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 24: April 13

What we’re listening to:

  • Carmen G.’s “Es ist kalt um mich herum”
  • Alice Elysée “Lolita”
  • Karen Clark’s Finally Karen (blasted it from my windows on Easter Sunday)

What we’re watching:

  • Wild Chicago after reading Leor Galil’s “The saga of Punkin’ Donuts”
  • Lorena, the four-part series about the woman who cut off her husband’s penis in 1993 and kick-started real conversations about domestic violence, sexual assault, and believing women

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What we’re playing:

  • Moved on from Sims 4 and to Sims Medieval with the Pirates & Noble expansion pack