Owen is driving?!? Wow.

Since seattle is ahead of the curve I had gone and bought several hand lotions before leaving on my trip the other week, because my hands were already getting super dry from washing!!

I'm pretty sure Ryan is like 6 years old, so I don't know what this high school nonsense is.

Based on the possibility that maybe I'm sick based on some vague blood test results, it's fun trying to figure out how to act at home. Right now, I'm trying not to touch common surfaces. I have no coughing or anything, but based on research, you can maybe be asymptomatic for as long as 11 days?

Can I actually keep from touching things that long? That's a lot of using my t-shirt or a paper towel to open doorknobs.

Why are cruises even still a thing right now??

Cruises should not be a thing now!

All y'all with these outlandish stories of your tiny children driving cars and going to high school, I'm not buying it. That's just silly.

Some days following the Meal Combination Spreadsheet gets me tuna & oatmeal, sometimes it's black beans and tortillas. Today is the latter.

In a weird sort of turnaround, the staff is now using the big dining room for lunch, each of us sitting at a large table well separated. The acoustics are actually pretty good, even with the separation, and it's a good thing to be sitting and comparing notes. The office staff is meeting individually with each resident to discuss the menu this week and address concerns/get feedback.

I fell in with a good crew, I think, and if I have to have something to distract me during this crisis and feel like I'm making a difference, this is it.

(Or as I was putting it earlier: "The good news is that I have a job. The bad news is that I can't work from home doing it.")

I'm pretty sure Ryan is like 6 years old

Right there with you.

That is good to hear, Theo! I'm glad y'all are finding ways to manage.

Theo I'm glad you are with a good group of people and that they have you as part of the team to help the residents.

So there seems to be an idea that since I'm off work until at least the 30th and I'm getting paid I should go to the beach, in Florida. And while I would LOVE to do that I also do not want to drive from SC to FL spreading germs and avoiding my family when I'm in FL because I don't anyone to get infected and I don't want to be exposed to all the other states. I mean, yes, this would be an ideal time to be at the beach and I may have to use up all my PTO for store closings depending on how long we are closed but .. it's just not responsible.

Also if I go I'm going to want to see my Dad and my aunt and my grandma and it's bad enough being an hour away and not seeing my mom

Would whoever is playing Jumanji please put the board away?

The Salt Lake airport is closed (the air traffic control tower was damaged by the quake). Jim and I have spoken with the folks we know and they're okay, but done with aftershocks.