Pumpkin's Positive Post: I Am Featured

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Me again! I am, as always, ignoring the outside world as much as possible. Still having to come to work in the office as we are part of the 'chain' for social care services, meaning we need to continue operating. On my way home, I had a telephone call from my eldest son (Midi). It was a nice surprise. We hadn't spoken to him since he returned to his university town but he didn't give any explanation. He said he'd been a little unwell but, from his description, seems like it was just a bad cold. He's feeling better now. His university is still open but they are doing all the lessons remotely. Midi is studying to be a maths teacher and was supposed to be on placement soon. As all the schools are closed or closing, that doesn't look likely. There may be some options, though. Youngest son, Mini, is happy about not having to go to school! The boys are lucky that they aren't in their final year (each is in the last but one year of their respective education) so they shouldn't have too much upheaval or postponed/cancelled exams or anything. Midi said he's carrying on as normal as much as he can, and intends to come home for Easter as planned. We also had a call from my mother-in-law to say that my sister-in-law has coronavirus (we don't know if she actually has it or if it's mother-in-law exaggerating). The main reason for my post was that I have more good news. I wrote another article for Vocal (which is quite usual). This one was submitted to a competition. The competition ends at the end of March. My article was not only accepted almost immediately but I also got a cash tip for it, and it's been chosen as a Staff Pick so is on the Vocal homepage. It is currently featured first on the page. I can't share it here, of course, but I can tell you that it's title is Pineapple on Pizza, and it's submitted to a competition titled 'Unpopular Opinions'. I was going to enter something about how Disney is overrated but, as it turns out, that opinion seems quite popular! What's your good news for today? Are you keeping positive? Are you still working or finding other things to keep yourself occupied?