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Happy Pi Day!
Mar. 14th, 2020 11:00 pmToday is the first holiday in the United States to be canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. The next will be in a few days, when St. Patrick’s Day is also canceled (I am arranging these by the placement of the holiday on the calendar, not when events associated with that date were pre-emptively canceled).
But Happy Pi Day!
It was a pretty normal day for us, and will likely be our last normal day for quite a while. T. still went to martial arts. I know how they clean the place (they are usually still cleaning when I arrive, so I have watched the vacuum and I have seen the spraying). T. has a private lesson, and is the first one of the day, and this is a no-contact lesson. We will take this week by week, but for now, I am prepared to continue.
After that, we went to Vic’s, which was as quiet as I have ever seen it after martial arts. No crush in the foyer, no line, lots of open booths. We had a nice time, and, again, we will take this week by week. If we do not go to martial arts, obviously, we will not go to Vic’s.
After that, it was home for a bit.
Then we went back to Hudson, parked at the Horseshoe, and walked over to Puzzlescape. I had looked at their booking tool, and it was pretty clear they had almost no one there today: three groups all day as it turned out. Again, I have been here, they keep it very clean and have installed hand sanitizer everywhere and are now asking patrons to wash their hands or sanitize upon arrival. Great folks! And only one person other than our group there.
Our group was 6: the 4 of us, and a boy who the kids used to ride horses with, and his mom, who is a friend of mine. We had a really nice time. A.’s school is a special ed school which is part residential and part day students (he is on the day side). It is still open even for the day students right now, altho of course that can always change. It is a very small school. We did the Watson’s Revenge game, and had a great time. Bethany was very helpful when we needed a hint. Fun puzzle!
We went to dinner at 4:30 at the Horseshoe. It, too, was shockingly empty. We had a nice dinner, lots of chatting, caught up on how everything is changing. A. works at a hospital (as a scheduler); she is busy canceling (and not rescheduling, because no one yet knows when this will be over) all the non-urgent surgeries in her section. They did some reshuffling of space and now they are one door away from a fever testing area, which is a little disturbing. She is working on trying to get to work from home; there is nothing inherent in her job that requires her to be on site. The nature of her job may mean that once everything that can be canceled is canceled, she may wind up going on leave anyway.
This was a lot of social activity for a day when we are all supposed to be social distancing. We all were diligent about handwashing, and we were not close to anyone (other than our server at the restaurant, and our small group) and we did not touch anyone (outside our small group). But still, we will likely not be having a day like today again any time soon.
But Happy Pi Day!
It was a pretty normal day for us, and will likely be our last normal day for quite a while. T. still went to martial arts. I know how they clean the place (they are usually still cleaning when I arrive, so I have watched the vacuum and I have seen the spraying). T. has a private lesson, and is the first one of the day, and this is a no-contact lesson. We will take this week by week, but for now, I am prepared to continue.
After that, we went to Vic’s, which was as quiet as I have ever seen it after martial arts. No crush in the foyer, no line, lots of open booths. We had a nice time, and, again, we will take this week by week. If we do not go to martial arts, obviously, we will not go to Vic’s.
After that, it was home for a bit.
Then we went back to Hudson, parked at the Horseshoe, and walked over to Puzzlescape. I had looked at their booking tool, and it was pretty clear they had almost no one there today: three groups all day as it turned out. Again, I have been here, they keep it very clean and have installed hand sanitizer everywhere and are now asking patrons to wash their hands or sanitize upon arrival. Great folks! And only one person other than our group there.
Our group was 6: the 4 of us, and a boy who the kids used to ride horses with, and his mom, who is a friend of mine. We had a really nice time. A.’s school is a special ed school which is part residential and part day students (he is on the day side). It is still open even for the day students right now, altho of course that can always change. It is a very small school. We did the Watson’s Revenge game, and had a great time. Bethany was very helpful when we needed a hint. Fun puzzle!
We went to dinner at 4:30 at the Horseshoe. It, too, was shockingly empty. We had a nice dinner, lots of chatting, caught up on how everything is changing. A. works at a hospital (as a scheduler); she is busy canceling (and not rescheduling, because no one yet knows when this will be over) all the non-urgent surgeries in her section. They did some reshuffling of space and now they are one door away from a fever testing area, which is a little disturbing. She is working on trying to get to work from home; there is nothing inherent in her job that requires her to be on site. The nature of her job may mean that once everything that can be canceled is canceled, she may wind up going on leave anyway.
This was a lot of social activity for a day when we are all supposed to be social distancing. We all were diligent about handwashing, and we were not close to anyone (other than our server at the restaurant, and our small group) and we did not touch anyone (outside our small group). But still, we will likely not be having a day like today again any time soon.