3/22/2020-3/28/2020
03/22/2020 - 03/23/2020
The Goddess and myself are adjusting to life with Fifi the cat, who likes to sleep all day and is up all night. It’s pretty obvious which one of us has had a pet cat before and which one hasn’t.
San Antonio issues stay at home orders. People follow said directives with grace and totally don't freak out about seeing people outside of their respective homes. (SPOILER ALERT: Not True)
Carmen San Diego pulls off the biggest crime yet by stealing all the toilet paper in the world.
Lt. Governor of Texas makes headlines for all the wrong reasons in suggesting that a failing economy is worse than the coronavirus and that old people should sacrifice themselves to die in order to save the economy.
03/24/2020
The 2020 Olympics are postponed, prompting everyone to briefly remember that they are a thing that happens.
A day or two after San Antonio issued the stay at home orders, officials decide to let the public know that it’s more of a suggestion and people in San Antonio won't be pulled over or arrested.
03/25/2020
Called mom a day late to wish her a happy birthday and apologize I didn’t get her anything because the world is ending.
Published an article for the first time in a while, detailing my brief time using food stamps and what assholes the Trump Administration are for attempting to take people off food stamps despite the occurrence of a major global pandemic.
03/26/2020-03/28/2020
I make the mistake of waking up and checking Facebook, hoping to find some sanity.
New conspiracy theory posts include:
Untested 5G infecting people and the Coronavirus is the cover-up for it.
Bill Gates is suddenly a combination of Lex Luthor and Norman Osborne and will use this worldwide pandemic to his advantage by using his vast wealth to insert microchips in everyone.
Gov't continues to show ineptitude by picking a bad time to start partisan bickering.
Turns out living in Texas has benefits, as Texas Grocery Chain HEB appears to have listened to warning signs (unlike the 45th President of the United States) from counterparts in China, thus making the Texan grocery store chain more prepared for a pandemic than The United States Government or The 45th President of the United States.
Despite stay at home order, San Antonio officials are not 100% clear what it means either.
Much like last week at work, training is essentially cancelled for the majority of trainers as they need all hands on deck... er, phones.
Work on phones continues happening at it's new normal pace, where calls occur nonstop from 7:45 am - 10:30 pm and everyone is trying not to go insane by telling themselves “at least they're paying us more.”
Phone calls included:
People in the states (and other countries) continued observance of stay-at-home lock-downs and quarantine shutdowns.
Old folks checking in on friends.
Old people not wanting to get up super early in the morning to get groceries.
Residents in nursing homes on extreme lock down, with many not allowed out of their rooms.
Kids out of school
Those kids in Florida.
The virus can't live in sunshine.
Weird times, strange days, did you ever think you’d see anything like this?
People in US who have been furloughed, fired or let go.
Several "high profile" people express regret over callous/insensitive remarks about Coronavirus showing more empathy and regret than the President of the U.S.
While grocery shopping has become somewhat of a scavenger hunt for many, at least vegans and weirdos are finding what they want in grocery stores during the pandemic.
Erika Paradise dons a hazmat suit and decides to go grocery shopping. Unlike last week when I ventured inside, she finds nearly everything we needed in Sprouts.
At least some San Antonians are making good use of the stay home in place order.
Erika Paradise and myself discover that smooth jazz relaxes Fifi the cat so much, it's practically a sedative. It's similar to how a certain leopard from a certain movie likes a certain song.