Working from home today

Well, today is my first official work from home day. So far I gave one of my new "coworkers" a haircut and did some website maintenance. Answered several emails already and then just about killed my laptop when I started laughing at this:

https://www.facebook.com/jonnyandrewsx/videos/10217662726974781/

Hope the link works.

As for this weekend, I played a lot of Minecraft. I tried to watch that new Tiger King show but can't really say I enjoyed it. I watched 2 episodes and then just had no desire to watch the rest. If you have watched more of it and it gets better, please let me know.

New coworkers

Have you seen the tweets of people talking about working from home with pets but calling them coworkers? They are fucking amazing.


My coworker keeps insisting she needs to be pet...

I had to try to enroll students while my other coworker screamed at everyone who walked past my office. He clearly takes social distancing seriously. From now on I'm gonna imagine he's saying "go back to your house, we don't want your covid" when he barks.

I'm in the work from home squad now

An email went out that all essential people have been notified today that they are essential.

Anyone who did not get the email is required to work from home until May 1, effective Monday. I did not get an email about being essential.

It looks like I'm in the work from home squad now.

The beautiful part is I don't have to take a bunch of stuff home with me since 99% of what I do is already digital! I feel sorry for the peeps who do similar jobs on campus and still use paper.

Oh, and I will not be held accountable for the emails I send while day drinking!

I had to make a meme!

TFW you have to spend the first 3 hours of the workday un-fucking what other people fucked up even though you gave them all specific instructions on how to do the thing to avoid fucking it up...

When you're in your office and you hear the elevator ding and you know no one else is supposed to be here because of covid...

Accounting sent out an email today telling us that we can now submit paperwork using a PDF copy and, if the person can't sign it, an email will suffice as the signature... so of course I had to make a meme!

My genetics report is ready

I worked from home today, which was actually kinda nice.

I also got an email that my genetics report is ready. It says we are NOT Native American but while that could be true, genetically, our family tree traces us back to the Choctaw Tribe via a Choctaw Freedman, meaning former slave, so that could be anything.

This report says I am 40% German, 17% British Isles, 17% Italian, 9% French, 5% Swedish but then when you go down into the nitty-gritty it also has spatterings of Mexican, Columbian, Puerto Rican, Peruvian, African (Ghana), Sri Lankan, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengalese, Southern and Northern Han Chinese, and Japanese.

The funny thing is the other reports that tell about my proclivities for health problems and allergies and preferences are all over the place. Some of them are WAY off, totally wrong. Not sure how much value I place in the validity of this test.

Early warning symptom for Covid

So, they have discovered a new early warning symptom for Covid - loss of sense of smell and a diminished sense of taste. That usually comes before the fever and coughing and being aware of this could potentially help limit the spread.

NY Times article for reference

My boss suggested I should take my personal days and go on a road trip, lol. He also suggested I go work remotely in California and stay with my sister for a while. Enrollment started today, can't leave during that. It's a crazy time. Like I told him, I'm going to play things by ear for the next week or so and we'll see how things go.

Not where I want to be right now

8,000 positive tests in NYC. Staggering number. I am trying very hard not to think about it and to just do my social distancing. When I think about it, the anxiety sets in and my irrational brain starts to take over and I head toward survival mode and it's not where I want to be right now.

I took a nap with my doggos instead and played a lot of Minecraft to keep my mind off things this weekend.

I keep waffling between high anxiety and thinking this is all surreal...