Cloistering in the 21st century or How I learned to love my family NOT my toilet paper.

Pandemic. 

Now there is a word I never thought I would EVER hear in my lifetime.  Here we are as humans, the smartest we've ever been. We can cure diseases, control the wind, improve our fates.  But we cannot (or maybe we did but that's someone else's foil hat blog) control viruses.
The current virus that has halted the world is known as a Coronavirus that has been named Covid-19.  Once you name something it gives it a bit of permanency and importance. You can't run away from this one this time. 
We now have to cloister ourselves from the world as much as we can.  I used to be very good at that.   Not so much when my family is with me.   Think of an extended vacation with your family without fun, sun and Pina Coladas.
I have already had my first pissing match with my husband.  He is now in the basement and I am upstairs cooking, cleaning, and monitoring the online schooling of my child.
OID or Online Instructional Day is the new word for 2020.  At least it is for people with children.
I think the children will do fabulously in this new way of learning.  They have been training for it for their whole lives.
Should we panic?  No.  But we need to be proactive and take this head-on.   We can do this. Americans are very inventive and helpful.  We do help our fellow man.  Ignore the idiots and the haters. 
We will come out of this better than before. 

Stay safe.  Wash your hands and think of others.