Kevin C. Wong

Shelter In Place

Last time I was at work was Tuesday Mar 10 then I worked from home the rest of the week and shelter in place was declared that weekend. I think I went to the grocery store on the 11th or 12th but have been home since then and now it's Sunday Mar 29. Over two weeks at home only going out for 10 minutes at night to check on guest parking.

I think I was low level depressed for the better part of a couple of weeks (not that I've really recovered). Constant low level stress and worry. It's hard to work and there have been days when I've been a zombie or slept most of the day. Monday and Tuesday are best for work. Then Wednesday starts going down and Thursday and Friday I'm a bit of wreck. Recover Saturday and Sunday. That's been the last two weeks.

I've watched a lot of Twitch and the chat interactions keep me a bit sane. Also playing DDO on Friday and Saturday night is another time for a little interaction. No other human interactions. Before I thought I could live that way but now maybe not. I haven't done any FaceTime with C3.

It's strange because I've spent two week vacations at home not leaving the house. I did live in a townhouse with a lot of space so maybe that helped back then. Also it's one thing to know you can go out if you want to a restaurant or to see a movie or go shopping and be around crowds. It's another thing entirely when you know you don't have that option.

On thing I did was remove Apple News from my iPad home screen. I'd always see four article headlines and sometimes I'd dig in and read one and it's mostly sad news about COVID or the President. Now news is better than depressing news.

A second thing is finally ordering delivery. Got a couple of pizzas and an arugula salad today. Variety of food is nice. Wish I could get KFC or Popeyes; might try Postmates or another delivery service.

So now it's Sunday evening. I feel ok and hopefully can maintain for this week. We'll see.