breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Mar 14, 2020 2:05:47 GMT
It's really spooky. I've read too many post-apocalyptic novels and I feel like I'm in one of them...
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seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on Mar 14, 2020 2:06:26 GMT
Right there with ya.
Just got notice that the district I teach in (and my kiddo goes to school in) is closed until April 6. I'm not sure how to process this. It feels like I'm going to wake up and get back to "normal" but at the same time I feel very doomed. it's weird.
Don't read "The Stand" right now!
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Post by psoccer on Mar 14, 2020 2:08:10 GMT
I go out in my garden, and then life is normal. I am afraid to go to the grocery store. Seeing empty shelves just freaks me out. I went to Costco today, and people looked frantic. I wanted some cookies and meat, and, while I got some meat, it was slim pickings. I just hope that the people that are "stocking up" will use all that they have before they go back out into the store.
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Post by stittsygirl on Mar 14, 2020 2:08:38 GMT
I’ve felt that way many times since since November 2016 .
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Post by myshelly on Mar 14, 2020 2:14:07 GMT
I’m kind of feeling overwhelmed with all the plans I had made that are cancelled. A trip to DC, Disney on Ice, field trips, book clubs, piano lessons, parkour, ninja warrior, drum lessons, art class, museums, a NASCAR race, a NASCSR fan event, Ballet tickets, play tickets, lecture tickets, DH’s work. I love making plans. Now it’s just all gone.
I know it’s for a good reason. I am 100% behind the flatten the curve movement and I’m committed to staying home. But I’m allowed to feel sad about it, too.
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Post by pjaye on Mar 14, 2020 2:18:42 GMT
I've read too many post-apocalyptic novels and I feel like I'm in one of them Have you read Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel? If anyone wants to freak themselves out even more - read that! "The Georgia flu wipes out 99.6% of the earth's population"
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zella
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Post by zella on Mar 14, 2020 2:23:11 GMT
Totally! And I've asked both daughters and hubby and they all feel this way too. Like we're living in a futuristic dystopian novel. I know it's real, but man is it hard to believe that!
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Post by quinlove on Mar 14, 2020 2:28:12 GMT
It would certainly help calm us, if we had a president who was capable of any sort of leadership qualities, whatsoever.
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Post by andreasmom on Mar 14, 2020 2:28:50 GMT
I go out in my garden, and then life is normal. I am afraid to go to the grocery store. Seeing empty shelves just freaks me out. I went to Costco today, and people looked frantic. I wanted some cookies and meat, and, while I got some meat, it was slim pickings. I just hope that the people that are "stocking up" will use all that they have before they go back out into the store. This. I hadn’t gone out in a week. I wanted to check if there were clorox wipes and thought TJ would be a good option to restock some of my frozen items. I almost got an anxiety attack. Shelves are empty. The cashier at target let me buy just one box of tissues. No tp, no napkins, no canned soups or broths. Beans and rice at this point are wishful thinking. Most of the meat/chicken shelves at TJs were empty. Being at home working all this week was ok. Felt kinda normal. Kids at home. Maybe like snowmageddon. Empty shelves sent me into a tailspin. Why did i not stock up on all these missing things??? Then again, I hate hoarding. I just hope everyone stays healthy. Don’t really want to see Italy/China like images here, but I know it’s coming
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Post by gina on Mar 14, 2020 2:41:55 GMT
I don't mean that I don't believe it. What I mean is if I have been reading or napping, I will get up and start to move around and it feels like maybe things are back to normal. Or they will be tomorrow. Or something like that. This exactly!! So weird, I feel the exact same way!
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Post by used2scrap on Mar 14, 2020 2:50:29 GMT
I keep thinking this is literally how it feels in the days before a predicted major hurricane. The forecast is there, but the weather outside is beautiful so it’s hard to focus on preparations (the calm before the storm), people are debating the strength or even potential landfall, and you have to discern for yourself what’s going to happen for hype to prediction to hyperbole. Then you hunker down and wait and stress and wait some more...and then maybe it’s fine or maybe it’s catastrophic or maybe it’s medium problematic expensive and headache level. Corona Virus is a slow speed, global, natural disaster.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 14, 2020 2:56:27 GMT
I did a lot of work to get our family back integrated into our usual life, after being away 5 months, and it is all just vanishing. Part of me wonders if we will get back to normal. I think we are headed to a new normal hopefully with a new president!
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Mar 14, 2020 2:56:39 GMT
I’m feeling a little discouraged as well. Not sure that is the right word but the best I can come up with.
I went to target and Sam’s club and the stores felt eerie with the empty shelves (although I was able to get most of what I needed—I didn’t need many of the high need items). Then dh started talking about the baseball season and I feel like they are moving too fast to cancel or make plans for things that are so far in the future. The kids are upset and youngest DS has been very clingy tonight. He said that all of his classmates are worried but he isn’t...
I think part of it is that it feels surreal, and part of it is feeling like this is all just a shitshow. How will we know if what we are doing is working if people aren’t getting tested? We don’t even have a handle on how many people truly have it now. I think the low numbers being reported is leading to more apathy (if that is the right word). At least it is for me to an extent. What is the criteria for things resuming?
My boss also sent an email last night saying that they are trying to think of plans in the case that our services need to be suspended. Of course we wouldn’t get paid, so that is another stressor.
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 14, 2020 3:05:26 GMT
Things are still too new for me to feel unsettled. We have food, water, some TP and other paper products. I work from home, and my husband is still working (both from home and away). We got another bad day of weather today, but it is supposed to be back up into the 60's by Sunday. My days are generally pretty mellow, so I don't think there will be a lot of change for me. Had I been teaching, I think I might have felt differently.
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Post by MalleyCat on Mar 14, 2020 3:25:22 GMT
Yeah, it seems pretty unreal. Never dreamed it would get to where it currently is. Makes me wonder when things will get better. Since my husband has a flexible work schedule, we are going down to Central Coast and renting a house on the beach. I think it’s the one safe place to travel to and not have to worry too much.
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Post by Skellinton on Mar 14, 2020 4:04:52 GMT
Absolutely. Next week when I should be going to work will be the weirdest. I doubt it will really hit until then. At the grocery store today (no I wasn’t hoarding, just doing my normal Sunday shopping today) I just had to laugh at how empty the shelves were and the fact I had to buy the “ fancy” chicken from the glass case rather then the prewrapped stuff. They had no rice, no flour, no milk,no zucchini.
All these activities and stuff we al have planned being cancelled just seem like bummer after bummer. I also don’t know how much I should be traipsing about visiting family members. I want to offer relief to them, because being stuck at home with kids home from school you can’t take anywhere is going to be brutal but at the same time, is that safe? The kids are going to be missing 6 weeks of school.
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Post by theroadlesstraveledp on Mar 14, 2020 4:09:01 GMT
It's really spooky. I've read too many post-apocalyptic novels and I feel like I'm in one of them... Yeah all of this feels so weird.
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Post by MichyM on Mar 14, 2020 4:20:32 GMT
I think some of these threads are going to be really interesting to look back on in 6 weeks, 6 months, or 6 years.
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Post by seaexplore on Mar 14, 2020 4:30:27 GMT
Yeah, it seems pretty unreal. Never dreamed it would get to where it currently is. Makes me wonder when things will get better. Since my husband has a flexible work schedule, we are going down to Central Coast and renting a house on the beach. I think it’s the one safe place to travel to and not have to worry too much. Santa Cruz closed all schools.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 14, 2020 4:51:11 GMT
It’s been a weird month here. Four weeks ago, DD missed a week of school because she was sick (likely the flu, according to the virtu-well doctor). Then three weeks ago, I was out of town for several days. Then two weeks ago I was getting the household stuff caught up after DD being home and sick followed by me being gone, so the house was a mess, laundry needed to get caught up, etc. Then this week DD was home for spring break and we had really no plans to do anything, and DH’s work computer was having problems with an update so that had to be taken in and I couldn’t get caught up on my office work until yesterday. So I’ve kind of been either really busy or totally hunkered down for the whole past month.
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Post by huskermom98 on Mar 14, 2020 5:22:40 GMT
It definitely feels weird to me--i've been at a scrapbooking retreat since Wednesday afternoon...feels like forever ago because of how much has changed in just 2 days. I hear about the empty shelves, but assume they can't be here in Iowa, but people arriving after me have said it's happening. I never want to leave this retreat because it's so much fun & I get so much done, but this year I really don't want to leave this "happy scrappy" bubble we have here.
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Post by Hayjaker on Mar 14, 2020 5:24:50 GMT
I’m an anxious mess. This is so unlike me; usually I’m very level-headed. I changed jobs in December and I am not able to take any leave yet and really have none to take. I just want to be at home with my people.
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Post by pierkiss on Mar 14, 2020 5:28:31 GMT
I’m kind of feeling overwhelmed with all the plans I had made that are cancelled. A trip to DC, Disney on Ice, field trips, book clubs, piano lessons, parkour, ninja warrior, drum lessons, art class, museums, a NASCAR race, a NASCSR fan event, Ballet tickets, play tickets, lecture tickets, DH’s work. I love making plans. Now it’s just all gone. I know it’s for a good reason. I am 100% behind the flatten the curve movement and I’m committed to staying home. But I’m allowed to feel sad about it, too. I’m sorry your sad. This sucks, and I’d be bummed about missing out on all that too. Maybe you can do a virtual book club? My friends and are are doing one for this period. Our friend went to the library today and picked up a virtual book club kit. She got all of us the books today, and then we’ll discuss via phone or messenger.
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Post by PLurker on Mar 14, 2020 6:11:03 GMT
Less anxious in morning upon waking up. Then reality hits as more news comes in.
I've never been anxious of pandemics before but maybe seeing this one in real time basically with more info constantly at our fingertips and never had such an inept president at the helm.
This absurd craziness can stop being the norm for my and your kids anytime now. Enough!
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Post by roberta on Mar 14, 2020 6:15:46 GMT
I’ve felt that way many times since since November 2016 . This I go around in shock that so many people are ok with what is happening. I feel like it’s the twilight zone. ETA: only seven days ago I had plans to visit a friend which needed to be postponed a week. It is like the world has changed in that week. We now need to postpone our get together indefinitely, I will miss two theater performances and two trips and I don’t know when I’ll see several family members again because they have serious health issues and I don’t want to infect them. It’s bizarre.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Mar 14, 2020 6:17:32 GMT
I think some of these threads are going to be really interesting to look back on in 6 weeks, 6 months, or 6 years. Especially considering many of us will soon start losing people in our lives we know. The regret posts. The denial posts. The grief posts. I imagine looking back at the lead up will be eerie.
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Post by roberta on Mar 14, 2020 6:29:12 GMT
I think some of these threads are going to be really interesting to look back on in 6 weeks, 6 months, or 6 years. Especially considering many of us will soon start losing people in our lives we know. The regret posts. The denial posts. The grief posts. I imagine looking back at the lead up will be eerie. I’ve been thinking this also. I’m older yet the youngest in my extended family, and lots of us have various health issues including a few with cancer.
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Post by papersilly on Mar 14, 2020 6:44:39 GMT
Having seen the empty shelves at Costco tonight, no doubt it’s happening.
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Post by gar on Mar 14, 2020 9:08:09 GMT
Have you read Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel? Or the 1981 novel The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz where he writes about a virus called Wuhan 400 crossing the globe in about 2020!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 14, 2020 10:44:24 GMT
I'll be truthful. I am looking forward to the break. I have prepared to be able to work from home. I am waiting word that we will be shut down. I am waiting on a yarn delivery so I can get started on a new project. I have never enjoyed shopping. With the break from work, I am looking forward to exercising at the time of day I most feel like getting physical. I am kind of grateful for the reason to cook and getting a bit more creative with that instead of eating out. I have my scrapbooks to work on.
The only thing at this point that is bothering me is that I have a large party scheduled for the 28th and I haven't decided whether to cancel yet. I will assess the situation in the coming weeks. But my house will be cleaner too.
And the project I've been assigned to do from home will be incredibly boring. So I'm just planning on enjoying the down time.
The only thing at this point that is bothering me is that I cannot get all the food and care items I need at the grocery store.
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