Monday, April 27, 2020

Back to the grindstone after nearly a month, man to be sitting in an office all-day was just awful. I am used to getting up and going places if need be but to be strapped to the desk was something new almost. I called Cassy and Danny at lunch. He was being sat up and wheeled around for a while and sounded happier for it. Tired too and I told him not to overdo it and that we all missed him at home. I must have said something wrong because his mood went from happy to glum quicker than the flick of a light switch.

Cassy is starting to get worried now about being in the hospital. There are cases being counted daily in Memphis and a first in Nashville. Memphis had their first death and it will be nowhere near the last. The President addressed the nation at noon. We all sat and watched as he recommended guidelines to limit contact. At the bottom of the screen, the newsreel read-across of entire states closing their borders, ordering their populations home. We looked around the room worriedly at one another. Could are state be next? Would our state take such drastic actions? In the states that had, panic was being reported. In the first hit state, New York, hundreds were dying a day now. Chip finally shut it off but I could not get the message out of my head. That message said I was running out of time.