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mare:
Hey everyone! I know we all don’t really post much anymore but since most of us are stuck indoors for the foreseeable future, I thought it would be nice to open a new thread to see how everyone is doing. How are you coping?

So check in and tell us how you all are doing!

RokofAges75:
Hey!  I'm so glad to see someone post here.  This whole situation is surreal.  School has been out for a week now, and it still feels so weird.

My district wasn't equipped for full-on online learning because we're not one-to-one with technology yet and, since I teach in a low-income area, not all our students have a computer or even internet at home. We sent home paper "remote learning packets" that the kids are to work on. For me, working from home so far basically equates to sending daily communication and just being available to answer questions from parents or students as needed. I've been spending a few hours each morning talking to the kids on Google Classroom and have started recording myself reading so we can continue our class read-aloud. I genuinely miss seeing my students, but it's also nice to be able to spend my time interacting with the ones who actually care about learning and not disciplining the ones who don't give a shit.  And of course I'm loving not having to get ready and put on real clothes in the morning.

Other than that, life doesn't feel much different for me yet.  I had to go to work last Monday and chose to go to work Thursday and Friday to help hand out packets, so I've basically only been quarantined for the weekend.  But being an introvert, I'm more than happy to practice social distancing and live like a hermit at home by myself.

My sister was sick last week and tested negative for the flu.  They refused to test her for Corona because she hadn't traveled or had any known exposure.  There are not many tests available in my area, so apparently they're only testing people sick enough to be hospitalized, which was not her.  She self-isolated for a week and is feeling a lot better now, so I'm not sure if she really had it or was just being paranoid.  I'm betting there have been a lot more cases than they're reporting, though, especially since they're not testing a lot of people with symptoms.  So far everyone else in my family has been fine, thank goodness.  I haven't actually seen my sister in weeks, so if she did have it, I wasn't exposed.

How's everyone else doing?

FrickingKaos:
I'm doing okay. I still have to work because I work in a grocery store. Hours got severely cut at my evening job. I work for ShopRite and they're giving us a 2 dollar raise that started today and ends in May. We also get free breakfast and day crew gets free lunch. It's nice considering I usually work 48 hours a week and am now working 54 hours. I had to cancel my trip to Disneyland that I was doing in May. So far my town only has one case that I know of
When I'm not working I stay at home. Everything is closed here. There's a cerfew after 9pm so we have to show a special letter in case we get pulled over by the police proving where we work.

RokofAges75:
I'm glad they're treating you well at ShopRite, Tracy!  Thank you for helping keep people supplied with what they need during this.  I'm so sorry you had to cancel your trip. Hopefully you'll be able to reschedule for when this is over.

Oh wow... no curfew here yet, but I could see one being enacted if they think people aren't taking the lockdown order seriously enough.  I wish people would just follow directions and stay home.

mare:
I have to say I’m really grateful that I am not living alone anymore. I do t know what I would’ve done during this whole isolation thing. Not so much the being alone part, I enjoy my alone time, but the shopping part. I would’ve never been able to do that!

Tracy I give you so much credit for showing up to work and dealing with all the crap I’m sure you have to put up with. Anyone working in retail are the real heroes in this! I hope you get to go on your vacations! I’m hoping that things will settle down by September because I’d very much like to still go to my concert. We’ll see I guess.

Have they extended the amount of time you’ll be out of school, Julie? I’m thinking they are going to say this is it. Washington announced today that their school year is over. I can’t even imagine being a senior in high school or college and finding out the school year is over. How will that work? Do we just act like this year didn’t happen and just restart next year? And what about all the education majors who still have to student teach to get their degrees?

If I was still teaching, I would’ve had to use Zoom to do group lessons online but a lot of my former colleagues are saying there is a delay and sound problems. Plus so many kids do t have access to a computer and a ton of them left their instruments at school not realizing how long they’d be off.

As far as me dealing with things, honestly since I’ve moved up here I rarely leave my house. I used to go grocery shopping once every two weeks but since I have 2 auto immune diseases I haven’t left at all since this thing started. Ironically enough, I’ve not felt well for the last week. I have a cough and sore throat and headache. There’s really no way I could’ve caught this thing though. I’m worried about my mom. She lives alone and is also high risk plus she’s undergoing chemo for breast cancer. She seems to be doing well so far.

I wish people would just stay home and listen to all the medical experts out there. It doesn’t help that we have such a joke of a president who lacks empathy and only cares about himself and his money.

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