TheGreatCurator
[What is sleep?] It's 1:40 in the AM and I can't get to sleep. Anyone still up who wants to shoot the breeze?
None Shall Pass
Sure, though I'm not sure which Sam you'll be getting, I'm always around about this time
TheGreatCurator
I have always seen the same Sam: the iconoclast who isn't afraid to speak their mind. I don't always agree with them, but that's just fine. 
None Shall Pass
I thank you for that
TheGreatCurator
Life doesn't completely suck, but isolation certainly does. Like many of us, I haven't seen anyone other than complete strangers at the supermarket for a long time.
TheGreatCurator
One can only occupy one's time with so many online RPG sessions, although goodness knows I seem to be pushing the boundary of "so many" of late. There's a short story from one of my fave old authors called "Who Am I This Time?" that seems to apply here.
TheGreatCurator
But that's all First World Problems.
None Shall Pass
I think I know that story, lemme check real quick before I start fawning
None Shall Pass
It wasn't the story I thought it was, but Vonnegut's been my favorite author for just how insanely well he relates the problems and absurdities of life while taking it all with good humor and cheer even when his works have a cynical edge
TheGreatCurator
So it goes.
None Shall Pass
So it goes 
TheGreatCurator
Last month they had us come into the office and bring our work station computers home (not enough $$ for laptops for everyone). Seems to me that they think we're going to be in this for a long haul.
Exacerangutan
yeah the isolation is fairly galling
Exacerangutan
...we're supposed to have weekly check-ins at work but my boss isn't really the checking-in type so we just... don't
TheGreatCurator
Yes, I realize that I'm very fortunate to be in the position I'm in. But even so...
None Shall Pass
We probably will. We've got some catching up to do and a trespasser to eject, while the vaccine tests are going incredibly well, we still have a ways to go
TheGreatCurator
I am perfectly happy to wait it out a bit longer to make sure they get it right.
Exacerangutan
and yeah I... even with good management and adult behavior among the general populace, I'd be surprised if we could approach anything resembling normalcy before summer
None Shall Pass
Not much longer. But longer. I've been in the waiting place a lot
Exacerangutan
...and it remains to be seen how much of either we actually have, but it's pretty much certain to be less bad at least...
TheGreatCurator
Although to be blunt... even when things get better (I won't say normal), I would be quite happy to keep working from home. I don't miss the hour commute at all.
Exacerangutan
yeah, legit
TheGreatCurator
Hell, I'm even learning to cook.
TheGreatCurator
Not baking sourdough or anything like that, but it's still actual simple cooking rather than nuking pre-packaged shit in the microwave.
TheGreatCurator
The biggest downside so far? My GF is not working from home, so masks or no masks I worry about her going in each day.
TheGreatCurator
The only time I've seen her in the last six months was the day I went in the office to pick up my computer. 
TheGreatCurator
Ah well...
None Shall Pass
I'm sure you'll be able to see each other soon
TheGreatCurator
Here's hoping. I mean, we text and we talk, and I can still make her laugh practically on cue, so there's that.
Exacerangutan
oof... I'm glad you guys are getting along and there for each other at least via technology if not in person
TheGreatCurator
(How, you ask? Kermit the Frog does the speech from "Taken.") 
TheGreatCurator
Seth MacFarlane Doing Taken Speech in Kermit's Voice
TheGreatCurator
And with that I will say good night. Thanks for bending an ear.
And with that I will say good night. Thanks for bending an ear.
TheGreatCurator
Be well and stay safe.
Exacerangutan
niiiite
None Shall Pass
I will be able to do a third of that, but I endeavor to do it well