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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 Tuesday) now to midnight UT (8pm Wednesday Eastern Time).

Poll #24270 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 55

How are you doing?

I am OK
39 (70.9%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
16 (29.1%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
21 (38.2%)

One other person
19 (34.5%)

More than one other person
15 (27.3%)

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

rose_griffes

Somehow I have managed to grow a zucchini plant that is NOT prolific. We've gotten three zucchini total. Nothing from the squash plant. (I know why for the squash plant--it's too shady there. Will attempt planting seeds in a different spot. But the zucchini plant? I dunno! It's weird! I was warned about rampant zucchini production, but that is not the case!)

From:

hitokage

Oh now you've done it. You've questioned your zucchini's prowess!
Joking aside, if you've just got the one vine, then that's not bad production for this time of the year, especially depending on how far north you might be. The glut doesn't usually hit until end of July. I think I've pulled about a dozen from my garden so far, but I also have ... well, I think I'm down to 4 or 5 vines now, but it was at 8 at one point and they get full sun almost all day (they get some shade for the first hour or so of the morning).

From:

waterscroll

The 'not ok' was just - it's been four months, there is no end in sight.

From:

mific

Yeah, it's tough. Sending you hugs.

From:

dewline

Posted my complaint for the day on my own account.

From:

teaotter

I've started seeing people again -- distanced, masked visits -- and I'm finding the additional social interaction completely overwhelming.

I'm an introvert, I live with two people, and I've had work phone calls, so I've been pretty comfortable with the amount of contact I've had. I thought I was doing okay, but it appears that my tolerance for social interaction has dropped dramatically. It gets to be too much far more quickly than it used to. I really do want to see my friends! Just for very short visits.

And then I go home and sleep for three hours because it's just too much.

From:

mific

Sending you distance hugs and fluffy blankets!

From:

ex_flameandsong751

I'm on antibiotics right now for an infected tooth that's coming out in two weeks and my body is profoundly unhappy.

I'm terrified that there's going to be another surge of coronavirus cases after the 4th of July weekend right in time for me to deal with this dental issue (which I cannot keep putting off).

This is on top of my normal, everyday run-of-the-mill mental health and chronic illness garbage.

Edited Date: 2020-07-01 07:22 am (UTC)

From:

mific

Damn, but a planned extraction has to be safer than if it got to be an emergency. Fingers crossed it goes smoothly.

From:

ex_flameandsong751

Thank you. I keep telling myself logically my dentist's office practices social distancing and they're really into sanitizing everything, but, yeah.

From:

bktheirregular

Parents and brother cleared quarantine in Athens. Now there's a ton of stuff to deal with, ranging from the mundane (my dad needs a root canal) to the terrifying (Mom and Dad are in their twilight years, Dad's in mental decline, my brother's buckling under the stress of it all), and I'm feeling like I'm just unable to deal with it all. They got traumatized by the lockdown in New York, they're not over it, I'm not sure they'll ever get over it, and I can't handle the spillover.

And then there's the separation anxiety. There are people in the US I want to see again, one in particular, but the EU isn't letting in people from the US because of the COVID situation, which I can't blame them for, and as for me going to the US? The COVID situation pretty much junks that plan too.

So, stressed, depressed, lonely, broken. I've got work, but it's not enough of a distraction.

From:

mific

I really feel for you. I had a stressful few years with my parents, Dad with dementia, and to be coping with something like that in all this mess would be very hard. I hope you have some local friends for support.