The Vast Wasteland of Quarantine

It's Thursday.  Gawd, I've always hated Thursdays.  It's a terrible day of the work week.

Not better now with the big Q.  This is ending week 9.  This blog is rather like the wall of the prison cell, like the Count of Monte Cristo, scraping another notch each day to make sure we remember the passing of the days.

It's Thursday.

ICYMI, the Cal State system announced Tuesday that they are going to almost all online in the fall, already.  I'm not sure why they decided it was time to pull that trigger, but they have.  Others have said they are close -- including noises out of Harvard.  We'll leave THAT to another day.

But the PA state system has already been on all online through the summer, which means at some campus till mid-August.  The Chancellor has said publicly they are wondering about online in the fall.

Without face-to-face (F2F) in the fall, I'm not sure when I'll "go out" again (this is except for trips to pick up food and/or groceries/prescriptions). 

I feel for my car's loneliness.  I haven't filled up with gas in forever, though I've seen the local quick mart's prices fluctuate slowly down to $1.72, now back up to $1.97 (from a high the first week of $2.49).  I'd fill my tank but it's still full. :)

Anyway, the title. 

There's nothing to really look forward to.  If you haven't read the blogs before this one, you won't know (and those who have can skip this) that all summer vacations plans, long made, are now off.

There's no work in the fall F2F -- I can start to think about revising my online shells. Woo woo.  Talk about juice.

I'm trying to find something to look forward to.

The Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Labor Day weekend.  This might be the thing.  Because it's not clear baseball will be back.  Or I guess come June I'll watch A LOT of golf, since they are planning on being back.  I don't imagine they'll wear masks, either.  LOL.

It's tough folks.  And I'm a lucky one -- I have a job that is secure, so does my partner, and therefore I have computer, multiple streaming services on the TV (my latest thumbs up is Upload on Amazon Prime -- it's both funny and rather touching), plenty of money, and multiple people in the house who can cook -- unlike the Tweet I saw this week of "quarantine in a few weeks" with a picture of a tortilla laid out with a pickle, hot dog, with a smear of marshmellow fluff and peanut butter in the middle. 

I don't have to worry about that.

But it's not a pretty landscape out there looking forward. 

Till tomorrow, which is yahoo! TGIF.  ICYMI. :)