Enumerated Update

Helllooooo Friday!

As my niece and all of the cool kids are saying (or were saying... did I miss it?), it's been a hot minute since I did a Friday post. Obviously, no explanation is needed to explain this return to daily blogging. Like the ENTIRE WORLD, we are finding ourselves with a lot of free time on our hands these days (except for those brave "essentials" who have never been busier - God bless and keep them safe). Even with distance learning and Skip working harder due to an expanding workload, we are finding some extra time where all of the extra curricular activities, commuting, and all of the year-end school business used to be.

So... hi there. We are back to the daily posting versus trying to update every month or so.

Here's a few things from this week:

1) The First Modern Pandemic: Bill Gates' thoughts about the pandemic, treatments, vaccines and re-opening.

2) Abridged: Here's an abridged version if you want a quicker read.

3) Explaining the pandemic to your past self: Y'all. This really tickled my funny bone in such a big way. "While we're being proactive, if you could just do a Costco run real quick."

4) Shuttered theaters: Last week's entire box office report is from a single drive in theatre.

5) Quarantine Etiquette questions answered: Earlier during the quarantine, one of George's friends' moms called me to give the boys a chance to talk. She started the call with a polite, "Hey, are you busy?" To which I could only reply, "Most definitely not." Because, after all, what could I possibly have been doing? So "how to end a zoom call" is definitely my favorite etiquette tip. No longer will a simple "gotta run" suffice.

One of our tips for these times is to be overwhelmingly polite. Everyone's a little on edge, learning to do things differently (or frustrated that their work does not have a technological solution), and trying to reconcile this situation. Be kind. Be patient. Be understanding. That's our new motto.

 Have a wonderful weekend. See you back here Monday.