By this time last year, I had led nine workshops or field trips, given six public presentations, set up a booth at three wildlife festivals, and attended three conferences. This year, the tally stands at one weekend field course, two workshops, zero festivals or conferences, and a small handful of Zoom presentations. Still, every few weeks, I get a calendar alert about an event I had scheduled, but later canceled. Our captive-bred Wood Turtle ambassador, Shelly, has left my office only once this year and that was just to go to the vet, (though she did spend much of the summer in a new outdoor enclosure so I doubt she is complaining). Understandably, the few in-person events that could take place needed to be restructured significantly to adhere to strict health and safety guidelines. While social distancing, the use of facial coverings, and a few other changes were easy concessions to make, I’ll tell you right now that doing away with carpooling and leading a caravan of ten vehicles for a herpetology field course was no easy task and far from ideal.