It’s July 14, 2020 and we just finished our 4th month of SIP.

The kids and Jes are still in SoCal and it’s been good for everyone. The kids are enjoying the extra company and I think Jes and my brother are relieved to have a little extra help in planning/cooking/sharing meals.

I got to fly down for the long July 4th weekend. It was fun to play with fireworks on the driveway like we used to as kids. Jason and Jia’s neighbors were really into it too so there was plenty of entertainment that evening.

Here’s the airport and what the plane looks like when I fly. There are usually only about 50-something passengers and we are all spread out.

Here is my usual garb at work now. It’s standard to everyone to be walking around with a surgical mask and face shield.

If I’m doing a procedure in Radiology, I have to up my game and wear an N95 mask, faceshield, gown, gloves, AND the lead apron. Fun times.

KP also sent us all masks and a red sticker that we are supposed to put on our badges in case we are called to work during a lockdown of the city. Hopefully things will not come to that but it was a nice gesture.

All the elevators have stickers on the floor to cue people to keep their distance and limit the number of people inside to no more than 3 at a time.

What’s nice is that I still have one of my very good friends by my side in all this. Teresa still works with me and we are going through another crazy disease together.

We have been through scabies, H1N1 (photo above from 2009), Zika, and now SARS-COV-2.  It’s been good to have someone to hang out with now that I am home alone without the family. Gets kinda lonely after a while.

What’s been helpful in passing the time is playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. It’s fun to just hang out on an island building stuff, catching fish, growing flowers, and making friends with villagers.

On the to the next month!