One of the big-deal tasks I had today was taking a huge lunch-for-forty over to a local church that puts on a Lenten Wednesday Lunch for the local homeless and parishioners, made up in our residence kitchens. Alas, this was the last one they'll be doing this Lent, the rest of the month has now been cancelled by the church.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Mar 11, 2020 2:50:16 pm PDT #17432 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Laura - Mar 11, 2020 2:59:59 pm PDT #17433 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Italy has now closed all businesses except pharmacies, grocery stores, and banks.
I'm not a worrier by nature and that hasn't changed, but I am aware that this can get quite bad.
Good to hear, ND. Here's hoping you can ride through this with alternate contract options.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2020 3:00:45 pm PDT #17434 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't understand what working parents of pre-teens are supposed to do if the schools go on-line or just close. They have to quit their jobs too? this could rapidly spiral into a depression.
Not to be overly pessimistic, but everyone who has jobs you can't do from home is about to be laid off anyway, right? Uggghhhhh.
I am hoping the two people with presumptive cases on my campus are the same two people in my city, but I basically doubt it...
Jesse - Mar 11, 2020 3:01:33 pm PDT #17435 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just had my last yoga class for the duration, and my teacher is right that we should be meditating! I felt pretty good during the class itself!
DXMachina - Mar 11, 2020 3:08:41 pm PDT #17436 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It should be very interesting to see how WebEx and Zoom handle the load once everyone comes back from Spring Break. To say nothing of local internet services.
Yeah, I am wondering about this as well.
Me, too. Connecticut has a hard enough time keeping our online systems up and running under normal loads.
Theodosia - Mar 11, 2020 3:31:45 pm PDT #17437 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I picked a hell of a year to start working with assisted-living. At least I don't have to worry about my job going 'away' though it's more likely I'll end up doing more cleaning and general helping if enough of our staff end up not able to work.
msbelle - Mar 11, 2020 3:35:19 pm PDT #17438 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Theo - have they tested you at your work?
-t - Mar 11, 2020 3:45:05 pm PDT #17439 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just checked niece's school and they are cancelling classes in advance of spring break but keeping the campus open. Nephew's college is extending spring break to the end of the month. Don't know if he's going home or what
Jessica - Mar 11, 2020 3:49:30 pm PDT #17440 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FWIW, somebody I know here in MA is on home quarantine because their coworker in the next cubicle over has tested positive. So I'm kind of 2 degrees of separation now.
Same - a friend's coworker (who she doesn't work with or even know but is in the same building) tested positive so now her entire family is quarantined while they wait to be tested. If any of them have it, probably half the school district does too.
Amy - Mar 11, 2020 3:56:33 pm PDT #17441 of 30019
Because books.
Our local university just announced that classes will resume online only after March 30 -- students were supposed to be back from spring break on Monday. I heard from someone local that WCU has twenty homeless and food-vulnerable students, and I have no idea what's going to happen to them.
It's hard to tell if we're seeing less traffic in the bakery yet. Definitely this weekend was a little bit slower than usual. I have no idea what will happen if we have to close -- we only have six people total on staff, and if one of us gets sick, it's pretty likely more will, too. Then again, we do clean and sanitize everything multiple times a day, and we all wash our hands constantly anyway.