How many of you are directly affected by the Shutdown?

[aurademystere]

Hello, my name is aurademystere and I've been Cruzed.

[eclaires]

Oct 3, 2013 7:07:11 GMT -5 aurademystere said:

Hello, my name is aurademystere and I've been Cruzed.

this made me LOL, but I promise I am not laughing at your pain.

[eclaires]

Also, is there an option for "not yet, but depending on the length, we might be."

[Deleted]

I'm off. Sigh.

[jackie011]

I replied for DH. He's getting a little stir crazy after a day and a half of doing random tasks around the house.

[lishie]

I'm on the furlough list, but we have funding through next Friday, so I'm only Cruzed if the shutdown goes more than 9 work days.

[Deleted]

I'm still in bed nursing a hangover if that tells you anything.

[IIOY]

I actually don't know. My stepfather is a government contractor but it's for the military, so I suppose it's possible he's still doing his thing. In the spirit of being a good member of the family and a decent human being, I probably should ask...

[forreals]

I work for the feds and should be getting paid normally for the time being. Our budget is allocated in advance. I can take leave and everything.
My husband is a Fed and is working for an IOU.

[Ramz-ee]

I don't normally post here, but have been lurking at times like this.

I'm a Fed and I'm furloughed.

[Kattey]

Oct 3, 2013 7:42:02 GMT -5 lishie said:

I'm on the furlough list, but we have funding through next Friday, so I'm only Cruzed if the shutdown goes more than 9 work days.

This is where my husband is at. This week he works, but we'll see how long that lasts. Of course it happens when DD's birthday is in 2 weeks.

[jillboston]

Not affecting me yet - but a lot of my work is funded by HUD (when Congress gets around to funding my programs- which it intermittently fucks with) - anyway - could affect me at some point.

[anonymous]

I working this week but next week I think I'll be mostly cruz'd

[MrsAxilla]

Oct 3, 2013 7:25:06 GMT -5 jackie011 said:

I replied for DH. He's getting a little stir crazy after a day and a half of doing random tasks around the house.

My DH is treating it like the best vacation he ever had!  No stress about someone at work fucking up his shit while he's gone.  He's been staying up late playing video games and sleeping in.  He's been doing stuff on my list, too, just kinda slow.  

[soozy87]

Not at all.

[tef]

Dh. He is bored but we aren't worried....yet. Apparently the whole "but it will keep us safe!!" Is just a suggestion.

[gretchenindisguise]

I am furloughed.

H is on a grant that is already appropriated funds so he should be ok.

My brother is furloughed.

My parents are volunteer camphosts at the national campground outside of DC. For now they are able to stay, not sure if that will change.

[wawa]

I'm working, but my federal contracts (which are 2 of my 3 active jobs) are kinda up in the air and we can't conduct any traffic counts since we're in the DC area and traffic isn't normal. which means I can't start any new studies.

[maclowe]

Furloughed and not liking it one bit.

[sangria]

Hubs and are both feds. H currently working for IOUs, I've been off work on bedrest for 3 months and about to have our baby anytime now.

Oh- and we desperately need a loan on our TSP, but of course nobody seems to be working at TSP to process loans on our own money so...

Yeah, we got Cruzed. Cruz fucked yo.

[Velar Fricative]

Fuck this shit. I am so angry on behalf of all of you affected.

[thejackpot]

My dh is working but his pay is up in the air. They have to report and hope they get some pay or retro pay. Sucks since I am on mostly unpaid maternity leave.

[gretchenindisguise]

Oh and we are vacationing in DC because my brother was supposed to graduate from his three year training program on Friday.

That's canceled now.

Woot woot!

[IIOY]

Oct 3, 2013 9:03:06 GMT -5 cole said:

Mostly lurk here, but I've been Cruzed.

Don't lurk!  Post!

[iamali]

Fourloughed. If it lasts "a couple of weeks, I'm going to be SOL.

Sent from my cardboard box.

[ESF]

I don't know what you people are talking about. Fox News is calling it a slim down. You are just lying about not having a place to go to work.

Andalsoplus the federal courts are open, so I still have to work. This is your fault. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps for crying out loud.

[meshaliuknits]

Not directly effected.

I know a lot of indirectly affected folks, mostly relating to attaining FDA approval for new drugs/devices.

[SusanBAnthony]

We aren't, and probably won't be in my immediate family. My dad works for a state university, and 75% of his job is administering federal grants, so that could get really F'ed up. He is paid by the university, but all his employees are paid by federal money. I don't know if the university would float loans, or he would lay everyone off, or what. If he had to lay off employees he would probably lay himself off part time too. I am guessing that wont happen as long as this is all resolved within a month.

[pinkdutchtulips]

i'm at work ..  federal courts are still operating.

[epphd]

Neither DH nor I is - but I just learned that our entire Cancer Information Services team is furloughed (we host the CIS team). That's 86 employees.

"It's sad to think that a program that serves cancer patients is 'nonessential,'" said the center's director, Nancy Zbaren.

As many as 11,000 people each month turn to the call center, often right after being diagnosed with cancer. Workers provide expert information in two languages about treatment options and even connect patients with clinical trials.

"Those patients are still trying to call us and they're not getting through to us," Zbaren said. "It's horrible."