March 16-31

It's often been said how the month of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, the third month of 2020 will be historically remembered in a whole different way entirely. On March 12 the coronavirus pandemic put the sports world into a cocoon, the hockey game in Reading the previous Sunday was the last athletic event on my calendar for the month that took place. On the 20th the governor announced that all non-essential businesses must close and the public was encouraged to limit outside activities as much as possible. It was all for the purpose of "flattening the curve", if you needed to be out and about it was advised to practice "social distancing" to lessen the spread of germs. Here of late my days have consisted of nothing but quick morning runs for what I consider "essential reasons" and then returning home, the only exception being the days Jenny and I had lunch together. We decided we weren't going to give that up until we had to, I merely got our subs to go and we ate at her house while sitting a respectable distance apart for safety. We had lunch as usual on the 27th, later that very day the governor added our county to the list of those under "stay home" orders which meant that all non-essential travel was discouraged. I told Jenny that I probably wouldn't see her again until this is lifted because I don't wish to put her or her mother in trouble with their complex or the law itself. If someone saw me getting out of my car and going into their apartment and they know I don't live there it could be a big problem. It's not going to be any fun at all but if it keeps me, her and her mother healthy we'll just live with it because we really have no other choice. Jenny and I talk at least twice daily on the phone so we won't ever be far apart. There is no way of predicting how long this will go on, it is a unique situation unlike anything I can remember in my sixty-three years on this planet. Over the next little while I won't be here on the blog much if at all, until the world returns to a sense of "normal" there simply will be little to talk about. In the meantime, my friends: take care, STAY SAFE and I'll see you when I see you. Thanks for reading.