Posts that I continuously do
They’ve postponed the Olympics until next year. Well, I’m wondering if traveling to Japan in the summer is going to be on the cheap. Like all that capacity and nothing to show for it…. Look into it for my birthday. Unless, of course, we are still experiencing covid-19 days.
Double digits baby! We did it! Smokes if ya got ’em!
Seriously. Now on this day, the governor has asked non-essential businesses to close. Things like the bookstore or Macy’s are non-essential. Things like liquor stores, banks, and RoFo are. What? What?! Can we get beer all day and all night to alleviate this craziness? I’m just going to drink my whiskey. Later. Not now, but definitely later.
Anyhow, we’re gonna be here for a long haul. I think mid-April. It’s really kind of weird as now we don’t have a place to go. Like do we visit our families? Or are we all holed up in our own places?
We are really in serious jeopardy here, and it has only begun.
To get over the fact that I have to write a lot perhaps let’s combine with some other stuff… Follow the advice of the crew who wanted to got he the Winchester, the leads from Shaun of the Dead.
I guess I’ve been watching YouTube all day. I had cut the cord a while ago and am subscribed to AT&T’s DirectTV streaming service, but it hasn’t done anything for me. And with the latest AppleTV update streaming on their gets choppy after a few minutes. I think I should cancel?
I’ve been so lazy about the home. I should really try straightening up since I am cooped up at home, but I’ll continue my lazy ways. I should get rid of clothes that don’t fit. I should get rid of shoes I don’t wear. I should get rid of things I don’t use. I should get rid of junk. I should straighten up my office, so that I can work from home better. I should put things away. Yet. I can’t. I won’t. I am lazy. And no one will come over anyhow…
Can I maintain daily blog posts? Here’s one on this Saturday night that is half-assed. I really just want to stop and have it all over with. Except we’ve probably got a few more weeks to go…
Tonight. I’ve got nothing. Just like this administration.
My RSS feed for this blog gets posted to my twitter account. I’ve seen a few clicks from there. I wonder who’s clicking through and why. And I wonder if they think that I’ve got the virus.
Let me clear the air. I don’t exhibit any of the symptoms of COVID-19. I can not be sure if I am a carrier though. I would assume that I am and why it’s better to stay holed up at home. Don’t infect others if you can’t help it.
But if you are clicking through from your twitter timeline, I guess I owe you some information for some entertainment purposes and to help you get through this:
Should I go out shopping for groceries if I run out of things in my cupboard? How about if I need something like coffee or eggs? Should I be out and about?
I’ve done those things. I’ve keep up my normal grocery shopping schedule. I’ve run out of coffee, and I’ve gone to get some. And I’ve seen plenty of others out and about. I wonder if they feel the same way? I wonder if we’re taking this seriously?
Anyhow, I spent all day grinding on a particular problem. Doing actual work. Something I said I couldn’t do. I do miss socializing. I also miss the compartmentalization of a place of work versus a place of home. It sucks that now they’re both the same. One things for sure I can never be late for work! I can also never be away from it either!
I’m pretty sure we’re going to go mandatory pretty soon. Like they did in Italy.
I just don’t like working from home. For one, you can’t surf the internet on your work laptop. Not that I need to watch YouTube videos, but I need to look up examples of code. It’s awkward to switch to my own personal laptop. I just can’t.
And it’s boring. No co-worker interaction? It’s like hell. I just can’t pull up to the dude in the cube next door and chat 20 minutes away. There’s no one but me. I think programming is a social activity especially in the ‘agile’ framework. Not being able to share it with co-workers kind of sucks. The fun isn’t there as much.
And I also take long lunches and start my day later. Just weird. When is normal returning?
Oh, damn. Doesn’t it seem that we’re heading towards trouble?
Packing up my work laptop. Going to start from sitting on my couch. This isn’t happening. And yet it is.
Do I have enough in the cupboard? Drive up and drive through? Delivery? I guess so.
It looks like it will be a long time.
What are you doing?
Went to work. Around noon we had the all hands meeting. It was strongly suggested that we work from home. They weren’t going to shut down the plant, but they wanted us to heed the call to social distance ourselves from each other to mitigate the spread of the virus. I think in another week or so as more cases are reported, then it will be mandatory.
I choose not to work from home. I say it’s because I can’t. That I can’t get work done. Yet, I have done it before, and I’m quite sure I can do it for this, but I’m quite non-committed to it. I’m wondering if I’m selfish? If my nonchalant attitude will be the death of me? Or the death of family, friends, or colleagues? I wonder if I should stay home? But the office will be quiet and maybe, just maybe, free from the virus…
Went to the grocery store to buy my usual weeks supply. I know I had stocked up last week, but I needed some greens.
It was strange to see lots of things empty. The meat section, beef, chicken, and pork was decimated. Pasta and canned vegetables mostly gone. Some fresh vegetables were missing. Beans and rice gone. At this grocer, they hung signs that limited hoarding — 2 bread, 2 pastas, 4 sauces, etc., which seems to be working as there were not many people with too much in their shopping cart. Perhaps the madness occurred already?
