THE MOST PERVASIVE ASPECT OF THE PANDEMIC

Don't know. I'm probably spending exactly as much time at home as I was last year. Then, it was by choice. Now, it feels like being under house arrest.

Do you have to wear one of those bracelets?

I take a long walk every day. It has come down to walking the alleys and quiet residential neighborhoods because so many people really don't seem to get the idea of social distancing.

No, honest. Anyway, they use ankle bands now.

Well, in addition to one long walk and several short walks each day, I spend a couple of hours online, and I read, read, read. I'm now reviewing what books I might want to re-read. This is just the beginning.

What is this boredom you speak of? I'm busier than a one-armed paper hanger.

Well, there ain't a lot for an old fart like me to do.

I have spent my whole life in training for this. The nature of my existence. The only thing, I be more careful while following the same life pattern.

I am both bored and busy.

All things considered ( in normal times, I’d be wishing I was really retired), I feel lucky to be going to work everyday, even though I’m in a potential hotspot (Cancer Hospital UNC).

Knock wood, no one in the infusion pharmacy has tested positive and only one has had symptoms.

I hope you stay sage and healthy, Boss.

Thank you sir. Same backatcha

Actually I am working from home so I have been busy.

My husband is working from home so he is busy.

The kids both have virtual school - one is in college and has her regular classes; the other is in private high school and has regular classes. After school - the do homework and study and maybe go out for a run.

The biggest issue we have is my younger daughter due to her high anxiety - not being able to see her friends - with extending no school until beginning of May caused a great deal of angst. Fortunately her counselor is still holding sessions and she can see her.

We talk of the positives and what we can still do.

For work we have been talking how can we been more social and keep interactions - I am going to allow my camera at the meeting - had to get cleaned up this morning and will bring one of my dogs.

We are trying what we can to be social human beings still with what we can do.

Is that in Chapel Hill with the rest of the University? I lived in Smithfield (just on the edge of town), and liked North Carolina. That's been almost forty years ago, though.

Yup, right on campus. Cancer, Neurosurgery, Children’s and Women’s hospitals side by side. You can walk for several miles just delivering meds to the whole joint.

When I had a day off, I used to drive to Raleigh, Durham, Wake Forest or Chapel Hill. The great thing for me was the book stores, both on campus and off. You don't find three universities so close together ordinarily.

College towns have some of the coolest eateries and shops

I must be doing something wrong. The only thing that has changed for me is the scenic drive to work is now a walk to my office. 99.9% of the work I did at the office I can do at home. I work the same hours and then I do the same things I do after work now that I did before.

I see my wife more now. We are still up in the air if that is good or bad...

I hope that works out for you . . . the wife part.

By consuming several freighter's worths of YouTube content and streaming anime online.

Have you met our new Lady and Saviour, Claire Saffitz from Bon Appetit?