As we neared the mailing deadline, the coronavirus started sweeping across China. In the chat above, 子煊 told us that the deadline would most likely have to be postponed because the Chinese government had just issued stay-at-home orders. Currently in the United States, most people had not heard about the virus, or had only heard very little. All schools were still open and people carried on with their regular lives. It was not until three months later would businesses and schools start closing down in Albuquerque.