Another Weekend

Well, we've blown through another weekend. My personal social distancing has been going on for 18 days (ok, 17.5 since I did stop at my office the first day to pick things up, but I didn't see or interact with anyone). I always knew that this wasn't just going to be some quick two week thing, but it seems most others are coming around to that reality as well.

In a speech several days ago, the president said he'd love to see things reopened soon and churches full of people on Easter (April 12). In a press conference tonight, he made a more reasonable pronouncement that social distancing measures should be extended to April 30. I know a number of people who are publishing daily graphs of COVID-19 cases and deaths as sort of a "hobby," including some projections, and it looks like by next week we might see a spike in deaths here in the US. Then maybe people will sober up and take these guidelines more seriously.

This was the weekend of Netflix. I binged two short series ("Unorthodox," about a young woman escaping the ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, and "W/ Bob & David," Bob Odenkirk and David Cross' follow-up to their late-90s series "Mr. Show," which we loved). I also made a dent in season 1 of "Mad Men;" my goal is to finish that series by the end of social distancing - pretty sure I'll have time.

This was also the day I finally cut my husband's hair. His hair is thick and grows fast, and he was already due for a haircut before everything shut down, so I knew it would be up to me. I watched a bunch of videos on YouTube and got some live coaching from my sister in-law, who is a hairdresser. I think it turned out pretty well, all things considered! There are a couple things I would change for next time (and I'm sure there will be at least a few more next times), but it looks pretty similar to how it turns out when the pros do it!

Back view of my handiwork