I'm doing an internship this summer, so getting on-boarded and getting up to speed remotely has been...difficult, to say the least. I'm basically on-boarded now, with the one exception of edit access to Confluence (2 weeks of our managers escalating has done nothing thus far, apparently the other interns are in the same boat). I've found that the best way to decrease distraction, despite sitting right next to my desktop, is to use a KVM switch. For some reason, having to wait 2 seconds for it to switch to my desktop (instead of having a separate KB/M for each) makes it a lot easier to ignore it, even though my desktop and laptop are hooked up to separate monitors (decent KB/M/VGA KVMs are expensive enough, I'm not shelling out for an HDMI one).

Since I'm remote, I went home. Staying with my mom has been really enjoyable. I've gotten a lot closer with her, and gotten to enjoy her cooking again. If this had happened a year ago I probably would have hated it, but things are much better now. My vacation plans got cancelled, but I am happy to spend time here.

When my school sent everyone home after spring break, the first few weeks were rough (dealing with loneliness), but I have basically gotten used to it now. I have old high school friends I could visit, but since my mom is a doctor, it is best that I minimize exposure lest I get infected, pass it to her, and she transmit it to dozens of patients before finding out.