It is hard to look away though, from a slow-motion train wreck.
If not for the fact that the world-wide infection is serious and deadly, and, well, real; what a great computer game this would make. You get to try to protect the planet from a global pandemic with options to make every step and misstep possible. Try all the different scenarios and figure out just the right balance between prosperity and survival strategies. Except, of course, with a computer simulation it’s okay to get it wrong.
Anyway, having torn ourselves away from the coverage, we’ve shifted our attention to movies; and not just any movies, but quality movies. We’ve watched Creature From the Black Lagoon. It took me this long since I was eight years old to get up the courage to watch it again. And Anaconda. Okay, maybe I’ve already seen it three times but I just can’t stop watching it. Past episodes of Major Crimes. I know, not a movie, but charming characters.
Quality time. Sheltering in place. Thursday, we get to drive to the grocery store and wait in the parking lot while they bring our food order out to us. There is still excitement in our lives…