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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 Friday) to midnight (8pm Saturday Eastern Time).

Poll #23762 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 74

How are you doing?

I am OK
62 (83.8%)

I am not OK but I don't need help right now
11 (14.9%)

I could use some help
1 (1.4%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
28 (38.4%)

One other person
26 (35.6%)

More than one other person
19 (26.0%)

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.

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From:

dine

I went for a short (20 minutes) drive about, mostly for a change of scenery. I hit my fave local coffee stand for a mocha, and then felt hypocritical, as I'd earlier backed out of plans to have someone come over for coffee. I really want to spend time with an actual friend, but she's an essential worker, and thus around people, and being around her - even if we didn't touch - felt more dangerous than getting coffee from a guy wearing gloves

isolation sucks

From:

feng_shui_house

I'm panicking myself a bit tonight, by reading about doomsday stuff and how it applies to my local area as in, headless chickens in charge, chief chicken is actually an ostrich & thinking PSAs about hand-washing is all he needs to do for the citizenry. Ah, well...

Still sewing face masks. I think I should give at least one to my mail-carrier- I don't think the USPS gives them ANYTHING- I did catch a glimpse of him with blue nitrile gloves but honestly, not so much as a bandana?

From:

dewline

I'm considering pulling one of my winter scarves out of closet storage. I'd have to wash the thing a lot more regularly. It would be far from perfect, by itself or in tandem with that "one moose length" distancing recommendation and other tactics, but it would be at least one more thing I could do when I have to travel.

From:

feng_shui_house

*nods* Anything is better than nothing. Heck, you could maybe cut part of a t-shirt to make a mask. Whatever you use, they recommend washing it after one use, so probably a good idea to have more than one coverup.

From:

goddess47

Went grocery shopping for the first time since we've self-quarantined -- two stores, Sam's club (big box) and the local grocery store I normally go to... made a list so I could essentially buy enough for at least 3 if not 4 weeks, worst case is to run out for some milk. The good news is that we have a second fridge in the basement and we've turned that on and put most of the new food in it... I know cold doesn't necessarily do anything, but I can isolate the food that needs to be in the fridge and bring it out as I need it...

But it's more than I've done in the past few weeks, so I'm exhausted tonight.

But it's a good problem for today.

From:

mific

Here's a good vid about making no-sew masks out of bandanas or handkerchiefs. Plus you can put a filter in it from a vacuum cleaner bag if you have that available. No need to cut any clothes up! https://youtu.be/lOe_8z8k01U

From:

mecurtin

Give 2 masks to the mail-carrier: one to wear and one to wash.

I worry very much about everyone I know in FL, because you're heading for ... well, it'll be BAD. PLEASE keep isolating as hard as you can.

From:

feng_shui_house

Yes, definitely 2 and write on the baggie- 'wash before use, just in case'.

I mean, I've been isolated since March 17 and don't think I've ever had any symptoms-- but who knows? Best to be as careful as you can.

I was just reading a depressing bit about my area- the zip code one number next to mine (really same place) has the highest number of cases-- of course this only among the people tested- and they're only testing people over 65 years old who are showing symptoms. So the stats are misleadingly small.

I'm hunkering down as long as I can.

From:

st_aurafina

I worked which is always rough lately, but my dispensary-tech-in-training had her first real day as on her own with me dispensing, and she did great. I'm really proud of her, because working pharmacy at the moment is scary as hell, but she was awesome.

From:

lexin

I tried to set up a delivery for 24 April, but despite the fact that I was lying in wait on Tesco's website from 11:50, by the time my turn came up all the slots had gone. I will try again tonight.

I'm expecting a delivery between 14:00 and 15:00 today, and I'm really looking forward to it.

From:

wenchpixie

It took me a couple of night to get through the tesco ticketmasteresque queuing system to get a slot towards the end of the month, but I did eventually get it. Good luck!

From:

mecurtin

I LOVE your icon there.

Is your work so rough because of the higher-ups, or because you're on the front lines? That is DEFINITELY scary.

From:

we_are_spc

I have three dollars to my name. I couldn't pay my room mates the full $675 I usually do because by the time I had stuff left from being in the hole, I only had $308. I gave them $3-00 and had to spend five of the $8 left to restart my CPAP supplies.

I won't have enough to pay the rest of my bills this month unless I get a stimulous check (Because SSA benefits), and I'm concerned that the financial stress of not being abole to keep enough tocover expenses constantly (Like being in the hole every month since last year) has done permanent damage to my brain. :(

It's really wrecking me today. I want to cry. Almost constantly. The only reason I don't is because I can find music, do chores, and breathe. But...falling apart is...all I wanna do lately.

-T~

From:

st_aurafina

Thank you! I was having a bad day at work once, and my GF wrote that on an actual label and stuck it on my monitor. It made me so happy that I made an icon of it.

Yeah, I'm frontline, single pharmacy in a small town. It's been pretty good, comparatively? No fights, not much aggression beyond words, just really busy.