And it's just day #1

Staying home and practicing social distancing is going to get old, fast. This is just the first day, and I can already see how it's going to be. My husband is STRESSED OUT. He woke up with nausea this morning, something he's still dealing with as one of the aftereffects of the flu, and that set the stage for a bad day. He's not good at sitting at home and not going to work. Normally he works 6 or (more often) 7 days a week, and to suddenly have that routine upended and nothing to do is making him antsy and short-tempered. He actually had one aquarium job to go to late this afternoon, the two tanks at the mayor's office, which is still open and not really a high-risk place for him to be. He goes there at 5pm and usually it takes about 2 hours. After that, he's got the rest of the week and nothing to fill the time. I can already see that I'm going to have to convince him to turn off the damn TV. It's been 24/7 news coverage of the coronavirus droning on and on in the background and I can't take much more of that! Checking the news once a day will be enough, I think.

We did finally go outside and take the dogs for a walk early this afternoon. That seemed to calm some of his irritability down a bit and made us both feel better. It's a gorgeous spring day outside, with trees and shrubs blooming, green leaves budding, birds singing, and a blue sky. Warm, too.  You'd never know there was a pandemic going on. Several of our neighbors were outside, too, mostly doing yardwork. One boy who's a student at my school was out riding his bike. That was nice to see. From what I understand, if the kids are diligent and log onto Google Classroom early in the morning and work steadily, they can be done with all their assignments in a couple of hours and have the rest of the day free. Oh, to be young and out of school in the springtime, with no real worries about health or paying the bills or holding on to jobs! I would have seen this as a great adventure and a good time when I was 12 or 13 years old! 

How's your week going so far?