Today the governor announced that all restaurants and bars would be closed in Indiana until the end of March. I wasn't surprised when I heard the news as Michigan and Ohio had announced the same message earlier this morning. The thought was to keep large groups of individual away from one another in order to slow the spread of the Coronavirus. The President later encouraged all gatherings to be limited to an amount of ten or fewer people.
After hearing the news of the day I strongly encouraged Brett and Meg to go see "I Still Believe" in the movie theaters today as I was sure that cinemas would be closed soon. Meg and Nick decided to see the movie tonight and also "eat out" as they weren't sure how much they would be doing together in the next couple of weeks. Eating out consisted of ordering Chick-Fil-A through the drive-thru and enjoying it in the car. The movie theater only had six other individuals in it, so they didn't have to worry about breaking Trump's social gathering rules.
Brett ate out as well, picking up Dragon Express for dinner after work. He also made it to the movie tonight. He was the only one in theater, so he wasn't concerned about contracting the virus either. Meg liked the movie a lot more than Brett did which made sense due to the topic. Cal called several times from Florida to talk about politics. He was missing March Madness and was tired of reading everyone's posts on Twitter about Trump's handling of the current illness. Miami and Fort Lauderdale had closed their beaches to spring break travelers. He was happy that Lido Key was still open for business although he was sure that tomorrow would be its last day.
Cam also made it outside of the house this afternoon to play golf as we weren't sure when the state would close all public places. He was happy with his 79 off of the senior teams and the fact that the he beat Grandpa and all of his friends. My parents made it up to play Oh Hell tonight. It was their 57th anniversary and we wanted to give them their card. Since we had already taken them to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, we forgo gifts this year. They appreciated the thought just the same.
I was glad that everyone was able to go out today. Every day brings more and more closures and we just haven't been sure what will be next. Our goal has been to make it through the health crisis without getting sick, to keep both Doug and Brett employed, and support Cal, Meg and Cam as they transfer to online learning. Praying that all of this ends soon.
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