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.

  • More freaking rice, so much rice
  • Fondue
  • Boogers
  • Punch
  • Baking red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting
  • Lunchables
  • Hot Pockets
  • Spicy noods
  • Up trouble
  • With gas, so much gas

What we’re drinking: