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Post by scout251 on Mar 13, 2020 23:46:54 GMT
Well, dd1 just spent the past 45 minutes screaming about god knows what so this is a fabulous start to the quarantine. Thank god they’re both in bed now. I’m on my second glass of wine and decided I’m keeping a tally chart of how many glasses I drink before we go back to school. 🍷
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Post by luvboston on Mar 14, 2020 1:45:30 GMT
Fucking kill me it’s 9:44 and we are just doing hw now bc it took 3 hours of fighting. And this weekend math and Hebrew go online I might kill her.
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Post by luvboston on Mar 14, 2020 1:46:49 GMT
Also I had to bribe the boys with a toy each to get them to sleep in a bed I don’t care which without me. Last night I slept on a mattress on the floor it was pure bliss.
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Post by luvboston on Mar 14, 2020 2:01:22 GMT
Teachers: why are the school districts still having April vacation is it contractual? Instead of not having it we are going u til June 22 but can’t go more than that.
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Post by athena on Mar 14, 2020 2:30:56 GMT
DD1 kept crying and saying she didn't want to be homeschooled when we told the kids the news. So this is going to go great.
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Post by spins on Mar 14, 2020 2:41:56 GMT
DD1 kept crying and saying she didn't want to be homeschooled when we told the kids the news. So this is going to go great. yeah mine were both crying hysterically when I told them no school for 2 weeks. |
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Post by luvboston on Mar 14, 2020 3:00:32 GMT
DD1 kept crying and saying she didn't want to be homeschooled when we told the kids the news. So this is going to go great. yeah mine were both crying hysterically when I told them no school for 2 weeks. What is wrong with kids these days I would have been in seventh heaven with no school |
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Post by athena on Mar 14, 2020 3:05:40 GMT
yeah mine were both crying hysterically when I told them no school for 2 weeks. What is wrong with kids these days I would have been in seventh heaven with no school My child is a very social creature. She's afraid of not seeing her friends more than anything, I think. |
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Post by mrscheese on Mar 14, 2020 4:08:26 GMT
We got an email from our pastor tonight informing us that an elderly parishioner with significant underlying health concerns passed away and they have confirmed she had Covid-19. This already all felt so real to me, but this is like slapping me in the face. It's very close to home. I am keeping myself away from the news as much as I can this weekend to try and calm down.
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Post by scout251 on Mar 14, 2020 11:04:24 GMT
DD1 kept crying and saying she didn't want to be homeschooled when we told the kids the news. So this is going to go great. yeah mine were both crying hysterically when I told them no school for 2 weeks. Dd1 is pumped right now but I don’t think she’s really understanding that she will be home this whole time. |
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Post by springbeduk on Mar 14, 2020 11:58:00 GMT
yeah mine were both crying hysterically when I told them no school for 2 weeks. What is wrong with kids these days I would have been in seventh heaven with no school Really? Even in K or 1st grade? I remember being devastated when I had to miss first grade for a week when I had chicken pox. School was way more fun than home. |
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Post by springbeduk on Mar 14, 2020 12:09:38 GMT
Our governor has mandated all schools close on Wednesday until April 6th. We are starting seeds, making syrup, and taking care of all of the outdoor spring chores, so I think we'll stay entertained. I hope. Why starting Wednesday? Seems random. |
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Post by scotty on Mar 14, 2020 13:28:01 GMT
Our governor has mandated all schools close on Wednesday until April 6th. We are starting seeds, making syrup, and taking care of all of the outdoor spring chores, so I think we'll stay entertained. I hope. Why starting Wednesday? Seems random. He waited until Friday at 5PM to make the decision and announcement. Teachers did not have time to prepare or send anything home with kids. We had gotten an email just an hour earlier that our district was planning to stay open, so I'm sure the teachers didn't know until 5 either. |
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Post by comicsans on Mar 14, 2020 14:13:44 GMT
I have a fb friend who’s now on the ground in Italy - military scientist specialized in infectious disease. Really interesting to read her updates. As crazy as it is to me that people here are confused as to whether or not they can leave their houses, she just posted that they are basically on lockdown there. She went out for a walk and was told she’s not allowed to.
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Post by springbeduk on Mar 14, 2020 14:33:43 GMT
I have a fb friend who’s now on the ground in Italy - military scientist specialized in infectious disease. Really interesting to read her updates. As crazy as it is to me that people here are confused as to whether or not they can leave their houses, she just posted that they are basically on lockdown there. She went out for a walk and was told she’s not allowed to. Seems weird to not be supposed to go outside as long as you keep distance from others. Which I guess could be hard in really crowded neighborhoods, but otherwise ... What's the reasoning? |
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Post by comicsans on Mar 14, 2020 14:38:51 GMT
I have a fb friend who’s now on the ground in Italy - military scientist specialized in infectious disease. Really interesting to read her updates. As crazy as it is to me that people here are confused as to whether or not they can leave their houses, she just posted that they are basically on lockdown there. She went out for a walk and was told she’s not allowed to. Seems weird to not be supposed to go outside as long as you keep distance from others. Which I guess could be hard in really crowded neighborhoods, but otherwise ... What's the reasoning? No idea. She seems to also think it’s crazy. Total guess on my part would be not a health risk but being extra cautious as Americans to appear to be cooperating with Italian gov regulations. |
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Post by comicsans on Mar 14, 2020 14:45:14 GMT
My former office space had become my messy crafty space and now needs to become H’s office space. It’s also our throw everything that doesn’t have a place space, so part of our efforts to create a pleasant work environment is getting rid of two old twin boxsprings we will never need. This has now morphed into getting large, broken, unused things out of the basement - most of which came with the house, and removing a large pile of renovation debris from the garage. I don’t fully understand how we got here, but it’s nice to have that all gone after 7 years.
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Post by jennyinheaven on Mar 14, 2020 15:13:54 GMT
My mom and I just got in a fight over coronavirus armageddon. I said I stocked up on some non perishable foods without going overboard and would get some cash to keep in the house in just in case. I also declined her invite to do a family get together since we are supposed to be practicing social distancing. She said I was crazy, lecturing her and blowing it out of proportion. I then tried to explain the whole point in doing this is to slow down virus spread and not overwhelm health systems or our economy/food supply etc. Again I'm nuts...i got off the phone
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Post by jennyinheaven on Mar 14, 2020 15:23:40 GMT
What is wrong with kids these days I would have been in seventh heaven with no school My child is a very social creature. She's afraid of not seeing her friends more than anything, I think. I said it once and I'll say it again our daughters would be besties if we lived closer |
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Post by athena on Mar 14, 2020 15:43:38 GMT
My child is a very social creature. She's afraid of not seeing her friends more than anything, I think. I said it once and I'll say it again our daughters would be besties if we lived closer For sure! |
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Post by footloose on Mar 14, 2020 16:35:04 GMT
I am just here trying to keep living my life as normally as possible. It is March break and my parents had already planned on visiting family with Peyton so she was off this morning all packed and insanely excited for her "vacation" lol. Then is off school for another 2 weeks and has work to do with my parents each day. I joined a second fitness challenge (I am now crazy) so have to go get groceries for that tomorrow morning and hope there is the food I want in the stores. I just doubled up my exercises from BBM and then relaxing for the day. P is coming to visit on Monday afternoon until Wednesday since he had travelled to Florida for work and now is working from home for a couple of weeks. Girl guides has been cancelled for now and I think ballet will be too which sucks as they have their recital in May they need to practice for. Really hoping this can start to level out soon and life can get better for everyone. I am so sorry to hear about one of your parishioners mrscheese |
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Post by athena on Mar 14, 2020 17:09:47 GMT
I am just here trying to keep living my life as normally as possible. It is March break and my parents had already planned on visiting family with Peyton so she was off this morning all packed and insanely excited for her "vacation" lol. Then is off school for another 2 weeks and has work to do with my parents each day. I joined a second fitness challenge (I am now crazy) so have to go get groceries for that tomorrow morning and hope there is the food I want in the stores. I just doubled up my exercises from BBM and then relaxing for the day. P is coming to visit on Monday afternoon until Wednesday since he had travelled to Florida for work and now is working from home for a couple of weeks. Girl guides has been cancelled for now and I think ballet will be too which sucks as they have their recital in May they need to practice for. Really hoping this can start to level out soon and life can get better for everyone. I am so sorry to hear about one of your parishioners mrscheese I'm trying to decide whether or not to cancel Girl Scouts. The council is basically leaving it up to us. Dance is still on right now but only one parent is allowed to attend. Our library is closing after Tuesday. I'm going to try and get the kids over there to get some new books to read while we're stuck at home. |
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Post by springbeduk on Mar 14, 2020 17:16:53 GMT
I'm still hoping our schools don't close but if they do I hope they make the call very soon. We're starting state testing for grades 3-8 next week (which the kids hate because the test sessions are really long) and it's going to really suck if some grades/classes get all their testing done next week and then schools close and testing gets canceled and the other classes/grades get out of testing.
Really the state should just cancel or postpone testing because attendance next week is probably going to be pretty poor (and really, it is probably reasonable for students with health problems or vulnerable relatives in their household to stay home) and schools get penalized if not enough students take the test. But that would be too logical.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 14, 2020 17:20:04 GMT
I felt like a crazy person when I went to the store twice this week and bought some extra things on each trip. Now I’m seeing pictures of empty shelves and long lines locally and I’m so glad I was ahead of the curve on this! My Costco bag of pretzel crisps is low though, so I’ll have that hardship to overcome.
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Post by athena on Mar 14, 2020 17:33:13 GMT
I felt like a crazy person when I went to the store twice this week and bought some extra things on each trip. Now I’m seeing pictures of empty shelves and long lines locally and I’m so glad I was ahead of the curve on this! My Costco bag of pretzel crisps is low though, so I’ll have that hardship to overcome. It's bananas. I don't know why people think they'll need so much toilet paper. H stocked up yesterday, but it's our normal shopping day and had to substitute a bunch of our Normal brands out. |
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Post by scotty on Mar 14, 2020 18:28:12 GMT
I felt like a crazy person when I went to the store twice this week and bought some extra things on each trip. Now I’m seeing pictures of empty shelves and long lines locally and I’m so glad I was ahead of the curve on this! My Costco bag of pretzel crisps is low though, so I’ll have that hardship to overcome. It's bananas. I don't know why people think they'll need so much toilet paper. H stocked up yesterday, but it's our normal shopping day and had to substitute a bunch of our Normal brands out. There were a couple of elderly shoppers at our store today who were very worried they missed the toilet paper. I just went for some milk and cake mixes (both M and DH have birthdays in the next few weeks). Everything was stocked except for toilet paper and clorox products. Bottled water was low too. Why toilet paper and bottled water though? Are they predicting water supplies or power to go out? I'm genuinely confused. |
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Post by jennyinheaven on Mar 14, 2020 18:34:14 GMT
I felt like a crazy person when I went to the store twice this week and bought some extra things on each trip. Now I’m seeing pictures of empty shelves and long lines locally and I’m so glad I was ahead of the curve on this! My Costco bag of pretzel crisps is low though, so I’ll have that hardship to overcome. It's bananas. I don't know why people think they'll need so much toilet paper. H stocked up yesterday, but it's our normal shopping day and had to substitute a bunch of our Normal brands out. Yeah I just needed to shop but did buy a few extra things. I did all my grocery shopping at Walmart because my normal Aldi was bare and bought a bunch of stuff that's not in my usual repertoire. Basically whatever was available still and reasonable. But I figure things like baking bread, making our own granola bars etc will keep us busy. |
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Post by comicsans on Mar 14, 2020 18:41:07 GMT
It's bananas. I don't know why people think they'll need so much toilet paper. H stocked up yesterday, but it's our normal shopping day and had to substitute a bunch of our Normal brands out. There were a couple of elderly shoppers at our store today who were very worried they missed the toilet paper. I just went for some milk and cake mixes (both M and DH have birthdays in the next few weeks). Everything was stocked except for toilet paper and clorox products. Bottled water was low too. Why toilet paper and bottled water though? Are they predicting water supplies or power to go out? I'm genuinely confused. My brother sent me this  |
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Post by jennyinheaven on Mar 14, 2020 18:58:08 GMT
I am just here trying to keep living my life as normally as possible. It is March break and my parents had already planned on visiting family with Peyton so she was off this morning all packed and insanely excited for her "vacation" lol. Then is off school for another 2 weeks and has work to do with my parents each day. I joined a second fitness challenge (I am now crazy) so have to go get groceries for that tomorrow morning and hope there is the food I want in the stores. I just doubled up my exercises from BBM and then relaxing for the day. P is coming to visit on Monday afternoon until Wednesday since he had travelled to Florida for work and now is working from home for a couple of weeks. Girl guides has been cancelled for now and I think ballet will be too which sucks as they have their recital in May they need to practice for. Really hoping this can start to level out soon and life can get better for everyone. I am so sorry to hear about one of your parishioners mrscheese I'm trying to decide whether or not to cancel Girl Scouts. The council is basically leaving it up to us. Dance is still on right now but only one parent is allowed to attend. Our library is closing after Tuesday. I'm going to try and get the kids over there to get some new books to read while we're stuck at home. GS is cancelled here |
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Post by athena on Mar 14, 2020 19:00:07 GMT
I'm trying to decide whether or not to cancel Girl Scouts. The council is basically leaving it up to us. Dance is still on right now but only one parent is allowed to attend. Our library is closing after Tuesday. I'm going to try and get the kids over there to get some new books to read while we're stuck at home. GS is cancelled here I'm leaning that way. Just need to confer with my coleader. |
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