Daily Check-In

[mecurtin]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Thursday) now to midnight UT (8pm Friday Eastern Time).

Poll #23959 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 64

How are you doing?

I am OK
56 (87.5%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
8 (12.5%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
24 (38.1%)

One other person
22 (34.9%)

More than one other person
17 (27.0%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[we_are_spc]

"Gov. of Ohio extends stay at home order" (Paraphrased.

Knee-jerk emotional response: *tears up in frustration*

...

Intellectual reaction: fuck yes, he knows what the hell he's doing. Even if it fucking sucks huge monkey balls.

...

Although at this moment, I've reinstated my Scentsy business, so that might help some. If I get enough customers. And repeat ones.

-T~

[rose_griffes]

Thanks for the advice about sleeping better from multiple people yesterday.

[dragoness_e]

Having trouble sleeping, and hitting the limits of my ability to work at home. I'm going to have to go in to the office more often--already did twice this week, and I'm already NOT used to going into the office, after a mere month of telework. (I'm in an essential field, so I can and have to come in if work requires it, but we are encouraged to telework if we possibly can).

[adafrog]

Unfortunately Texas is starting to open tomorrow. Joy. My city is, like, the worst in Texas right now.

[waterscroll]

Yeah that was my feeling when it was announced that schools are closed until June.

[we_are_spc]

I'll bet.

That was the same way with my room mates. They have an almost three year old (He'll be three in about a month), so when they announced daycares closing, they were like, :( :(

I'm kinda the same way, even if I'm not the parent: I hve to life with this kid.

[we_are_spc]

Yeah we were supposed to start opening, too. Now we wait to see what our governor says.

-T~

[adafrog]

Good luck.

[waterscroll]

! Yeah. Three year olds do kind of tike up all the energy in the room.

My kid is six and even when my husband is doing the actual childcare...like right now...half my attention is on him. I can't wait to send him back to school so I can actually relax for a few minutes. But I also don't want to die, so it's probably right that things stay as they are.

[we_are_spc]

I'm the same way. I just...I think I'm going to cry the first time I get out of the house for something nonessential, and can be in a different place than the rest of the housemates.

I'm just really glad a lot of our politicians are really taking their time with this, and taking it seriously. I just...not seeing anyone other than the housemates for almost two months is like... o.x I love them, I really do, but damn.

-T~

[we_are_spc]

I'll need it. For serious. All I want to do lately is cry. Just...cry until I can't. I mean, I say that a lot, right? But...I can't.

-T~

[adafrog]

{{{hugs}}}

[feng_shui_house]

I'm ok, ish? Not sure if I've got the virus-- woke up with no sense of smell (one of the less common early symptoms). I've been SO CAREFUL since March 17, but on April 29 the neighbor behind me wanted to give me some mangoes. And I didn't want to be rude and say No, or Wait while I get my mask... so I lifted the edge of the chain link fence over a low wall and took them straight in to wash the mangoes and my hands.

Sneezed a few times yesterday but sometimes I sneeze when I eat hot food. Felt a little warm yesterday, but then it IS hot here.

I tested my sense of smell with a cup of coffee-- nope. Couldn't take my temperature, because I have four mercury thermometers- and either they've clogged up with age, or my old eyes can't read them.

Ah well... too bad about my mask making. I have 75 in progress, but even though I'm sure the virus couldn't live on CLOTH long enough to get through the mail (surgical masks can keep it alive for 7 days! But cloth is less favorable! No virus detectable after 2 days on cloth) really if it lived it's not fair to others to risk it, until I'm either sure I don't have it, or sure I'm over it.

Can't get tested- have no transport & while my city recently started in home testing for seniors with symptoms I'm 2 years too young (plus I doubt they'd consider losing the use of your schnozzola as a symptom.)

If you're curious this is the study about the life of the virus on various surfaces.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(20)30003-3/fulltext

[kathmandu]

Oh, gee! Crossing my fingers for you.

Thank you for the link to the Lancet article.

[feng_shui_house]

Thanks! I'm hoping it's just an attack of paranoia. :^)

I'm not feeling ill! I think I'll go out in the yard and absorb some sunshine, it couldn't hurt. ;^)

I did like that article- it's good to have an idea how long to leave incoming (non perishable) packages in isolation in a closed room.

[daegaer]

Our lockdown has been extended for two weeks, but will be carefully lifted in five stages at three week intervals after that - though we could go back a stage if needed. After this bank holiday weekend, those cocooning will be allowed out for exercise as long as they don't come into contact with others, and the 2km limit for exercise for everyone will be extended to 5km. It's good to see a planned way out of this!

[we_are_spc]

<3 <3 <3

-T~