Procedure ~ma for your mom, Strix!

Thanks, everyone. He sends his thanks as well.

Glad you're home, meara.

Calm~ and procedure~ma to you and your mom, Strix.

Glad you made it back smoothly, meara

Congrats, Maria!

Yeah, it's going to be rough here. The Entertainment industry is getting clobbered financially, and the smallest companies. like mine, are the tip of the spear. It truly is the worst possible timing for much of the entertainment industry. January and February and two of the slowest months every year, so most folks and small companies deplete whatever reserves they have during those months. So the really kick in the shins is the this is hitting when the gas tank is already on empty.

Sigh.

I'm so sorry, ND.

My oldest brother has 4 restaurants in Chicago, and they're getting hammered as well. Switching to take-out and delivery for places that pride themselves on being homey neighborhood spots with a great beer list -- well, it's not looking good.

I consciously stayed away from the news today but it sounds like a lot of governors are making the decisions that the federal government won't or can't.

Mom is home safe in Louisville. Sound... well, we won't know that for another 14-21 days, will we? Her flight and her terminal were both on the quiet side so hopefully her garbage immune system was not subjected to anything too taxing.

I got word from the law firm that they're shutting down as of today and I won't be able to work remotely so now I have no job at all. I have some unemployment available (thank God) but I've never lived on just that and it will run out eventually so it's pretty daunting.

Things are going to be weird for a while.

Strix, procedure~ma!

Maria - that's wonderful! Congratulations!

And all - take care. So many I worry about. I wish there was something more to be done. Something that I could do.

Maria, congratulations! Happy news in al this chaos is such a breath of fresh air. Life goes on, two good people build a life together. That's so important and so happy-making. MedicGuy is a lucky guy indeed, and with such a good taste!

ND and Pix - I wish there were anything I could do other than keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. It's such a hard time for everybody, but harder for some.

Strix, I hope all goes well with you're mother's procedure, its results, and all that's involved in that. And you.

meara, welcome home! In your honor, I do a (little) meara!

Kate, Trudy, Sophis, Sue, Laura, Zen, suela, aurelia, -t, sj, Hil, amyparker, lisah, Theo, Katerina Bee, billytea, Fiona, Una, bennett, Rick, dcp, Sue, Dana, Calli, Tom, Toddson, Fred, sparky, hippocampus, Beverly, Atropa, Gris, Epic, sarameg, Debet, PMM, Vortex, Matt, msbelle, Amy, Jesse, Jessica, flea, DxM, shrift, askye, Sheryl, Cindy, Cash, Hec, JZ, Teppy, Shir - oh, goodness, all of you. Sorry if I've missed your name in my quick scroll. You too.

I just wish there were anything, anything at all, that any one of us could do, to just make things a little easier. A little less scary and difficult. I mean, for me, part of it is you. I'm still in quarantine (until Thursday evening) and I have been for a week now. It's so difficult, and yet during this time of being alone in a room, not being able to touch any other human being, not being able to be there for my family, for PiBoy and Pi++Girl, I can reach out to all over the world and be as not-alone as one possibly can while still alone in a room. And it's not just a technical matter. It's much more meaningful and emtional.

I find that the longer the quarantine, the more I become a needy needing-outside-approval needy of a sap. I let go more and more of the technical stuff, because really there's nothing I can do from in here, and I have to trust the emotional well-being of these two wonderful children that are supposed to be in my care, the care I'm not allowed to give right now.

So I'm alone in a room without my immediate family, because that's the responsible thing to do for the bigger - well, not family. But still. For the bigger community. My town, my countly, the whole world. It's that big. And in being alone, one person behind a closed door in one room, that's what is actually connecting me to the ever-growing circles of the outside world. And you.

And now, I should return to learning how to efficiently teach online. Connect to my student and fellow lecturers, as well, I guess.

Thank you, all, for being here. Take care.

I have gotten 1.5 hours if patchy sleep, my mother has gotten none, she's taking the 2nd half of her prep mix RN, and she hasn't stopped shitting since 8 p.m.

I haven't gotten any sleep and my 76 y.o. mother is currently weeping hysterically at 430 a.m. at the thought of sitting in her own shit between starting on the way to the hospital from the house, to the prep suite.

Also my mom's house only has one bathroom, and MY stomach reacts badly to anxiety. And I just started my first cup of coffee. This is, quite literally, a shitshow.

Thank you for the -ma; we are in need of it desperately rn.

Oh, Strix. Hugs from afar and all the possible ¬ma.