Moving Out - At Least Until February

 Today Meg moved out of her apartment with plans to return in February.  IU had decided before the semester started to shut down campus at Thanksgiving break and move all classes online in hopes of slowing down the spread of the coronavirus.  In retrospect it was a very well thought out plan as the incidents of positive COVID cases had increased on campus and in Bloomington in general.  Meg already knew several people who had either contracted the virus or had to quaratine due to exposure.  We had expected to have to help Meg move all of her belongings out of the apartment, but she really didn't need our help.  She spent Friday night and Saturday packing and cleaning and was ready to leave by 3 p.m. today.

While Meg was busy we spent our day at Brett's apartment.  We played Ticket to Ride and ordered lunch from Big Woods.  Doug and Cam watched the IU vs. Ohio State game from start to finish while I packed up Brett's apartment and he left for work.  It was an exciting game and I was glad that I got Meg's television set up in the extra room so that I could watch it as well.  IU had not been ranked in the top ten while playing against a top ten opponent since 1967, so there was a lot of hype surrounding the game.  At first it looked as though the Hoosiers were on their way to a devistating loss as the Buckeyes scored quickly and easily.  IU held on, however, and kept the game tight until Ohio State went on a run topping the score at 35-7 in the third quarter.  Someone tweeted out "Well, IU, at least you tried."  We felt the same way, but the Hoosiers weren't done yet and soon went on a scoring run of their own closing in on OSU 28-35.  Unfortunately, they ran out of time and the game ended with the Buckeyes a 7 point victor.  None of us were too disappointed as IU's offense looked fantastic and Michael Penix, Jr. had definitely shown up Ohio State's Heisman candidate quarterback, Justin Fields.

Once the game ended we all headed out the door for home.  Doug rode with Meg.  She had never driven home from Bloomington before and he wanted to help her navigate I-465.  Cam rode with me and we listened to the Northwestern vs. Wisconsin game on the radio while he read "1984."  Meg did a nice job driving and we were all safely in our driveway by 7:30 p.m.  Meg was happy to be home and we ordered Bourbon Street Pizza to celebrate.  I know that it had been three months since she had been here, but after a few hours it felt as though she had never left.  Glad that she made it through the majority of the first semester without any issues and happy to have her home.