It’s Monday night in rural Douglas County. I’m relaxing with my family in the living room, watching a little TV and reviewing my material for tomorrow’s class. I’ll be teaching on west coast time, so my start time will be a little later for me than normal, but a half an hour isn’t that big of a deal. In the virtual classroom by 8:30, with a 9:30 start.
Dane and his girlfriend have been able to spend some time together these last few days and I can tell they’ve enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect. Bon is enjoying here time back at home, and she’ll be able to be around for another week and a half before she has to head back to school.
Gracie is going back to school this summer, and Dane is planning on picking up a few hours, too.
Lisa will have a full summer as well, between teaching the first part of the summer and picking up her additional responsibilities as department chair.
I’m just going to keep y nose to the grindstone, and stay focused on the work in front of me.
It’s also Monday… which has been my normal day to update my little report on the coronavirus and the COVID-19 fatalities. Worldwide, we’re at 318,465. Not as bad as the flu has been in some years, but this thing is not the flu. More contagious, more deadly. The social distancing and lockdowns have seemed to work, and for the fourth straight week, the number of fatalities in the the United States have dropped…
| April 19, 2020 18570 |
| April 26, 2020 14792 |
| May 3, 2020 12893 |
| May 10, 2020 11252 |
| May 17, 2020 10036 |
They trend is heading in the right direction. I’ll be interested to see if the fatality numbers for the week drop below 10,000 this next week. My fear is that we’ll have the spike, and that 10,000 number will slip to the side to make way for a bigger number, the one the experts all fear might happen if we get out of lockdown too soon.
Nothing I can do about it though, but try to keep safe and be smart.
And stay home.
That’s about all I have for tonight. Hoping the puppy sleeps all the way through the night. He’s doing better, as he gets more and more acclimated to the new surroundings. As soon as he gets old enough, we take him in and get him chipped and checked.
OK, that’s enough drivel for now.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
