Connecticut just announced we are doing online classes for the rest of the semester. Joy.
Someone at our school set up an online petition demanding that classes be marked pass or fail this semester because of the stress on the students.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
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.
DXMachina - Mar 18, 2020 8:46:11 am PDT #18067 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Toddson - Mar 18, 2020 9:02:05 am PDT #18068 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In regard to the fathers (any mothers?) who are not taking precautions, I saw a story about an older couple - in their 70s, I believe - who announced to their adult daughters that they'd booked and were still planning on taking a cruise this month. Leaving from a virus hotspot. Both daughters called them up and yelled at them until they decided that maybe they should cancel.
meara - Mar 18, 2020 9:25:33 am PDT #18069 of 30019
Owen is driving?!? Wow.
Since seattle is ahead of the curve I had gone and bought several hand lotions before leaving on my trip the other week, because my hands were already getting super dry from washing!!
Dana - Mar 18, 2020 9:30:30 am PDT #18070 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm pretty sure Ryan is like 6 years old, so I don't know what this high school nonsense is.
Based on the possibility that maybe I'm sick based on some vague blood test results, it's fun trying to figure out how to act at home. Right now, I'm trying not to touch common surfaces. I have no coughing or anything, but based on research, you can maybe be asymptomatic for as long as 11 days?
Can I actually keep from touching things that long? That's a lot of using my t-shirt or a paper towel to open doorknobs.
lisah - Mar 18, 2020 9:51:32 am PDT #18071 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Why are cruises even still a thing right now??
-t - Mar 18, 2020 9:56:26 am PDT #18072 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cruises should not be a thing now!
All y'all with these outlandish stories of your tiny children driving cars and going to high school, I'm not buying it. That's just silly.
-t - Mar 18, 2020 10:03:21 am PDT #18073 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Some days following the Meal Combination Spreadsheet gets me tuna & oatmeal, sometimes it's black beans and tortillas. Today is the latter.
Theodosia - Mar 18, 2020 10:10:18 am PDT #18074 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"
In a weird sort of turnaround, the staff is now using the big dining room for lunch, each of us sitting at a large table well separated. The acoustics are actually pretty good, even with the separation, and it's a good thing to be sitting and comparing notes. The office staff is meeting individually with each resident to discuss the menu this week and address concerns/get feedback.
I fell in with a good crew, I think, and if I have to have something to distract me during this crisis and feel like I'm making a difference, this is it.
(Or as I was putting it earlier: "The good news is that I have a job. The bad news is that I can't work from home doing it.")
Shir - Mar 18, 2020 10:31:21 am PDT #18075 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I'm pretty sure Ryan is like 6 years old
Right there with you.
-t - Mar 18, 2020 10:33:29 am PDT #18076 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is good to hear, Theo! I'm glad y'all are finding ways to manage.