Coronavirus Part 2

As I wrote my initial coronavirus blog post nearly a month ago, I contemplated whether I should refer to it as the Coronavirus or COVID-19. Those seem to be the two official names that I see in use the most often, but I do wonder which will succeed as the legacy name of the virus that caused the world to stop in 2020. Maybe it doesn't matter, or maybe it's a sign that I've moved past the question of my last post about whether this will be a major or minor event in my lifetime.

As it stands today, it's definitely a major event, but whether it's a 6 month or 2 year event is still hard to say. It's not as bad as many predicted a month ago, but at the same time the death toll and economic toll has been substantial but not not to the point where cities are being wiped out of people and jobs.  At this point it seems that were on the other side of the initial hump, but there are quite a few more humps to go before this is over, and while this one was supposed to be the biggest one... who really knows?

On a personal front, it really hasn't been bad for us. So far we have no first degree connections that are infected. We've been following the stay-at-home order and limiting our contact outside the house. We've begun wearing masks on our trips outside the house, but the past 2 weeks have been overcast and rainy so we've mostly been inside. Besides a trip to the doctor for a 6 month check-up and a Costco run, we haven't really left much.

I've been working from home for the past 5 weeks. It's been really nice. I get to sleep in a bit more and eat lunch with the family. It's been nice to be able to help out and change a diaper or grab some fresh air in the backyard while I'm on a call. It's probably not a great thing for my health that I'm working at our breakfast nook with easy access to the pantry, but it's a good set-up.

We've been cooking more at home, and even making more food from scratch. We've been doing homemade pizza every Friday, and even made some homemade pasta. The other night we decided to do enchiladas but didn't have any enchilada sauce - so we looked up a recipe and it was super easy to make at home. We typically get takeout 1-2 times a week, and while most restaurants are still open for take-out, we've been trying to limit take-out to lower our risk. I've started thinking about what I want once we can go out to eat again. So far Chicken Wings, Sushi and BBQ are at the top of the cravings list. 

Our house and yard are about as clean as they've been since we've had kids. It's really nice getting to spend the weekends just hanging out and playing instead of being busy with projects and errands. So far we haven't been significantly negatively impacted by it. There are a few things we can't do that we would like to, but really we have all we need at our house and I'm not minding the isolation.