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[twistedchick]

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 Sunday Eastern Time).

Poll #23809 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 79

How are you doing?

I am OK
72 (91.1%)

I am not OK but I don't need help right now
7 (8.9%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
34 (43.6%)

One other person
22 (28.2%)

More than one other person
22 (28.2%)

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

[minim_calibre]

You know, the fact that I am overwhelmingly busy with my day job at this time is kind of a curse as I try to figure out how to make my child's 15th birthday, which is Monday, feel special when she can't see anyone or do anything fun and both her parents are swamped and stuck in meetings.

But I got to see my mother from a distance once again as we did a quick emergency supply run for them when they ran out of CBD cream and capsules. (Mostly, this consisted of me talking to her from the street--as I've mentioned, my parents live on a hill, so street level is basically two stories down from the part of the house they live in--on my cell phone and telling her to get the empty jam jars were taking away out to the deck so that I could bring the box of stuff I was carrying up. Once I carried it up, I waved to Dad through the window, grabbed the box of returned jars, and went back down to the street. Then Mother came back out to the deck to shout hello to her grandchild. It was almost comical.)

[jb_slasher]

Still having trouble sleeping, well, falling asleep rather than actually staying asleep. Adding a vitamin D supplement to help with the magnesium, and changing up the type of magnesium, we'll see if that helps.

Cut my hair so I now have short bangs again, yay.

Went for a walk with a friend which was really nice.

Watched the first two episodes of Vagrant Queen which is a lovely (literally) colourful scifi romp of a show. Great distraction.

Did more dishes.

I thought I had a new routine down but I'm going to try changing it to better mirror my usual workday routine. See if that helps with the sleeping issues as well.

[fred_mouse]

I've managed to break the endlessly swapping between Facebook and tumblr, and scrolling, scrolling, looking for something new that has chewed through my time recently. I might be fixating on another task, which is going to make going back to work on Tuesday difficult, but I don't care about that now, because it is giving me purpose.

[we_are_spc]

I'm vassilating being okay (Which I sort of am right now) and being overwhelmed due to a situation that means an unknown future in a lot of ways, and it's freaking scary.

...

And I still worry about my parents in FL. Especially my dad who has a few conditions that make him vulnerable, and I wonder if I'll ever get to give him a hug...and hear him tease me as always he does.

...

OK, so I'm otherkin, my elven language is trying to spit out of my fingers. xd

But I have breakfast, I have coffee, so right now I think i'm okay-ish...for the moment.

-T~

[feng_shui_house]

Went out and mowed the front yard today- the little butterflies that like the weed flowers will be disappointed- saw two live human beings from about 12 feet away. Person walking past on the sidewalk, and Fed Ex delivering replacement for the cat food that arrived split open.

(Split open bag of kibble has been left in the yard feeding neighborhood homeless cats, so not a total waste.)

I cling to my home-cave and my computer and my sewing machine and my cat. Fingers crossed they all continue to function as normally, or else I would be a spiral of nNooooOOOooooo.

[twistedchick]

I am waking up tense, with tight shoulders, for no good reason after 8 hours of sleep. I think it's a physical side effect of 'cabin fever' -- just not going anywhere. Walking will help -- but with cooler temps, intermittent rain and storm warnings, I suspect it would be wiser to move the chairs and do tai chi indoors today, for a long time.

[we_are_spc]

Yeah, I need movement too. I managed to walk today, but i've got the same symptoms of cabin fever you do.

-T~

[lexin]

I'm struggling with sleep issues partly because I tend to fall asleep during the day. Though today it was because I ate a big meal at lunchtime and then fell into a postprandial coma which lasted four hours. So now I'm awake and don't want to go to bed.