So… Covit-19,
huh? Everything shut down, even I am
working from home… The University has
gone to “Online Only” for the remainder of the Semester… I go in a few times/week, but the rest of the
family more or less is here at home. And
with the University going online only for instruction it has been a LOT of
work.
So, every event cancelled or “rescheduled”. Officially their major events are postponed until
29 July… Coincidently the start date for
Gen Con this year. 1 September for Store
Events, so the one that would have been last weekend here would be scheduled to
“Fall 2020” or so… We hope. As of now, there has been no announcement
with respect to Gen Con, and honestly that is the first one that I think might
actually happen. Hey, I might well have
a fully painted Legion force and of course my wee X-Wing list painted and ready
to go… Well, it is built on the current
Hyperspace limitations, but I suspect those will not be changing as there are
NO events and therefore no data points for FFG to look at to make realistic
changes.
Kind of the big thing I am worried about being the fact that
the whole economy being essentially shut down…
I am REALLY hoping that all the businesses survive. Right now, driving into town to work and for
shopping and seeing EVERYTHING closed except the restaurants doing carryout,
grocery stores and… Well, not a lot
else. Sadly, it seems that a lot of the
vehicles out on the road are being driven by idiots or people convinced that
the normal traffic rules have also been suspended during this pandemic. I run 3 mornings every week and while I am
running an hour or so later than I did when I had to drive in to the Office
every day by 8am, the traffic laws being ignored has gotten much worse. I suppose I just got used to seeing the
pickup trucks slowing slightly for stop signs and then just pulling through
when I run at oh dark in the morning…
Seeing this behavior a LOT on the road when I wander about these days… Good thing that I still have my reflexes, had
idiots just pull out in front of my, leave their lanes, blow through stop signs,
etc… Fun times. And not at all like the last actual Apocalyptic
road I traveled… Would have been Kuwait/Iraq…
So, in comparison, this is really not all that bad… My unnatural calm has been tested a bit, but J Still not so bad…
Interview next week.
This time for a CIO position.
Smaller University, really only about the size of the College I work for
at the University of Illinois, but still…
At least getting the opportunity, and I do think I could do this job
quite well as it is not really all that much of a step from what I am doing now
and have for the last several years…
Will see how it goes as the interview are all “remote” at this point…
