Today is Good Friday, and according to some information on the Web about Lent, I’m supposed to fast on Good Friday. There are some guidelines. It’s not zero calories. What I gather is that I get two small meals, and one normal meal today. Also since it’s Good Friday and technically a school holiday, virtual … Read moreCoronavirus Day 27- The Mirror Test

I’m sitting at breakfast with Nick and Penny. Each of us is looking at a screen. I’m sipping on a black cup of coffee. There was a time when I would have thought this was a pathetic scene as in, “Look at us, so addicted to media and disconnected from one another that we can’t … Read moreCoronavirus Day 26- Ordinary Time

I think our cat Miniature is approaching the end. This morning I heard her caterwaul in the kitchen right before she threw up her breakfast. The throwing up, plus her weight loss and physical sensitivity leads me to believe one thing: chronic hairballs. Just kidding! Naturally, Nick wanted to snap some photos of her, pre-mortem, … Read moreCoronavirus Day 24- The USS Roosevelt Debacle

The kids are in the backyard doing a campout challenge. A campout challenge is when Nick says, “Let’s do a campout!” And Penny says, “Okay!” And off they go to fashion something for a tent and assemble sleeping gear from around the house. At one point Nick was chopping bamboo with the gardening sheers. “Do … Read moreCoronavirus Day 23- Toilet Paper is a Big Deal

The kids are on the balcony up to something. I can hear them dragging around fold up tables and other furniture for a reason that is at best illogical (a pool party?). I’m at my spot on the front porch with Poppy. Steve is syncing a mini bluetooth speaker so we can listen to the … Read moreCoronavirus Day 22- Virtual Drill

As a doctor, as I mentioned in my last post, I still go to work in this time of social isolation. For those of you that don’t know, I’m a pediatric hospitalist. I see kids in the emergency room, in the delivery room and on the pediatric ward. At work right now, April 3 2020, … Read moreCoronavirus Hospital Edition- Post 2

Penny has been at her iPad for the past hour on Microsoft Teams waiting for her teacher to start a spelling test. This is time well spent in my book, with Penny on her iPad looking at a bunch of her young peers, all of them talking at the same time saying unintelligible things. Sometimes … Read moreCoronavirus Day 20- Elementary School On Zoom

We’re bored of being bored today. At the time of this writing it’s 4:31pm and I feel like I’ve been idling around all day. This isn’t true of course. The kids each had school obligations this morning. I spent an hour with Penny teaching her how to count tens and ones saying things like, ‘See … Read moreCoronavirus Day 19- USS Theodore Roosevelt

I’m going to say it: I’m enjoying hanging out at home. This is a big deal. For me. Because for years I have been trying not to hang out at home. Especially with the kids rattling around all day. Over school holidays I have always avoided having them at home for days at a time. … Read moreCoronavirus Day 18- Lent

Today has flown by. I have barely had time to read or surf my social media apps or compulsively check my email and it’s already past 1600. Penny is at the dinner table watching a show on her iPad. Poppy is at her lookout spot at the top of the stairs. Whenever someone passes by … Read moreCoronavirus Day 17- My Big Giant Boy