The times, they are a changing....

WOW, how quickly things have changed in the past two weeks.

It's no longer a "virus scare," but a harsh reality.  As of yesterday, my home state of Illinois is on "shelter in place" orders.

Oklahoma is catching up with other states very rapidly.  We had 2 confirmed cases only a week ago (they were both up in Tulsa).  Now, statewide, we are up to 53, and businesses are being asked to close.  The mall and movie theater parking lots are empty, many strip mall stores are closed, and restaurants and bars will be closing soon.

We were at my dance show, in enclosed spaces with lots of people, two weeks ago this weekend.  I am thankful that we are still symptom free, and  that I have not heard of any of my dance friends becoming ill.

The dance studio is closed until further notice, but the director has gotten on line classes going, and we will stay afloat if enough of us pay and log in for those.

All events in the area have been, and continue to be, canceled.

Dave has been able to call and speak to his dad.  He's doing fine.   He may call again today.

Dave's set up to work from home is flawless, and he has completed his first full week on the job at the dining room table.

Our water heater is installed and operational, and our new bed is due for delivery on Tuesday.

After a few mandatory meetings, my employer sent us home this past Tuesday with the understanding that we would be off on Wednesday to find a space in our homes to accommodate working from home.  We were told that we would then be called individually to come back to the office to pick up our stuff.

Well, as with everything else changing and changing again, almost on a minute to minute basis, they changed their minds.

I had to get permission to go back and get my personal items from my desk.  Others had to do the same thing.

Then, our IT department took our work stations apart, and prepared to being them to us.

Our house is closest to the office, so I was the first for drop off, but then my equipment didn't work, and it actually took two days to get my connection working.  The computer I had at work was over 7 years old, possibly more like 10 years.  It was a huge, old tower.

It took all three of the IT staff coming to my house at different times, and a totally new machine, to get me set up, plus a 2 member team from H/R bringing furniture, because my desk is too small for everything.

BUT, at least I am up and running now, as of 4:00 Friday, and will be less likely to go stir crazy.

While I may have been first to have my work station delivered,  I was absolute last to get up and running, HAHA!  We clock out at 4:30, so I got to log on, and work, for about 25 minutes on Friday.

I have ordered a folding table, so that I will have room for my keyboard AND my mouse right next to each other as they should be, but this first week, which I start in the morning, will be rough on my body.  We will find another use for the table after this crisis is over, so my employer doesn't need to pay for it.

My bi-weekly lab draw is tomorrow after work, and then my monthly visit to the clinic is Tuesday.

I have only been isolated at home since Wednesday, and I am doing okay so far.

David really had this in his sites....

I was keeping my headspace clear of all of this, because I needed to.  I let him take charge, and I am very grateful that he did just that.  Otherwise, we would be scraping, and freaking out about not being able to get food or TP.

Now that I am established to work at home, and we are well provisioned for a few weeks (with the exception of fresh foods and dairy), I can offer up some of my headspace for this.

We are allowing daily news updates to keep informed, but the rest of the day we have music on, and we find something to entertain us in the evenings.

I will take my walks on break as usual, just in the home neighborhood, instead of mid-town OKC.  I will continue to do yoga and stretching.

We have that backgammon set we got for our canceled Thanksgiving trip, and we have our dominoes....so when we get bored of watching something on TV, we can play a game.

We are going to make an outing today to the garden center at Lowe's before they make them shut their doors.

I want some bags of soil for my flower bed and herb garden, and maybe a plant or two to try again with the herbs that got drowned last year.

Breakfast time, and then we are going to get over there early, while people are still at church, or online church.

Have a good Sunday!