There is so much disruption, -t! Having a pandemic on top of all the usual craziness that is this life is just not very well planned. Get it together universe!

JZ and family - I hope dad continues to recover. Also hope your symptoms remain mild. David, could you sleep on Matilda's bed and have her take the couch? kids seem less bothered by sleeping surfaces.

Trudy - I hope it is just allergies for the house, but better safe than sorry.

Cash - I think my county might be similar. Anyone that can telework has been told to telework, but anyone else must either be at work or use time. We are letting people borrow time and also give time to co-workers if needed.

Telework applications seem to have slowed today, so I am not sure what I will be able to do. I sent an email to my Dept asking and have heard nothing back. If no one else is in the office from my Dept, I could go in and stamp a signature on all these applications and scan in those page to the new electronic filing system that I have set up.

I walked laps in the backyard this morning. It was a nice break from this morning of waking up to speakerphone calls from matt's mom and then him deciding to turn of the tv and then immediately going to take a shower with music playing. I asked him to mute the tv (why? he asks, why because you won't be watching it so whats the point of having the sound on). PArt of my problem is living with 2 people who have to have sound around them to feel comfortable.

Charleston SC has issued a 2 week shelter in place for the city but McMasters hasn't done anything further about the state.

Was very happy to see a relief package has been approved by Congress. Talked to Dad yesterday and he was kind of frustrated at the Democrats for not signing things but I explained they were fighting for oversight so that business couldn't get bailout money and then use it for stock buy backs or immediately fire people so they could gain more profits. He grudgingly said he was on the Dems side for that. This is a huge victory -- 1 that we are able to talk about politics at all and 2- him even acknowledging that he agrees with anything from Democrats.

And I just got a peek at my paycheck-- they did not reduce my hourly pay! At least not for this check and between that and the way they manipulated our hours for commission I got a bigger paycheck than my last one. My next one will be smaller because no commission and fewer hours but this is a huge relief.

Yay, for a good paycheck, askye!

We just put beef and barely stew in the crock pot for dinner tonight, and of course just as I was typing this post my electricity went out. Luckily, it came back on after a few minutes, but I did have a minute of damn is the apocalypse progressing to the next level?!?

That's scary these days, sj! Glad it didn't last long!

Askye that sounds like a good plan. And I hear you—my sister and brother in law keep the tv on at all times and it makes me a little crazy when I visit.

I couldn't live in a home like that. Except during prime time or when I'm running a dishwasher cycle, my cats are the noisiest thing in my apartment.

Husband has another interview with the people in Florida on Friday, so qualified yay?

My mother would always turn on the TV - loudly, since her hearing was going - any time she came home. And, at night, she had to have the radio going (also loudly). Nearly killed me one night when I was staying with her and was desperate for sleep and her radio was going all night (I slipped in and turned it off and, without completely waking up, she turned it back on).

learning to be in quiet is a very important skill for some. Sleeping in quiet moreso.

My favorite living environment is the sound of silence. I would go insane if I had to listen to TV all the time.

One of my jobs was torture because they played different music in two rooms and I could hear both. It felt like my brain was trying to twist itself into a spiral shape trying to escape.