That Went Sideways Pretty Quickly

I survived The Haigs with very little incident . . .

Haig 1 realized he’d over stepped his bounds and made himself scarce for the rest of the week that The Director and The Fiscal Officer were gone.  Although he did cruise the hallway in the Admin Wing pretty frequently he never ventured into The Business Office again . . .

Haig 2 was sick the first two days of the week and kept to her own office when she was at work because we told her we didn’t want her germs . . .

Life was good . . .

End of Month processing went smoothly . . .

Preparations for the upcoming State Audit have been relatively uneventful . . .

Then . . . the shit hit the fan . . .

Coronavirus hysteria hit my little part of Ohio . . . it hit the entire state . . . and ALL the Haigs are expressing opinions. . . spreading rumors . . . stirring the pot and causing chaos.  Life is not good . . .

I am safe.  I have plenty of food, water and necessities for the next couple of weeks.  My family is safe and they’re all healthy.  There are no reported cases in my little county.  Just about every library in the state has closed or will be by the first part of next week.  The Director is trying to balance the best interest of the patrons and the best interests of the staff . . . and it’s not a job for the faint of heart . . . right now it’s more a matter of “when” we will close and not “if” we will close . . .

Right now my biggest concern is keeping my regular level of every day anxiety from flying off the charts with the “what if” scenarios and “am I prepared enough” second guessing discussions with myself . . .

I’m half tempted to tell the fates “I’ve been through way worse than this . . . is this all you’ve got?” but I know better . . .

Hang on, y’all.  We’re in for a bumpy ride . . .