At 5 PM Saturday, March 21, Governor J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8, aka the Stay at Home order, took effect. Here's a daily-ish journal of how Reader staff, our friends, family—and our pets—are spending our time.

Day 33: April 22

What we’re reading:

• Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
• Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach
• Too many websites with numbers and graphs
• “Dating at a distance,” by Rachel Hawley
• “During Bad Times, 'Don't Look Down' Is the Advice I Turn To Most,” by Rachel Miller

What we’re listening to:

• This Week in Jams playlist from Mike McGee on Spotify
• Soul Khan
• Spotify’s Aquarius playlist
• White Noise, not a band, just literal white noise

What we’re watching:

• Unorthodox on Netflix, but only once a week, on Wednesdays. Like the old days, when we had to wait for things.

• Too Hot to Handle on Netflix, in more typical binge form. Fave quote: “Why’d I draw a fucking cat?”

• Outlander on Netflix

• The Netflix home screen

What we’re playing:

• GeoGussr
• Slack scavenger hunts
• Tinder, that's a game right?

What we're cooking:

• Failing at sourdough, currently, but not giving up yet
• EVERY DAMN MEAL I EAT
• Avocado toast