dad describes one day in isolation
* This column will feature a day-in-the-life reflection from a different family member of a Drawstring contributor for each issue*
By Lewis Pierotti
My day started at about 7:30 a.m. My bedroom has an eastern exposure so one of the good things about being sequestered is that I wait for the sun to wake me up. I went downstairs and made coffee and started to read my work email. I had a special request from work for some property details for an audit underway and I worked on that until about 8:30 a.m., when my wife Ruthie got up. I brought her coffee and went back to work. I had several conference calls and while this was going on, Ruthie went for a run. When she got back at about 10:00 a.m., I took a break and we did online yoga together. We are doing this almost every day. After yoga I worked until about 11:30 a.m. and then went for a bike ride around our development. I have a set route of about 6 miles that I do two or three times a week. I got back at noon, took a shower, and had a ham and turkey sandwich for lunch.
After lunch I had to go pick up a package that my employer had sent to the wrong address. Ruthie came with me and we drove across Denver to my old apartment address to pick up the package. When I got there I put on my mask and gloves and went into the apartment building lobby and picked up my package. I returned to my car and drove home. We got back about 3:00 p.m. I went back to work answering emails and phone calls.
At 5:00 p.m. each night we do happy hour, so at five I stopped work and went out on our patio with Ruthie. We had a glass of wine together and then started to make dinner. One of the other things we have been doing is making a lot of great meals, so this night we had a ton of leftovers and we assembled them sort of like a smorgasbord. It was great. By the time we were done, around 7:00 p.m., we were stuffed. To work it off a bit we took a brief walk. By the time we got back it was 8:00 p.m. We watched TV for about 45 minutes and then went upstairs to read in bed. I checked my personal emails, looked at the latest COVID 19 data and then read some more of a book I bought online about test pilots at Edwards Air-force Base. I wouldn’t recommend the book.
At about 10:00 p.m. Ruthie was asleep. I turned off the light and fell asleep myself. So ended my typical day.