Family Time

Quick update on my family. My father has two negative COVID tests now and has recovered almost entirely. The day that Dad fell ill, his hospital also produced its first positive test in a patient. When he goes back to the hospital to work, he will be in it again, and the cycle of worry and risk continues.

We had two video chats on Sunday - one with each side of my extended family. This is becoming a regular Sunday occurrence and I'm enjoying it, even as I have no new info or interesting anecdotes to offer. Happy to be boring in this case. Everyone else seems to be doing well, and mostly being careful, rule abiding folk.

A foolhardy (to my wallet) but rewarding experiment was to ship the same puzzle to my parents, my sister, and my own home. It was a whim, but it just so happened that my sister got hers last Tuesday, when Dad was newly sick and we were all very worried. My parents picked theirs up just as Dad was starting to feel better and it kept him occupied in the confines of his "isolation ward." This was not a targeted plan - I got lucky. It's nice to feel helpful in a small way. We were able to share an activity across three states!