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In reply to the discussion: How is the Virus affecting you personally? [View all]woodsprite
(11,905 posts)Our son is 19yo UD student living at home. So far, his PT customer service job is still calling him in, but I'd be fine if that stopped. His spring break was moved up, and when it's over on the 23rd, it will be only online classes. His GF, who lives about 15 min away with her extended family, has a compromised immune system, is diabetic, has asthma -- so multi-high risk.
My 26yo daughter lives at home and commutes to her last class at Rutgers. The prof doesn't want to do it online since he brings in samples of stuff for hands on, etc. He also lamented how they'd do their final projects (Zoom, WebEx - just pick one).
As for hubby and I, we both have HBP and I'm T2 diabetic. We set up home workstations today, got the freezer cleared out and inventoried. Made a list of easy meals and freezer meals to pull together for our family of 4 (45 days worth). Will go shopping for any missing ingredients tomorrow. I've stocked up on vitamins, leg cramp pills, Tylenol, Advil, and Coricidin HBP Cold/Flu meds, dog food, and dog meds. Hubby and I will both be working from home full time starting on Monday until further notice.
Our choral group has cancelled the rest of our concert season. Church is shuttered at least until March 31st.
My 64yo widowed brother lives about 5 miles away, has emphysema, is on oxygen, and still insists on smoking.
My SIL and BIL live nearby with their families. One's a prepper. One's a prayer. Both families are Trumpers and gun humpers.
MIL/FIL are in the 80s and live in FL. They're fairly active, but Dad has mid-stage Alzheimer's and Mom is starting with macular degeneration. We called to check on them tonight. She said their grocery stock is on the way from Winn-Dixie and that they were isolating themselves.
It feels like a runaway freight train is heading right toward us. Worried about the health of us, all our family and friends. Afraid the GOP is cooking up some way to cancel the elections.
We have plenty to keep us occupied when we're not working as long as we don't get down/out sick. We have exercise equipment, crafts, Hulu/Disney+/Netflix/Prime subscriptions, almost any video game system available, and plenty of difficult puzzles and fun board and card games to play. The pup is going to need to go out for walks, etc. If we get bored with all that, we can always clean and go through old family photos.