A loud car stereo has been coming in nearly every day, though I haven’t heard it today. I only saw it once. It’s a white car that goes around to the back of the circle. Why is my first thought that it’s connected to the Becker peckers? Like maybe the kid is driving that instead of his precious muscle car and feels this is an alternative way to get attention.

We were talking about the whole situation going on now with the coronavirus and a part of us is hoping circumstances will force him into early retirement so we can get out of here sooner. Maybe we’ll spend a few years out in the country somewhere with him working part-time and then head to Florida if we don’t go straight there. I want to live in a tropical climate still, but I miss having breathing space around me. Country living isn’t much of an option in Florida. Don’t know if we’ll end up in New Mexico, Nevada or somewhere else but I’m definitely ready to go. I’ve been ready. But life isn’t usually what we plan it, so I still think we’ve got a long way to go before we get out of here.

If things keep going the way they have with the virus, we’re probably looking at about 50k people dying from it by the end of the year. We’re still not worried we’re going to get it, though, and are making a point to self-quarantine except for when we absolutely need to go out for something.

We went to Rite Aid yesterday with pictures of young black men on their doors that have ripped them off. We saw a couple of them steal some booze one time, but I think one of them was a girl.

I went out for a walk this morning and while it was cold, it wasn’t as cold as you might think when out in the bright sunlight. There were tons of people out walking and I’m guessing it’s because they too are stuck at home. Plus, we had some rainy days. Still quite a bit of traffic. Maybe just a little less than usual. And of course the fucking planes and helicopters. The commercials are quiet today. It’s just little planes and helicopters buzzing around.

Tom still has to at least try to get a job, so he’s doing some video interviews right now. We just don’t know if many people want to do any hiring with the virus going on.

Started the third book in the Savant of Chelsea series, and I was wrong when I said Alexa was reading at one-and-a-half speed. She’s actually reading at one-and-a-quarter speed.

Other than occasional boredom since there isn’t much we can do right now other than the usual, I’ve been feeling great emotionally. It’s such a wonderful feeling after all the years I suffered anxiety on a regular basis. :-)