The Ocho

Somehow, even when you don't actually have to go anywhere on Monday, Sunday nights are still a bummer.

We had another nice weekend at home. We went for walks around our neighborhood, I did lots of laundry, I cooked, and tonight we've been watching ESPN2, which has turned into ESPN 8 "The Ocho" for the time being and is airing weird sports like dodgeball, marble racing, Norwegian death diving, and currently a cross between dodgeball and juggling.

My husband is getting really antsy for a haircut. We do have a set of clippers which I used exactly one time to butcher his hair several years ago. But I watched a couple tutorials and feel like I could give it another shot. I ordered a set of thinning shears that should be here by next weekend, and we'll be in business 💇‍♂️

I started an online grocery order and reserved the next available time slot, next Saturday, but I guess I never confirmed the order so I lost my place. Now the next time available is on Tuesday, 9 days from now. It's ok, we should be fine until then. We're hardly doing anything, so barely burning calories! (Though I have been enjoying our walks outside.)

Over the weekend, several more states and cities announced that they enacted or would be enacting "shelter in place" orders, essentially banning anyone from going out to do anything except work or buy food. I wish they would just order that for our whole state. Even enforcement of the order about "life-sustaining businesses" they announced last week has been delayed, because so many places requested waivers that have to be reviewed. I'm seeing more people taking things more seriously, but then there's still people doing play dates with their kids, or getting together with friends, or just crowding together in stores. I wonder how many people will need to die before they get it...

Italy has now surpassed China in the number of COVID-19 deaths. The new site COVID Act Now calculates the "point of no return" for states to prevent hospital overload. For us, it's next week - 3 months of social distancing will result in an estimated 191,000 deaths and hospital overload within a month, while 3 months of shelter in place would be 5,000 estimated deaths and no overload within the time frame of the calculator. I already know of at least one place (Dallas, TX) where this data was used to inform their decision to shelter in place. The model isn't perfect and it doesn't take long-term into account, but it can help to make quick decisions now to buy some time.