Covid - second lockdown

Things had been getting progressively worse here as cases kept spiking. They finally locked the province down again in mid November. It is set to be locked down for another month.  Just prior to the lockdown, Gee and I zipped out to pick up some gloss coat and a few Christmas presents.

 Some people, especially on social media, keep posting the memes that "If it worked the first time, why are we doing it again? If it didn't work the first time, why are we doing it again?"

 The simple answer is, it did work the first time. Shutting everything down helped to keep our case numbers low. When we opened up, people were very casual about getting together in groups.

 When schools started up again in September, and the inevitable cases started up, instead of shutting back down as we should have, we tried to ride it out to allow businesses to catch up. Left unchecked, the infections increased until we finally had to admit that we needed to shut back down. 

 It's frustrating. It's sounding more like we'll be working from home through the winter. Halloween was all but cancelled. We set up a few decoration and gave out candy but only five dedicated kids showed up in the chill rain. 

 Christmas will be rough. The local stores will have a hard time as people will either have to rush together to get their gifts in the final two weeks before the holiday, or will have already bought their gifts online. So far we are still doing well. 

 There are two or three good vaccines that are close to being released, probably early next year, but I wonder how many people will not bother taking them. Our neighbors to the south finished their election. With the final flurry of campaigning as well as their refusal to not gather together for their Thanksgiving, their numbers continue to rise. With the expected crowds for the Black Friday sales, I fear the following weeks will be rough for them.

Figure Painting Total - October 2020

In October I picked up a few more sets for the DC Universe Game, as well as a few more single figures.  I assembled and primed them all.  

I also bought a few more figures to use with Dracula's America.  The Red Hand Coven set I ordered from Italy in July ended up being shipped to the Netherlands and has been sitting in a shipping warehouse since then.  So we will see if it ever shows up.

Bought

BM – Talia Al’Ghul – 1

BM/DCU – Catwoman – 1

DCU – Justice League Dark – 7 (Black Orchid, Constantine, Deadman, Jason Blood & the Demon, Swamp Thing, Zatanna)

DCU – Lexcorp Army – 6 (Lex Luther power suit, Metallo, LexCorp Heavy Trooper, LexCorp Troopers – 3)

DCU – Suicide Squad – 6 (Bronze Tiger, Deadshot, Deathstroke, Katana, Killer Croc, Killer Frost)

DCU – Amazons of Themyscira – 4 (Queen Hipollita, and 3 Warriors)

DCU – General Zod & Guild Warriors – 3 (Faora, General Zod, Nam-Ek)

DCU – Black Adam

DCU – Doomsday

DCU – Mera – missing arm

DCU – Superman (Elseworlds) – missing arm and shields

WizKids – Timber Wolves – 4

WizKids – Winter Wolf – 2

 

Painted

BM - Batman (Afflek) - 1

BM - Suicide Squad - 2 (Deadshot, Slipknot)

Wizkids - Dullahan (headless horseman) - 1

WizKids - Shadows - 2

WizKids - Timber Wolves - 5

Oct total – figures bought 38, figures painted 11

Running total 2020 – figures bought 162, figures painted 90