[Pagan]

It is extremely rugged to get through all this. We have had about 6 months or so of fairly normal living, though masked and with social distancing. Our shutdown only applies to certain areas of the country, where the virus is very actively spreading. We went from being one of the lowest to one of the highest in no time, thanks to the shipyard.

Our government has been preparing us to develop a new "normal" after the virus dies down a bit - probably May. And as areas move out of the spreading phase and back to accelerating or base, the restrictions are slowly lifted on the kids first. Offices may never reopen to what they were before the pandemic thanks to remote working. Fewer open offices mean fewer people to staff and clean them, so new jobs must be found or skills enhanced to allow remote working.

Some definitely rebel against any restrictions, but they do promise they will ask us to do whatever we need to slow this beast down, including curfews and complete closures. I would love this to have some sort of freedom - we are talking about going somewhere for our 10th anniversary this fall... and right now, travel is discouraged. Sigh.