Shelter in Place - 2020 on pause

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Our spring has been paused due to the Corona Virus.  I've been WFH since 3/12 and the kids have been out of school since 3/16.  WFH will continue for the forseeable future and traditional school is canceled until mid may at the earliest.  Online school should start in earnest maybe next week.

Work hasn't slowed down and really is going crazy due to the market panic due to businesses being closed for the virus.  It's not terrible where we are, but in parts of the country they are making plans for 4 people per ventilator and prepping hockey rinks for morgues.   It's most definitely SNAFU!

I went the first week school was out and got a weight set for my son since it was clear all gyms were going to close.  Luckily we found a decent set on craigslist.  We've been working out at home, seems I've signed myself up for a HS weightlifting class. 

9Round has closed but has started putting workouts online.  I've tried to keep doing them 3-4 times per week.  I've been running a couple times a week.  Our family may actually come out of this quarantine in better shape than we went into it.  We've all been trying to have some activity throughout each day.  

My wife and kids have gotten the bonus room cleaned out and we've fired up her old Wii.  The kids are enjoying a whole new set of games they haven't played in awhile.  The boy gave up PS4 for lent so he's very excited to have a video game fix other than his phone.

We really don't know when this quarantine time will end.  The esteemed Trump says he wants it over by Easter in 2 weeks, but the majority of health experts are saying it'll be much longer.  Several summer events have been canceled or postponed.  I'm trying not to look too far into the future, there's not use in being upset about what's going to happen weeks or months from now.  We just have to stay the course for each day right now.

Next committed update:4/8

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