Do weekends count?

It’s Saturday and it feels normal.

Normal in that I’m not working and the biggest accomplishment of the day was finishing the laundry.

The most normal Saturday would mean that we had tickets to some sporting event tonight (most likely the Roughnecks) but no sports so....

While the baby napped today I spent some time with our golden girl on a 4km walk. It was a beautiful day so there were a lot of other people out - much more than would be normal on even the nicest of days though. I think everyone is feeling a little stir crazy and most people were really good about maintaining distance on the pathways.


The daily fresh air is really making this all easier and gives the illusion of not being stuck at home. I'm going to continue making sure that I get out at least once a day. 

I reached out to some friends and family in different provinces and countries. I think I’ll share some of their experiences with Covid-19 and the various social/political responses that they’ve seen. It's been interesting reading about all of their experiences today. 

The numbers have been going up in Alberta with more confirmed cases in Calgary each day. It’s always a little fear inducing to hear a bigger number than the day before but I keep reminding myself that it’s to be expected. By April 1 we’ll know if we’ve flattened the curve at all. By April 11 we’ll know how effective this social distancing has actually been.

We're up to 226 cases in Alberta and 1048 in Canada. These numbers seem small compared to what other nations are reporting but when you put them in your city 1 case feels a bit overwhelming.

Some good news on the Covid front though. It seems that some French researchers have discovered a combination of drugs (one is used to fight off malaria) that is proving to be extremely successful in treating the virus.

Some good news that's non-covid. I ordered some custom Vans about a month ago. They came. They're even better than I expected.



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