04/12/2020-04/18/2020
04/12/2020 - Easter
San Antonio officials had to close parks over Easter weekend for fears people might gather to celebrate Jesus not sheltering in place. Too soon?
Made an unintentional Easter meal for the goddess Erika Paradise, consisting of sweet potatoes, mangoes, rice, and carrots in coconut oil and brown sugar. And also squash.
Later we watched Batman and Robin, a movie that Erika had not seen before, but is clearly the best Easter movie ever made.
For the first time in history, all 50 states were unified in their screams of declaring a disaster. America,…fuck yeah?
04/13/2020
Hooray for Texan innovation!
Hooray for... Texas defeating Coronavirus? Perhaps taking a cue from the stable genius President, Texas Governor Abbott announces a plan to announce a plan to “restore livelihoods” and open up Texas again, despite some Republican governors in other states saying it's way too soon. This prompted many in Texas to say, “Well, at least we don't live in South Dakota!”
The one time payment of a $1,200 stimulus checks begin arriving for some people while millionaires will continually benefit from an ongoing loophole. Sounds about right…
04/14/2020 - 04/18/2020
While other cities might be hit hard by a recession, San Antonio looks to be able to weather the recession better than most cities. So, at least the city has this going for it in the coming months.
Erika Paradise is able to start a new art project sooner than expected.
Erika Paradise and I have been trying to eat local, but realize maybe ordering out isn't all it's cracked up to be… fun.
Fifi the cat has only awoken us 2-3 during the night this week, which is a nice change of pace from feeling dead inside by waking up at 3-6 in the morning, pretending to be excited about playing with her while our soul is still in the vast dream land somewhere.
Work saw me doing training for the first time in nearly a month. It went way smoother than expected, though my brain did freak out slightly when it was noted we need to vigorously clean trainee stations (aka cubicles) after each of the 3 trainee classes.
Calls include:
People know people who have "the virus."
Old people frustrated younger people are forgetting to socially distance in grocery stores even though they don't want to get up early to go grocery shopping.
Doctor's not seeing patients in person, but doing telehealth video calls.
Those protesters in Michigan.
Older women really desperate to get their hair done did.
Dis-mis-information
If only we saw it coming. (Turns out, we did. )
The 'stimulus checks' will get Americans back to work and put money back into the economy (SPOILERS: Not for many).
Erika Paradise and myself have come to the conclusion that Fifi the cat prefers living the simple life. Fifi has made her preferences supes clear as she willingly sleeps on a cardboard box, rejected the new, spacious and roofed kitty litter box for a regular litter bin as well as her indifference to other toys we've bought in favor of string.
My mom decided to mail out 2019 Christmas gifts. Who says you can't celebrate the holidays year round?
The 45th President inadvertently sounded like King Nero twice this week, saying he has "total authority" over the states and also said he's bored watching "14 year old baseball games/reruns." Either that or he admitted to not giving a crap about the pandemic because he'd rather watch baseball reruns than run the country. Cool... Cool cool.
Speaking of rich white people, in the last 2-3 days Erika and I have become addicted to the HBO show Succession and have binge-watched the entire first season!
Texas Governor Abbott announces he will begin easing stay at home restrictions next week in a move that definitely won't be seen as shortsighted or have other, long lasting consequences. But at least this plan by Texas Governor Abbott is much more direct and clear, unlike the Texas sorta stay-at-home orders from a few weeks ago. Because of this, it looks like next week may be the last week doing this, as Texas has defeated Coronavirus and flattened the curve!
According to some San Antonio officials, maybe not. Well Fuck...