I had been thinking about changing the name of these entries to something more cheerful like “Pandemic Life”, but given the latest trends in infection rates, I’m going to stick with “Shelter-in-Place”.

I had also been thinking about going to Costco to pick up a few things, but that’s not going to happen, either – fortunately, most of what I really need is available through their website.

On the brighter side, I went to two Toastmasters meetings today and won “Best Table Topics” at each one. Wish I could remember what I said….

I have to admit to being rather tempted by the new Mac Mini that Apple announced yesterday; it would be a good fit for the office. And if I traded in the 15” 2017 MacBook Pro that I’m using here now, it wouldn’t cost too much out-of-pocket. This MacBook Pro will probably never go anywhere again (maybe not even to another room!); I have a 13” MacBook Air that will become the traveling computer if I need it (not to mention the iPad Pro that I bought to avoid carrying a real computer in the first place).

I might have pulled the trigger on the purchase yesterday if I hadn’t remembered that I have friends at Apple who have offered their friends-and-family discounts; it turns out that the new machines aren’t yet available with those discounts, but I can wait.

In the meantime, this machine is perfectly capable of doing anything I want except running iPad apps (that requires the new M1 chip), and, unlike the new Mini, it can run Windows in a virtual machine (which I would miss). And I wouldn’t have a second display if I moved to the Mini.

Decisions, decisions….