Staying positive this past month hasn't been easy. Between the corona outbreak, saying goodbye to our 18-yr old cat (vet indicated it was cancer; not unusual given her age), work stresses, a couple of nagging health issues (now thankfully resolved), and my wife and now our son working from home due to the pandemic, March has been challenging to say the least.
I've been a WFH type for years now, but I was usually alone during the day (wife and son worked out of the house), but it's been nice having other people around during the day. Took a lot of doing for my wife's employer to agree to let her WFH, and my son just got approved for WFH late last week. We worried the most about him, as he's immune-suppressed (transplant recipient), and if he were to get the corona virus, it could be catastrophic for him. Having them both home has been a big relief.
Going forward, I've found that doing beer-related stuff, whether brewing a batch (which I hope to do next week), kegging a batch (got 2 kegged today), has been a lifesaver for my mental health and sanity. Took the last week off from drinking (finishing up a regimen of antibiotics), and I managed to drop several pounds along the way (not sad my clothes are looser). Trying to make more time for stuff I need to get back to: grilling, catching up on reading (beats watching the news), gaming (PC; got the Bioshock series on an 80% off Steam sale a couple of weeks back), working in the garden/yard (that weed-n-feed won't broadcast itself), and hopefully some baking (need some snacks while Netflixing).
Today is probably the first day in weeks that I feel like a storm hasn't necessarily passed yet, but a path through is becoming clearer. Makes life a bit easier to deal with.