Scrappy, my condolences. Regardless of age, it still hurts to lose people we love.

Much coping~ma for the parents with kids at home. Do what you need to do to survive.

Amy, hours that have been cut make you eligible to apply for unemployment in PA. Get on the website and apply ASAP.

Scrappy, I'm so sorry for your losses.

Thanks, Maria!

Virtual hugs to everyone -- Scrappy, Strix, all of us. What a time to be alive?

I'm sorry, Scrappy.

It is probably a good thing you are all remote because I don't think I could not give hugs.

My sister said she was calling her doctor and requesting her visit be changed to a phone visit. Both my FL siblings are pretty much self quarantining because of their health issues.

Strix, let us know how things go with your mother. Sending more ~ma.

{{{Scrappy}}} I'm so sorry

Jesus. A friend on Facebook just posted a picture of his 94-year-old mother pushing a cart in a grocery store, saying how he always takes her to run errands on Mondays and offered to just take her grocery list and shop for her today so she could stay home. But she said no, she wanted to get out of the house and shop herself, so my friend took her and even said how proud he was of her for "not living in fear."

I never thought this friend was particularly stupid, but I am rapidly revising that opinion. Sure. Indulge your 94-year-old mother's death wish and take her to the grocery store that's become an even worse petri dish than usual. And then brag about it on social media.

Monday morning and my doctors are calling me looking to set up telemedicine options for seeing their patients.

And I am about to eat an egg salad sandwich for lunch. Prepared egg salad on Ezekiel bread because Whole Foods was out of eggs and any other kind of bread. It's all good. I didn't want to make egg salad anyway.

Oh, Steph, I meant to say, I have a local friend who has lived through two brain aneurysms, including surgeries, and she just had her first manuscript accepted for publication. So there's hope for your friend! What a thing, though -- emergency brain surgery must be terrifying. I hope he's healing well.

So there's hope for your friend! What a thing, though -- emergency brain surgery must be terrifying. I hope he's healing well.

Last time I checked with his wife, she said he was doing pretty well. He just has a lot of recovery in front of him.

A friend on Facebook just posted a picture of his 94-year-old mother pushing a cart in a grocery store

Good grief! Just stay home people! Yes, I get some people can't, but the rest of them need to stop. The only time I left the house so far was to drive my son to work and I didn't get out of the car. I'll happily go for walks or to the beach if I get restless, or even to pick up take out, but otherwise the world will only see my virtual presence.