Keeping Time

 I joke that I've started to label the cat food cans with the day of the week so I know when I've fed them. But as The Life We Live Now settles into routines, there are other ways in which one day is different from another. Wednesday evenings are still dinner with threadwalker , though we're doing it by video chat now. (I remember when I was little and the iconic invention of the future was the video phone.) I have a similar regular Monday morning chat set up with hawkwing_lb , though we've only done it once so far. Weekends are still the days on which I don't go to the office. I know when the weekend is over because it's time to put the trash cans out for collection. But the weeks are really starting to run together without travel or events to keep them organized. (I have a recording session this weekend that I work to not lose track of.)

Now our Shelter in Place has officially been extended to the beginning of May. I'm not certain I'm confident that we'll be ready to ease off by then. Not based on current timelines. Not unless we have solid and reliable treatments in place and near-universal testing available. I wish I had more confidence that we'll come out of this with some clear lessons learned and the will to return our society to the hands of people with brains and hearts. The people who most need to learn lessons seem to be very good at continuing to be oblivious.