Quaranitine Life with Max

  This is, as everyone knows and is indeed saying, a totally weird time.

  In March,

 sign in Max's psichiatrist's office.  This may have been our last visit there, since his provider is on indefinite medical leave and the practice is unable to accomodate us with a different doctor.

Texas in the time of Coronavirus

we rented a van and drove to Texas for Boom's wedding.  The van was very helpful, though not as we'd expected.  Turns out Max loved sitting in the back seat with the middle ones down so much that he never wanted to sit in the front.  My expectation had been that this situation would give him a chance in the front and me a chance to ride with my leg up.
         The van  model we rented: https://www.chrysler.com/pacifica/interior.html

  The wedding itself was a low-key affair. Our family did not come, because of the virus, and her family was setting up the reception in the apartment community room.
   Driving home was surreal. MyGuy has described it as racing the lockdown.  In Illinois, the lockdown was beginning and we found it difficult to get lunch.

Mom, Dad, and Max were the only people actually at the wedding, so Mom & Dad signed the certificate.

 Services for Max

are mostly at a standstill.
  Our aide who was taking Max out into the community needed to take a better paying job.  We lost her at the end of February. Of course, her position is still in the budget but no clue when we'll have the position filled again
  The paid workshop was going very well.  In fact, there were two weeks before our trip in which Max not only worked for two hours, but stayed another hour for lunch.  i hope we don't lose much of that progress when it starts up again, anticipated early June.
  There hasn't been any tutoring.  Max misses this the most, but is unwilling to do it remotely.
  We have had music and behavior counselling remotely.  The music therapy, via computer, seems to work well.  Max would prefer to skip the phone with visual counselling.  He's scheduled for 4 hours a month, but this way we do well to keep him connected for 15 minutes a week.
  Of course the book club is no longer meeting.  We'll need to figure out something different when we start it again.  We met in a Barnes and Noble, which is open again, but meetings will not take place for some time if ever.  (That last is not a report, but based on removing furniture to accomodate social distancing.
  No yoga, of course - that was the first to go.  And the biggest problem during this self-quarantine is inactivity, for all of us, but especially Max.

Me and MyGuy

  MyGuy works from home. This has been a regularly occasional thing for him, long time since.  Computer nerd.
 He uses a still photo for his meetings.  i like that, since our room is (ahem) more than a little messy.  Including thw wife who sleeps the morning away and then lays down in the afternoon with the pump.
  And i am indecently loving this cocoon time.  Still never enough time to do everything i'd like, but a good time to get used to that pump routine.

  Max will be more than happy to get back to normal, though, and i think MyGuy will like getting back to the office as well.  i can't distract him so much from there.