The coronavirus is in full force, instilling fear, wrecking the economy, and generally making a mess of things. I’ve been working from home for the past week – upper management issued increasingly-restrictive imperatives over the past weekend telling us first that we’d rotate in and out of the office, and now we’re not to come in at all. Working at home isn’t really my favorite, but we have to stay safe to stop the spread of this plague, so I understand why.
Like most folks, I’m trying to make the best of it indoors. The weather’s still a little cold outside, so although we’ve gone out for walks it’s still a bit chilly to do that regularly. Here are a few of the things I’ve been up to recently.
- A little over a week ago, before the quarantine, the wife and I went to a friend’s house to play board games with a small number of friends. We played Pandemic, of course.
- I’m finishing up Starcraft 2. Loved the first one, but wasn’t going to play the second one until the entire story had been released…then it took me a few years to get around to it. Great game – reminds me of Blizzard’s days of glory, now long gone.
- My wife and I have been watching the BBS Documentary on YouTube. It’s a fascinating look into a niche hobby from a more innocent era of computing.
- I’ve been re-reading the Dresden Files in preparation for the release of the new book in the series, Peace Talks. It’s been a long several years waiting for it and I can’t wait for it to start back up again. I just haven’t liked the rest of Jim Butcher’s fiction as much as I have the adventures of Harry Dresden.
- If I’m honest, I haven’t prayed about this pandemic as much as I probably should. My goal this week is to devote more time to that. I do believe in a sovereign God, so I might as well act like it and ask Him for protection and to intervene to stop this virus.
That’s about it for now. Hopefully I’ll have more time to update things around here since I don’t have any travel time. Just have to get motivated to do it.