Trying to see if we can prevent loosing our small business. We own a four space retail building in a college town. University is closed and town population down 40%. Rents received next week will be 35% of normal we expect. May rents maybe as low as O%. Not sure. Restaurants can’t make it on take out. “Non essential” stores in the building closed.

So studying the federal CARE act to explore options. Waiting to learn which lenders will be handling the federal funds. That list won’t be identified for up to 30 days. We can do this for a while but not long term. Pretty nerve wracking.

Maybe I should take a few photos but haven’t been in the mood. Plus my wife was traveling when this happened so we are sequestered from each other for two weeks. Sorta like salt in the wound. We’ll stick to it and figure something out. Sorry if that’s a sad tale but it’s the truth. Not begging for mercy. Just being honest. I assume many here are in a similar boat.

Have fun herding cats Robert.

Despite that fact that I am an old man with a gray beard that still THINKS he is still a kid and virtually indestructible, I too am following the directives of the Governments of both Canada and the United States (dual citizen) and most of all, my boss/chief operating officer/commander and drill instructor- divisional Sargent-Major- my wife! I thought things were busy, fast-paced, and time-intensive at our studio business until we decided to hunker down and address all the things we were procrastinating on- paperwork, cleaning, re-organizing stuff, throwing out the junk, etc. Besides, we live in 6 unit apartment buildings and sorta take care of the place so I've been swabbing the decks in the hallways with disinfectant, putting out the garbage, and swabbing down the mailboxes, banisters, doorbell buttons, the intercom, and all the doorknobs and handles with wipes that smell like "instant hospital"! I go to the grocery store at some ungodly hour to avoid crowds. I don't think I have sat down for more than 10 minutes in the last 10 days. And a few days ago was photograph the cat day. We are giving the cat a narcissist complex!