Hi @funcountess I am Scott and I am lucky during this stay-at-home time. Our daughter was here visiting with her rescue Labrador, Stella, when both her state and our state went to stay-at-home so I have some company -- as does my Lab, Napa! That said, our daughter has commandeered my home office for her work, since luckily her firm is still working. So I am working at a makeshift workstation in our kitchen. Closer to snacks that way!

One of the things I have been doing is going through my Contacts list, old address books, etc. and reaching out to friends of old who I had fallen out of touch with. Just yesterday I found someone I hadn't seen/talked to from college days 47 years ago. We had a fun phone conversation and then I added him into a group email we have for some of us old college friends. It has started a fun thread, which includes some very humorous old photos!

I am also an amateur genealogist and this has been a good time to work on a few of those old loose ends of ancestors I didn't have time to work on before. Again, offering a chance to reach out to folks on the phone I have fallen out of touch with for awhile.

With the two Labs, I have added to my daily mileage walking and that is good too. Best part is they need to go out and exercise no matter rain, snow, wind, sleet, etc. so out I go too!

I also love to write so I have picked up pen and stationery, written many short, handwritten notes to others. Heck, I even reached out to my estranged sisters and that is something I thought would never happen!

I also have been looking for new quotes to inspire me. Found this one today "Good friends. Their paths may never cross again, but in their hearts they're on the road with no end. Where life will take us who can tell?"

It's helping me stay determined to find some of my lost friends of old!

Sending strength, courage, and peace in these unsettled times