FIL's BMX competition is not a reason to expose yourself to this virus.

Hi Nilly. I'm sorry to read you had to quarantine yourself and hope you are well. I'm so glad that provided a little time for you to check in here though. I love reading about your Pi-Babies.

Cashmere, I'm so sorry about everything you're going through with your family.

The upside is that the current situation isn't making me any more anxious than I already was; it's just shifting things around a bit.

^^^^^^THIS.

Although the white house response has been predictably abysmal I have been encouraged by the rest of the population. States, cities, private industry, religious organizations, schools, and individuals are stepping up.

Yes, I absolutely intend to stay safe. The only reason I am considering the BMX event is the way the "crowd" gathers. First, pretty much only the family of competitors attend, and they are spread out around the tracks. It isn't really a crowded thing where I would be in close contact with anyone other than my family. We'll see.

I'm not an anxious person, but I am realistic. Grateful I have worked from home for years. I don't expect my medical office customers to object to my skipping in person visits for a while.