thinking back on april 2020

After a heart-stopping week where it looked like it might not happen, I did end up starting my job after all, on April 13. I decided to start with nonbinary pronouns at work with mixed results; it took a while for all the technology to be set up for me; then I dove into my first big project, with weird political implications. But at least one of my bosses got the Pronoun Thing, and I enjoyed the new challenge, even with how tough it was to do and how unprepared everyone was for onboarding someone during a plague.

It meant briefly going into Manhattan for the first time since the plague started, and it was strange to see things so empty, so deserted. This was before proper outdoor dining got approved, so yes, all very odd.

For PartnerBeast's birthday I remotely ordered a bunch of food and arranged a small Discord get together, which worked out pretty nicely. We weren't ready to see each other in person yet though, and I remember that being very strange.

Similarly, Harriet and I started what's now become a tradition of weekly date nights, where we cook the same thing and chat on video, maybe do Some Other Thing, and then maybe turn it into something sexy. It's become a cornerstone of like...making it through all of this. And that's important.

I also got a lot of work done on the Twine game, and started doing some work for Roguelike Celebration 2020 - more on those in future month posts.