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In some ways, the quarantine is a blessing on our house - maybe for a little while we can stop getting sick.
My throat's better, but still screwed up. Did a consult call with the ENT after he had to cancel my follow up. Continuing the pile of drugs until they run out. Then...wait. We'll try to pick up tests and treatment again on the other side. It doesn't hurt as much as it did, but it still hurts sometimes, and there's a chunk of my vocal range (speaking! I don't even try to sing) that's just not there at the moment.
Having both of us work from home while basically homeschooling ARR has been challenging. Keeping him on task requires a fair amount of effort, which is hard to do while we're both, y'know, working. It doesn't help that work has become a massive fire drill - we sell software that is particularly applicable in this situation, so it's all hands on deck emergency levels. I'm in the process of running more than a dozen webinars. One last week went so badly on the backend...I covered it, and was charming and warmly professional and people were super understanding and went away satisfied with their experience. And then I literally had to change clothes afterwards because I was soaked to the skin in sweat.
I tried really hard to set up a whole system of schedules and clearing everything away at the end of the day. It has not survived encounter with the enemy. We're muddling along anyway.
But we're ok. We both have jobs, and look unlikely to lose them in the near future. We have plenty of food and there's no sign of that not continuing. (Specific items are a crapshoot, especially chicken and bread, but we can make our own bread and there are plenty of proteins. There is no lack of calories, especially since Chuckro and I are inventive and accomplished cooks and can and will eat almost anything. ARR is slightly more difficult, but nothing insurmountable.) ARR is learning, even against his will, but school has not stopped altogether.
I planted a window full of seeds for the summer, partially on the assumption that I might not be able to easily purchase annuals. Every day more of them sprout and grow. A volunteer morning glory that snuck into the mint plant I brought in back in the fall bloomed today. Watching something change for the better is a balm.
My throat's better, but still screwed up. Did a consult call with the ENT after he had to cancel my follow up. Continuing the pile of drugs until they run out. Then...wait. We'll try to pick up tests and treatment again on the other side. It doesn't hurt as much as it did, but it still hurts sometimes, and there's a chunk of my vocal range (speaking! I don't even try to sing) that's just not there at the moment.
Having both of us work from home while basically homeschooling ARR has been challenging. Keeping him on task requires a fair amount of effort, which is hard to do while we're both, y'know, working. It doesn't help that work has become a massive fire drill - we sell software that is particularly applicable in this situation, so it's all hands on deck emergency levels. I'm in the process of running more than a dozen webinars. One last week went so badly on the backend...I covered it, and was charming and warmly professional and people were super understanding and went away satisfied with their experience. And then I literally had to change clothes afterwards because I was soaked to the skin in sweat.
I tried really hard to set up a whole system of schedules and clearing everything away at the end of the day. It has not survived encounter with the enemy. We're muddling along anyway.
But we're ok. We both have jobs, and look unlikely to lose them in the near future. We have plenty of food and there's no sign of that not continuing. (Specific items are a crapshoot, especially chicken and bread, but we can make our own bread and there are plenty of proteins. There is no lack of calories, especially since Chuckro and I are inventive and accomplished cooks and can and will eat almost anything. ARR is slightly more difficult, but nothing insurmountable.) ARR is learning, even against his will, but school has not stopped altogether.
I planted a window full of seeds for the summer, partially on the assumption that I might not be able to easily purchase annuals. Every day more of them sprout and grow. A volunteer morning glory that snuck into the mint plant I brought in back in the fall bloomed today. Watching something change for the better is a balm.
