covid-19
Mar 28, 2020
Yesterday I woke up in the early morning (~4am) and was feeling cold and had uncontrollable shakes. Took my temperature and it was normal. Decided to move to the guest bedroom to be safe and limit exposure for my wife. I started to feel nauseous and ended up throwing up within the hour. I got a little sleep in and woke up with around a 101.6 degree temperature. My fever broke later in the day after some rest and Tylenol and, I mostly feel better so hoping I’m alright, but I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t a little scary.
Mar 27, 2020
COVID-19 U.S. Stats for 2020-3-27 Total Cases: 105,253 Total Deaths: 2,305 COVID-19 U.S. Stats by date
Mar 26, 2020
Senate approved a 2 trillion dollar relief package, 96-0 Honestly … I don’t have much more to add. We haven’t left the house since last Friday. I went out and mowed the lawn today, mostly to get rid of leaf debris, etc. Other than that – work during the day, watch TV at night, go to sleep, repeat. COVID-19 U.S. Stats for 2020-3-26 Total Cases: 86,662 Total Deaths: 1,783 COVID-19 U.
Mar 25, 2020
COVID-19 U.S. Stats for 2020-3-25 Total Cases: 68,841 Total Deaths: 1,366 COVID-19 U.S. Stats by date
Mar 24, 2020
Context - The President stated that he hopes we can lift quarantine measures around Easter …
Mar 24, 2020
Today, the Governor of Virginia ordered: Cancelled school for the rest of the academic school year Restaurants are limited to curbside/takeout and delivery only Essentially all congregation areas / brick and mortar retail are closed – gyms, theaters, fitness centers, salons/barbers, bowling, you name it Essential places of business can remain open – medical supplies, grocery stores, etc. … somewhat interestingly, beer/wine/liquor stores are part of this “essential” list. I’m ok with that … even though I’m not really a frequent drinker.
Mar 23, 2020
Virginia has 3 deaths now. My county, Goochland, has its second confirmed case. Testing still isn’t happening on a widespread basis. Stayed home all day today. I did get outside to remove the snow plow from my lawn tractor and reinstalled the mower deck. Felt good to be outside and doing something. Stumbled across this video with a general from the Corps of Engineers – if this can actually happen and move forward, then I would say this is one of the first good signs of there being some kind of plan.
Mar 21, 2020
Decided to finish the season of Living With Yourself that I started awhile back on Netflix and never finished. Took some stuff to the dump today ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Still trying to figure out what to do with downtime. I don’t really have anything else worth sharing … COVID-19 U.S. Stats for 2020-3-21 Total Cases: 26,025 Total Deaths: 475 COVID-19 U.S. Stats by date
Mar 20, 2020
I forgot in my previous entry, not sure how, but there are massive shortages of things like toilet paper in stores. It’s heavily talked about. There are plenty of questions like, “why is everyone hoarding toilet paper? It doesn’t make you have to poop.” Yeah … that’s true. But with it being in such short supply, I’m not going to fault anyone that buys two packages if they find it when they’d normally just buy one …
Mar 20, 2020
Well, it’s been an interesting week. Starting last Wednesday, I was told by my job to to start working from home on the following day – and it would continue until further notice. I knew what COVID-19 was, I knew that it had made it to the United States. The previous Monday we’d done some tests to see how well a large population of us working from home would play out. But, I didn’t really know what we were in for. Life has changed at this point, in just a week. I guess I somewhat want to set a baseline with this post and then, for me if no one else, keep a journal as things continue to unfold.