march 2020 – diary of coronavirus

mar 31

It just doesn’t feel like Tuesday night. It’s 11:30pm, all four boys are up, Jeff is rocking out to music so loud that even Giles is pleading for volume reduction. It’s the corona schedge. I’ve really been forced to step up my mom game. Babies and toddlers are my jam, but as my kids haveContinue reading “mar 31”

mar 30

Glass repair is an essential service! Phew. The ginormous hole in our living room window will be gone by Friday. Four short days. The glass guy was super nice and very efficient with his potentially infectious visit. How does it work when COVID-covered outsiders enter your sacred, also COVID-covered space? Well, they ask you toContinue reading “mar 30”

mar 29

There’s a growing rumble of shame for runners who still choose to run with friends. Today, it may be crescendoing. The general buzz is that if we don’t do this isolation perfectly, we may as well not do it all. I know this, I get the science, I’ve seen the animated infographics, but I can’tContinue reading “mar 29”

mar 28

Sweet friends learned last night that brain cancer took a turn in the wrong direction. It’s already a tragic injustice that because of the virus, they’ve had to further isolate from friends and family, but now this. I just want to wrap them up in a bear hug and tell them it’s going to beContinue reading “mar 28”

mar 27

Um, yeah. Tiger King. ?!?!?!?!? God bless America. The first two posts on my instagram feed were RIP tributes to COVID-19 victims. A friend of a friend died and a celebrity died. More of these to come, I suspect. A few days ago, I received an email from the University of Oregon (well-deserved spam fromContinue reading “mar 27”

mar 26

Totally forgot about the presidential race with which I was unhealthily consumed three weeks ago. What a trip. My heart breaks for New York. They have assembled refrigerated trucks outside some medical facilities. For bodies. I cannot understand how anybody continues to deny what is surely coming to a community near them. Cuomo is bomb.Continue reading “mar 26”

mar 24

My sister turns 50 today. In another state. There is no party, no surprise. It’s just her and her sweet family having cake in their dining room. I suspect I won’t get my Expedia refund for the canceled flight. It’s hard to imagine how Expedia, Airbnb, or anybody in the travel industry will weather thisContinue reading “mar 24”

mar 23

He done did it. Insee gives the shelter-in-place order today except he calls it “stay home, stay healthy.” In the meantime, California friends in the Central Valley red belt are wondering why they haven’t seen more deaths in their county if this is such a big deal? “The media! Ugh!” We try the take-out pizzasContinue reading “mar 23”

feb 29-mar 22

Saturday, February 29 We learn that a Snohomish teenager tests positive for COVID-19. The patient has not recently traveled and has had no known contact with other infected patients. This is when I understand that the virus is here, it’s been here for awhile, and likely, a bunch of people have it. Shit’s about toContinue reading “feb 29-mar 22”