Ha. Day 15 of working from home/staying home with the kids here - this is the second week of the two-week "mandatory" stay home order from the governor. We make it to the grocery store 1-3 times per week, depending on what runs out or what the kids eat all of unexpectedly. Order takeout every 2-3 days. Otherwise, we're here at home. When the weather cooperates, we play out in the yard or go for a walk. Over the weekend, we drove to a local Dog & Suds where you order from the car and they bring it out, like a Sonic). It was a way to take a drive and get out for an hour and do something fun to eat.
I think I've watched Frozen 2 about 30 times in the last 15 days.
My wife is having a hard time, constantly thinking about what she would usually be doing at various times during the week and feeling down that we've had to change our lives and cancel things. It's just out of everyone's control. We've cancelled our vacation in May. My daughter's preschool has been off for weeks and will likely not go back for the rest of the semester. The virus is now entering my suburbs (5-10 known cases), having a nice foothold with over 1,000 cases in Chicago proper and another 1,000 plus in Cook County (which contains and surrounds Chicago). If it continues to expand locally to me, things will be closing in around us. It's spreading outward from Chicago now, through the suburbs.
There have been confirmed cases at local grocery stores and a rumor about one at the McDonald's down the street, though someone else claimed that it was started by an ex employee with a grudge. Local Facebook groups are now in a panic...what do you expect? These are the people going to work and being around tons of other people every day. Every store is going to have employees that test positive.
We just get through each day to wake up and figure out how to get through the next with our kids. At least we don't have e-learning schedules from schools to maintain on top of everything else.
Topic: Coronavirus (Read 433257 times)
