Just dropping in to ask how y'all are handling the step-by-step reopening that's happening in the U.S. Here in the middle of Flyover Country, we're seeing some fast food places with fewer than half the tables available than were set up in mid-March. My wife has gone back to work at her office, even though she really didn't want to go. Lunchtime traffic is getting heavier, too. We actually have rush hour in the morning and evening again. I'm still working from home, and I won't go back to the physical office downtown unless there's some kind of thing I have to do there. And frankly, I like it here in my home office. I don't have to dress up, fight traffic, or get distracted by coworkers while I'm trying to focus. I can start a load of laundry during a break, make sure the puppy is outside when she needs to be, and I don't spend a bunch of money on gasoline. And that daily commute that was, to my mind, a complete waste, is now a ten-foot walk from one room to another. It's great!

Yes, I know, not everyone is a sociopathic, neurotic loner like me. I'm weird and I know it. So I figure my reactions are atypical.

No, I'm not going to address the protests and riots going on. That's a discussion for another thread.

How are y'all doing?



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- Stephen King, from On Writing