I keep thinking of tasty recipes I want to make ... except I don’t have the ingredients, and I just did a big shopping trip on Thursday so I don’t want to go back to the store for another week or two.
Well we had a tornado just touch down in town. We are safe and I have not heard of any damage or injuries yet, so I'm hoping all is good. That was scary. Then as soon as we were safe, my mom called and her house was in the path of a different tornado in a different part of the state. They are now safe too.
I don't know what the fuck is going on between the pandemic and tornadoes hitting mine and my parents' towns, but all this bullshit can cut it out now. I can't handle anymore stress. OK thanks.
I went shopping yesterday at Costco (man alive, they have got this social distancing thing down!). Spent $355 that we really shouldn't be spending with me out of work and DH on the verge. Filled the fridge.
Woke up this am to the fridge door open a few inches. AND the light never turned off, which it usually does after a few minutes of being open, so everything on the top shelf was warm to the touch.
But I'm going to chance most things if they smell ok. I don't have it in me to spend that kind of money again, nor do I want to go back out to the store. At least if we get sick, we're at home....
What was on the top shelf? I'm guessing that most everything will be safe and okay to eat. (It might have a slightly decreased shelf life but since you're probably not eating out as much, I'm guessing you'll use it more quickly than you normally would.)
Eggs, butter tub, pesto sauce, flax seed and one of those prepackaged cheese tortellini things.
Of course I bought three half gallons of milk and they were on top shelf on the other side (lowered). My coffee creamer in the door was fine this am. And DS ate a baby bel today and was fine (all cheese is in a drawer).
No fresh meat since I've decided to clean out my deep freeze, so that's a plus.
I both don't feel like going to work tomorrow and look forward to getting out of the house and a break from the monotony. My husband has to go back in tonight and i iknow he's not looking forward to that. :-(
I've been stressed for weeks about the fact that I booked a non-refundable hotel reservation on my personal credit card for a work conference I'm scheduled to attend mid-May. The conference hasn't actually been cancelled yet, but I am going to be shocked if it's not - and I also may not be allowed to travel on a work trip even if it isn't cancelled. Anyway, I was worried that if I couldn't go that I'd end up being on the hook to pay for it since I assume my state employer isn't going to reimburse me for a trip I didn't take.
Anyway, I checked again today and they have changed the policy so I could cancel and get a full refund. What a relief! That's $750 that I really didn't need to lose right now.
Thankfully I had booked my flight through Southwest, so I can just apply the fare to a future trip.
Well we had a tornado just touch down in town. We are safe and I have not heard of any damage or injuries yet, so I'm hoping all is good. That was scary. Then as soon as we were safe, my mom called and her house was in the path of a different tornado in a different part of the state. They are now safe too.
I don't know what the fuck is going on between the pandemic and tornadoes hitting mine and my parents' towns, but all this bullshit can cut it out now. I can't handle anymore stress. OK thanks.
I am so happy we got Disney+ - it just came out a few days ago here in England. We're working through all the Marvel movies and whatnot. Giving my H and I something else to watch - plus they have so many movies from my youth I want to re-watch. So excited! One silver lining of the virus will be having time to do this.
We just signed up for Disney+ this weekend. I’m so happy we waited, as it has been a nice distraction. There are SO many things we want to watch...some of it is just good for the soul.
I’m usually meh about Disney, but I feel good about supporting them right now. Their decision to close the parks during a VERY busy time of year quite possibly significantly changed the course of this virus. They were one of the first to close, and I’m thankful for that. It really sent the message that this is SERIOUS and they’re willing to put significant money on the line to send that message.
I am so happy we got Disney+ - it just came out a few days ago here in England. We're working through all the Marvel movies and whatnot. Giving my H and I something else to watch - plus they have so many movies from my youth I want to re-watch. So excited! One silver lining of the virus will be having time to do this.
We just signed up for Disney+ this weekend. I’m so happy we waited, as it has been a nice distraction. There are SO many things we want to watch...some of it is just good for the soul.
I’m usually meh about Disney, but I feel good about supporting them right now. Their decision to close the parks during a VERY busy time of year quite possibly significantly changed the course of this virus. They were one of the first to close, and I’m thankful for that. It really sent the message that this is SERIOUS and they’re willing to put significant money on the line to send that message.
I'm trying to hold out before signing up, and am kicking myself for not doing it in November/December or whenever there was the super cheap subscription.
I'm trying to hold out before signing up, and am kicking myself for not doing it in November/December or whenever there was the super cheap subscription.
I think my H said it was like $70 for the year. Totally worth it, especially as he likes to purchase movies. I figure we’re easily saving that much right now in not going out to eat! (However, we’re fortunate that the financial fallout of this looks like it’ll just be him not getting a raise this year and I’ve stopped charging for my hours at work to save our church money...so we’re considering ourselves very fortunate.)
Post by litebright on Mar 29, 2020 17:57:38 GMT -5
I am working ahead on tomorrow's work so that I can go out early in the a.m. to shop. I've made it 10 days without a grocery store trip and it's time. When you're not running to the store multiple times a week, and you may or may not be able to get everything you want/need, a grocery list feels so much more consequential than it did even just a couple of weeks ago. I've been adding to this list for days as things come up, and I'm still worried that I'm going to forget something.
I'm trying to hold out before signing up, and am kicking myself for not doing it in November/December or whenever there was the super cheap subscription.
I think my H said it was like $70 for the year. Totally worth it, especially as he likes to purchase movies. I figure we’re easily saving that much right now in not going out to eat! (However, we’re fortunate that the financial fallout of this looks like it’ll just be him not getting a raise this year and I’ve stopped charging for my hours at work to save our church money...so we’re considering ourselves very fortunate.)
I think there’s also a $10 rebate through Rakuten (formerly eBates).
What was on the top shelf? I'm guessing that most everything will be safe and okay to eat. (It might have a slightly decreased shelf life but since you're probably not eating out as much, I'm guessing you'll use it more quickly than you normally would.)
Eggs, butter tub, pesto sauce, flax seed and one of those prepackaged cheese tortellini things.
Of course I bought three half gallons of milk and they were on top shelf on the other side (lowered). My coffee creamer in the door was fine this am. And DS ate a baby bel today and was fine (all cheese is in a drawer).
No fresh meat since I've decided to clean out my deep freeze, so that's a plus.
I have a HVAC repair person coming tomorrow. Any advice for minimizing contact? He will be mostly in the attic out outside, but will need to look at the thermostat in the hall.
Planning on only talking to him outside, disinfecting before and after, and not being around him at all.
I'm curious what CEP thinks, especially medical folks.
Not medical, but I'm of the opinion that the benefits of this outweighs the risks. This whole situation puts so much strain on us mentally that OCCASIONAL "contact" like this is important for our (collective our) mental health. Obviously, it's not going to be worth the risk for some and that's totally ok. I think if it's done as a "oh god if I don't talk to other adults outside this house I'm going to go crazy" last resort I'm certainly not going to judge anyone for it.
We have one school friend who lives a few blocks away. We have walked to their house a few times so that the kids can trade Pokémon from opposite ends of the driveway while the mom and I chat. I have put the fear of no screens into my kids that they may not leave their side of the driveway. If that’s not acceptable, I’m not going to make it.
Post by InBetweenDays on Mar 29, 2020 21:18:49 GMT -5
Not a medical person. 😊
We haven't done this intentionally, but we've ran into friends while out and about.
@@@ Saw a friend and his son walking while I was running yesterday so we chatted for a few minutes but stayed more than 6' away. DD's friend biked by our house with her dad so we went out to say hi. Stayed behind the fence in our front yard and they were in the street. A friend stopped by to pick up some books I left on the front porch. I opened the door and said hello from the door while she was in the sidewalk. Etc. That's been adequate for me, but we live in an urban neighborhood so there are always people walking/biking by so I haven't felt a complete lack of social interaction.
I'm curious what CEP thinks, especially medical folks.
Not medical, but I'm of the opinion that the benefits of this outweighs the risks. This whole situation puts so much strain on us mentally that OCCASIONAL "contact" like this is important for our (collective our) mental health. Obviously, it's not going to be worth the risk for some and that's totally ok. I think if it's done as a "oh god if I don't talk to other adults outside this house I'm going to go crazy" last resort I'm certainly not going to judge anyone for it.
I did this with two friends today. We pulled into a large parking lot for one of the soccer fields in town. Stayed 6 feet apart and in the back of our SUVs and chatted for an hour. I'm not sure I'm going to make it another month if we can't do things like this occasionally. My depression is really kicking into high gear with all of this and I need to see people other than my H and son to stay sane. However, I will say I was nervous the whole time. People kept driving through the parking lot and staring at us. Someone also took a picture of us from the road, and I was nervous it was going to end up on one of our town FB pages or something. A police officer also drove by - I definitely thought he was going to break us up, but he just said "looks like social distancing at its finest" and moved on, lol. All in all, it was more stressful than it needed to be, but I'm not discounting doing it again. I'm definitely interested in other opinions on this though.
As I mentioned earlier, I did talk to a neighbor today. From 6’ at least, on the sidewalk today. It was the first person I’d talked to in person in well over a week. Before that, it was the vet tech, from the car. Well, and H stops by once a week to bring Diet Coke and mow the lawn. Sanity!
And I get that it might not be the best. Probably bc it’s too easy to break the 6’ bubble. But mental sanity... I don’t know
I'm curious what CEP thinks, especially medical folks.
I’m not a medical person either. I’ve been wondering about this as well ... is socializing like this truly a medical risk, or is more a matter of “if you give an inch they’ll take a mile”? Where they don’t want to encourage this because then people may think it’s ok to get a little closer, and then a little closer, and closer still?
I feel bad because it’s my mom’s birthday tomorrow and Easter is coming up. I’ve talked with MH about visiting and just sitting in the backyard on opposite ends of the table. Probably not wise.