Isolation day 9 (I think...losing count and it's not been that long yet):

Sometimes I'm just sitting here waiting for this to feel weird... this is not dissimilar to my entire winter. But Jesse is home... talking on a conference call in the bedroom right now. The bambi is sitting at my feet arranging her animals around an oversized (to them) teapot. That's actually one difference. I'm getting better at just doing my own thing and she shakes herself out and busies herself up once she realizes I'm writing or doing some reading. Still no lockdown. California has declared one. But Cuomo is inexplicably freaking out over semantics apparently. Everyday fewer things are allowed but he just won't declare it. Now we are getting official lists of essential services: healthcare, pharmacies, transit, grocery stores-- the expected and the more New York-ish additions: take-out, cocktails to go from bars, liquor stores and hardware stores. But still no official reason to need essential services.