With VBS, NIH study section, and ad board meetings all canceled last month, we’ve been practicing social distancing by sheltering in place amidst the COVID19 pandemic. Just days before our lab shut down, a turkey crashed through the next door lab window, further accentuating the apocalyptic atmosphere. Despite Merryhill shutting down, our employer secured back-up childcare for healthcare workers at the Hutchison CDC, which at least gave us some reprieve from having to home school Westley. With our time at home, we finally completed our tax returns, and began exploring tax loss harvesting strategies to soften the blow from the market downturn. I also tried to catch up on home projects like adding a GFCI outlet to Westley’s bathroom and waxing all the sinks and glass showers. In the evenings, we finished a refreshing Season 1 of Picard, which had our favorite Star Trek captain chasing Data’s daughter aboard a small freighter with a ragtag crew. I also checked out Gears 5 and Westworld Season 3, which both featured exciting new tech and kick-ass female protagonists to keep my adrenaline pumping. With our Yosemite family trip canceled this weekend, we celebrated Melody’s birthday over take-outs from Uniboil and Tasty Kitchen, along with Chocolate Nougat, Esterhazy, and Gloria cake slices from Konditorei. Fortunately, despite missing the run for toilet paper and other household essentials, we remain well-stocked for the quarantine. Now, we just need to stave off the cabin fever…