Daily Check In.

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

Poll #28614 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 35

How are you doing?

I am OK
23 (67.6%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
11 (32.4%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
11 (32.4%)

One other person
17 (50.0%)

More than one other person
6 (17.6%)

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

[ride_4ever]

If anybody reading this is in due South fandom, you'll know why I'm saying "Happy Eleventh of March" (celebrated as a due South fandom holiday).

[dewline]

Understood.

[ride_4ever]

Ah, one of Fraser's favorite words!

[hitokage]

I am ... so very Tired(tm).
The ONE lead we were offered to get help getting our water fixed, finally decided to admit they were never going to help us.
Turns out my family doesn't think about me at all.
My wife's family only remembers we exist when they need something from us.
No one around here really takes COVID seriously anymore (if they ever did).
I was overwhelmed two years ago. I've got no idea what to call it now, other than being in a dark tunnel with no end in sight. Which is the part that saps the energy the most.

[lilysea]

*sigh*

My partner's mother had been in remission for cancer, with an expected life expectancy of at least 5 to 10 years.

Now his mother is back in hospital again, with a possible life expectancy of less than 2 years.

And I can't even give him a hug, because with:

a) his last effective vaccine dose being 8 months ago (he just had a booster on Thursday, but that will take 14 days to be protective);

b) him having been exposed less than 14 days ago to someone who had COVID at the time (this was before the friend knew they had COVID);

c) him catching public transport to work;

d) and teaching large groups of university students;

e) and 2546 new cases of COVID this week in my city (the last few weeks every week has been higher than the week before);

it's too risky.

All I can do is talk to him on the phone while looking at him through a closed glass window :(

He has a break from teaching in April, so I hope I'll be able to safely see him then, but

in the meantime

not being able to give him a hug/not being able to hold him when he is sad; Depressed; stressed

is a lot harder than not being able to give him a hug/not being able to hold him when he's happy.

And not being able to give him a hug/hold him when he's happy was already hard. :(