Couple of stories concerning the Wuhan virus. But this is not going to be about that tonight. And how to survive self-containment.

 

Wuhan Virus News: Some Good, Some Bad, Some Stupid

Here is the news:

• Democrats have packed so much pork in the recovery bill, set to be $6 trillion. That pork includes
  • Implementing Green New Deal regulations on any company getting bail out money.
  • Funding the John F. Kennedy Center.
  • Funding for Planned Parenthood and government paid abortion.
  • Making paid leave permenant.
• Needless to say the Senate Republicans blocked this stupid bill that Pelosi came up with. Something better should be voted on tonight.
• President Trump says he believes we should all be able to go back to work by Easter. Don’t know if that’s true or not but it is an attempt at a timeline. He says the cure for this mess cannot be worse than the mess.
• With the coming stimulas package and the hope of the President to this thing being over soon, the stock market went nuts on Tuesday, crawling up 2100 point, a record.
• The Presidents approval rating is also met his highest approval rating. He is holding at 49%. He is at 60% approval for his handling of the Wuhan virus including with independants.

 

That’s bad news for sleepy creepy Joe, who just can’t stay out of his own way.

Now, this wasn’t his fault, per say. The teleprompter didn’t work. But he still looks really old and really incompetant. The problem for Biden is that he has been hiding. Either for fear of the virus or because his advisors are afraid of him talking. Well, I bet it’s the latter. And the more he says, the more incompetant he looks.

An Arizona couple was sent to the hospital after they ingested chloroquine phosphate — a chemical compound used to clean fish aquariums — because they suspected it could help prevent coronavirus infections.

In an interview later that day, the woman told NBC News journalist Vaughn Hillyard that they each took 1 teaspoon of the chemical, mixed with soda, after finding it in their cabinet and coming to believe that it was “the stuff they’re talking about on TV.”

“It feels like, like my heart is broken and it’ll never mend,” said the woman, who blamed President Trump for their believing that chloroquine phosphate was safe to consume.

“Don’t take anything — be so careful and call your doctor. This is a heart ache I’ll never get over,” said the woman.

That’s right! It was Trump who told these people to eat fish bowl cleaner. God, I hope those two didn’t breed.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-dead-wife-hospitalized-after-self-medicating-with-chloroquine-phosphate

 

How to Survive Confinement

I’ve been stuck inside for seven days now. Considering I have a cold, not the flu, I’m probably going to stuck here another two weeks. There are two things I have learned to do to get through my working from home and keeping my sanity.

I need to develop routines and find things to amuse myself as the days come to a close.

A routine brings focus. I hate working from home because there are just so many things I would rather be doing. But if I start my morning the same way every day, sitting down at my computer to work for eight hours doesn’t seem so bad.

So, here’s my routine:

• I get up at 5:30 AM.
• I make my bed.
• I clean my dishes and counter.
• I get dressed and brush my teeth.
• I log into my computer and clock in.
• I say good morning to Josie.
• I do my security checks, which is the same thing every morning.
• I review my Emails and check my calendar.
• I then go make a cup of coffee.
• We have a meeting every morning at 9:15 AM.
• I make a second cup of coffee and take a shower.
• I take my lunch at 11:00 AM.
• In the afternoon, I work on a project and try to get a part of my project complete before I clock out.

 

That’s my routine and I do it every day. I find I get my work done and have little trouble focusing. It took a week for me to figure that part out but it works for me.

But I also need a way to unwind and keep my mind occupied. So I decided I would take seriously my favorite hobbies:

• This podcast and my blogging.
• Watching movies: Netflix and Amazon Prime. Stop with the news.
• My wood carving. I am actually working from a book now to master it.
• And when none of the above is in my wheel house, do some light reading.

 

I can’t tell you how relaxing writing this is.

Something I have also started doing is doing push-ups and squats every hour of my work day. I’m getting fat so I thought this would be a perfect way to get some exercise. Eventually, I am going to leave this place and get some running in. I will do that during the work day because it will shorten the day.