The Lone and Level Sands Stretch Far Away

I honestly don't really know what to talk about right now. It's like we're in a steady holding pattern. The worst hit in the US is New York City, and we don't really have any connections there. We're a little more worried about what the New Yorkers who fled to Florida might have done, as I have some family and family friends living down there.

Still, we seem to have gotten into our new stay-at-home habits. Worried about what the economic repercussions of this are, but thanks be to God my immediate family is mostly alright job-wise. I have one uncle who has lost his job, which is worrying, but he's had similar problems before and his wife is still employed so they aren't penurious. I worry more about the older folks in the family who, if they were infected, would have a hard time fighting it.

I'm hopeful that this will start to come under control over the summer. In fact, it would be wonderful if we were able to have our planned family reunion in July. I doubt it, but it would be nice...

On the silver lining side, my prayer rule has gotten better, and I'm making good headway on Christmas presents (all this time for crocheting has to be good for something). If I could only bring myself to work on the book I've been writing for, like, 10 years now...