Hey there, anyone who's still following *waves*

[feldman]

First up, we're doing okay so far in the household. I'm the only one leaving the house on the regular, because I work in a food bank.

Lemme tell you, the place is hopping. If you need help, find your local food bank at feedingamerica.org for resources and responses in your area. If you want to pitch in, right now we're revising a whole lot of logistics to get more food out there without our usual army of volunteers (we want to distribute food, not virus), so most places should have website info on ways to help (virtual food drives are a thing! so is pestering your various levels of government if they're being shitty).

Part of me wishes I had the chance for time at home that isn't spent recovering, trying to sleep, and prepping for the next day/week. Most of me is grateful to have the distraction and purpose. Be safe.

My parents live with us, but the seventy-somethings are homebodies to start with, and with doctors cancelling non-essential visits and mass for shut-ins booming, we just need to keep them out of the grocery store. Mom is immunocompromised, dad's a survivor of cancer and maxillofacial reconstruction. Save Meijer for when you're really stir-crazy in April. 

"It's not mass for shut-ins!" Mom insists.
"OK boomer," I smile from six feet away as I sanitize the shared kitchen after scrubbing into the house.

Kiddo's thirteen and her hermitage includes a rich online social life with classmates and a couple international friends who live in the computer. She's declaring it an early summer vacation, which is totally valid. She feels bad for a friend who's parents are making him attend mass for shut-ins.

Spouse has shifted to remote work and the way of the househusband. We're trying to find ways to manage his high social connection needs, which are already making him raggedy at the edges. He's a guy who regularly games in person with people in six other non-contiguous states. So far we've kept him from cooking massive amounts of food out of boredom.

Economically, let's just say I've spent a good percentage of the time since the Great Recession building as safe a harbor as I could manage for the next time everything blows up. I'm not thrilled the other shoe is dropping, but we've been lucky enough up until now to rebuild smarter and more flexibly, and also put some slack in the system. Hopefully it will be enough down the road.

Comments

[lunabee34]

*Hugs*

I'm glad y'all are managing.

We're doing okay, too.

[feldman]

*hugs*

[lilacsigil]

Part of me wishes I had the chance for time at home that isn't spent recovering, trying to sleep, and prepping for the next day/week. Most of me is grateful to have the distraction and purpose. Be safe.

I work in pharmacy so same here! Last week was demented, this week is better and people aren't being dicks about social distancing.

[kernezelda]

*hugs* Virtual are the safest kind, now. I've been to several different stores in the past week, and the wide swathes of bare shelves is unsettling, the long lines at multiple registers, etc. I've had more luck at dollar stores in picking up milk, but was able to find fresh produce at several stores. And the Home Depot on Saturday was full of people, some customers wearing gloves, a couple wearing masks, all of the employees everywhere I've been gloved and already weary.

[dantesspirit]

My parents are high risk, so thankfully they've been self isolating unless absolutely needed, in which case, my mom goes and gets prescriptions and groceries, as few times a week as needed.

The rest of my family is also either self isolating because of age, or working from home.

I go out once a week for groceries. The husband's work is still open this week, so far, but they're working to get laptops to the call center people so those who choose, can work from home. We're waiting until we absolutely have no other choice because our internet is so crappy , and because he's the main guy for keeping the computers and such working there.

I have always been a bit of a hermit, so this stay at home if you can thing, doesn't bother me too much. I do miss going to martial arts classes. (Those are now online), but that's about it.

Like you, we've done what we could after the recession to make sure we'd be ok if it happened again. So fingers crossed.

[oracne]

Thank you for the food bank information, I plan to check it out later.