I live in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, where new cases of the Coronavirus are developing. I work for the city of Hampton, at the public library. While we will be closed to the public until the end of the month, all of the employees still need to report to work. We’re cleaning, shifting books, and pulling books that are on request, so we can be ready when it’s time for us to re-open. Still, everyday I watch the news and hear the President and the Governor of VA tell people they need to stay home. When I learned the library would be closed, I thought we employees would get to stay home. But, we’re still going into the library. I’m hauling myself into work, when all I want to do is just stay home.

Sheltering in place is easy to do if you’re an introvert. I have plenty to keep me busy at home: I’m working on two manuscripts, my website needs constant updating, I’m reviewing content for other writers and then of course, there’s this blog! I would LOVE to just stay home. I don’t know. Maybe things will changes within the next few days.

Stay safe, people.