So here it is a Wednesday and I find myself at home when I should be at work finishing my last day for the week. For the last few days i’ve been over at Enterprise helping with production there instead of Alamo. Mid morning I received a call from HR. After complimenting me on all my hard work and always being there, they told me to finish yesterdays shift and to take two weeks off- that would be paid time off. They are doing this with most of the employees given the current state of the world. I thanked both HR and the boss for at least giving us paid time off during these hard times- i’ve really come to enjoy being at Enterprise/Alamo.

So my first thought after hearing the news from work yesterday was to head for the hills. Spend a week at the cabin away from it all. But then I started to think about the small town communities and how there being affected by all of this. It’s best, as much as i’d love to pack the 4runner and grab the camera, to hunker down through all this. Wash you hands and make sure family and friends are safe.

Moving forward? Probably need a few days to process everything that’s been going on- lots of emotions, then start looking for some kinda job to fill the unexpected days off ( my new camera fund has been unexpectedly depleted. A hard life lesson and a story I probably wont ever go into) . And maybe clean the apartment………….Maybe.

I have been making progress on past trips and updating them in the static pages.

P.S, this is the first time in a very long time that i’ve had paid time off…

A pic of Denver’s 16th street mall during last weeks snow storm. Downtown has been early quiet.

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