SOLSC '20 Day Twenty-nine: It's only been....

• It's only been eighty-nine days since China released news about an outbreak of pneumonia.
• It's only been eighty-one days since The New York Times reported on the virus.
• It's only been forty-seven days since COVID-19 was named by the World Health Organization.
• It's only been twenty-nine days since Nicholas Kristof asked "Is This the Big One?".
• It's only been twenty-seven days since we were asked to think about international travel.
• It's only been twenty-six days since the first news of toilet paper shortages in stores.
• It's only been twenty-four days since the NICU cancelled its volunteers.
• It's only been eighteen days since our annual state library conference was cancelled, and I started receiving emails from hotel and theater chains about their sanitizing efforts.
• It's only been seventeen days since the school field day was cancelled, and our son's college announced it would close in-person classes the following week and begin transitioning to online classes.
• It's only been sixteen days since we went shopping with our collegeboy to stock him up on food and yes, toilet paper.
• It's only been fourteen days since we cut our spring break road trip short.
• It's only been thirteen days since our school district officially closed through April 3rd.
• It's only been seven days since my first online meeting with campus colleagues.
• It's only been five days since Austin enacted shelter-in-place restrictions, and I hurried to my campus to pick up supplies.
• It's only been four days since our school district extended its closure through April 13th, and online teaching and learning became a reality.
• It's only been three days since I began working with a team to put a teacher-help site together.
• It's only been a day since I finally made a video to say hi to my students, to tell them how much I miss them.

Who knows how many days it will be until I see them in person again.
I've learned that a lot can happen in only eighty-nine days, or eighteen, or four...