Gonna sleep in, bake some cookies, make some face masks…
As one does.
Gonna take a swing at this no-sew option with some variations. Got multiple types of hair ties about to find what works best, and fabric supply arriving tomorrow. (If it’s a big fail, I will have a lovely assortment of bandannas, and hair ties never go to waste around here.)
Weird fuckin’ times.
Day 21 – THREE WEEKS AND I’VE NOT LOST MY MIND! Yet. :-D
Actually got a semi-decent nights sleep, which has done wonders for my mood, even if I did wake up at one point and had to tell myself, “You don’t have chills, the room is cold and you’re not using the heavy blanket. Put on socks, you moron.” And guess what? Socks took care of it.
Of course, we’re starting our day with a department wide COVID meeting, so my mood may deteriorate rapidly, LOL.
Hang in there, you glorious weirdos.
ETA: Meeting canceled and substituted with video message for time zone considerations. Much better than the last one, but there still seems to be some problems with admitting there is something really big and bad out there that is bigger than all of us. But, I didn’t want to throw my laptop out the window, so definite improvement.
I have to go to the grocery store today. Milk is our breaking point, and we’re halfway through the gallon we have, and we’re going through it faster than usual and I’m never sure now that it will be in stock, so, half out = get more.
My list is way longer than I’d prefer, cause I don’t like trolley shopping. I just like running in, getting a couple things and getting out. But now it’s hold out until you hit the breakpoint, so things just keep getting added on until we run low on milk. (Or carried over from the last trip when whatever it was wasn’t in stock.)
And I’m looking at the list and wondering what will and won’t be there. Did the Karens go batshit and clear the aisles AGAIN after the Stay At Home order on Monday? Did the meat case get restocked today? Will there be any paper products?
I’m hoping it will be quiet and clear, which has usually been the case at lunchtime lately, cause while I go to the store fully prepared to do a 180 if it’s crowded, I just don’t want to have to do that today.
Going to the grocery store was never stressful, unless it was right before a snowstorm. And even then, it was one and done. And I wasn’t wondering if I should have gloves or a mask.
This weird specific grocery store stress has been going on almost a month, on top of the general pandemic stress that has been going on since what, early to mid-February as we have been watching this slow motion train wreck of a federal response.
Add to that some serious corporate annoyance today (which to be honest, is what really set me off this morning,) and is it any wonder that all my muscles are in tense little knots today?
Day 20
The tone deafness of my company is…something else. They’re not being evil, just…oblivious at times?
We’re continuing to work, albeit at home, and this continuation of work doesn’t put anyone at risk, which is good. But it just feels like they’re acting as though the power went out at the building or something. Like this is all an inconvenience more than anything.
I absolutely understand that we’ve still got a product to go out. I am happy I have a job. Once I get settled in for the day, it’s a great distraction from everything else.
But we’re still doing internal stuff and messaging like nothing is happening and it’s all fine. Nothing about any of this is normal, and I’d love for upper management to fucking get that. This isn’t a blizzard or hurricane that’s over in a week and then it’s all back to normal.
Our SVP level is 80% male. And for some of them, it seems this really is just an inconvenience. Cause I’m guessing they’re not the ones trying to keep the kids educated, figuring out the breakpoint on when you *must* go to the store, trying to determine the safest time to even go to the store, how to handle elderly parents, trying to MacGyver up fucking face masks, generally keep the family alive – AND working.
Yes, I know, not all men. But enough.
And I get it – the show must go on and all that. But, our customers have already said how freaking pleased they are with how we’re getting on in all this (and they are not easy to please) so, maybe let’s just let folks keep doing the best they can.
And maybe acknowledge that pretty much everything is harder right now.
So, work yesterday was fine once I got settled in, it was just hard again to settle in. My old boss called me to ask who would be good for some training and we ended up spending a good half an hour going, “THIS IS WEIRD, IS IT WEIRD FOR YOU TOO???” That did me more good than any email from corporate.
The June 10th date the Governor threw out was quite the gut punch. The original “shit is closed” end date was 4/24 – you think, OK, I can do that. Then the feds come out with May 1. OK, that’s just one more week. Then Northam comes out with another fucking 40 days. FORTY MORE DAYS.
Mind you, that is 90 days from the original declaration of the State of Emergency, so it wasn’t a date plucked out of thin air. He could always rescind early, and I suspect he doesn’t want to be extending every two weeks or whatever. But going from 31 days to 71…ouch.
The VDH website has a new visual – a chart showing the estimates of when cases started. Last two weeks, it’s spiked after the weekend – hence the Governor going full SIT YOUR ASS DOWN.
The freedom dipshits immediately came out in force on Nextdoor. FFS, shut up, you can still go to the store, and outside, you’re not a prisoner.
My friend pointed out this website that does a great job of showing if you’re flattening the curve or not – does countries & states. Virginia seems to be on the right track so far. (I don’t really follow the national numbers, because I have no faith that they are accurate.)
45 is saying there are no problems with tests, even as Governors tell him on the same call they are still having problems getting tests. I’m waiting for some Governor to finally snap and tell him to go fuck himself.
In the mornings, I watch BBC World News. Been seeing a lot of Nicola Sturgeon (Scotland First Minister) – damn, the Scots are lucky to have her. She’s smart and actually cares about her folks. (Unlike some asshole I could mention who lives in the White House.)
Onwards.
70 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes.
Virginia is Stay At Home until June 10.
71 days, 8 hours, 39 minutes.
I’m not super enthused about work today.
I’m tired.
My work doesn’t matter in the big scheme of things.
I need a get the fuck away from this vacation. As does everyone else.
I’m just very tired.
31 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes.
I’m glad the administration got its head out of its ass and said they’re recommending 30 more days of social distancing. (Were they actually *really* recommending it before?)
It’s a dot on the horizon we need.
Granted, it’s a dot that will probably move, but it’s something to focus on.
32 days, 3 hours, 50 minutes.
I hope.
Day 16.
Though the days are all running together and time is a mess, I am so glad it is the weekend. Spending M-F working and just sort of pretending everything is OK is oddly exhausting.
I have been able to finally settle down enough in the evenings to do needlework, which is nice – that took a good week and a half to get to that point.
Shoutout to the folks who “stress-action” – stress clean, bake, whatever. I wish I was a stress cleaner – instead I just tend to quietly shut down, LOL.
Our CEO sent out a little video message check in, which was a nice thing to do, but hey, CEO’s of the world – some tips:
– Unless you are actually somehow using the AirPods to make the video, take them out.
– Do not, under any circumstances, use the word “golfing” or any variation on it.
Major props to VDH for being pretty transparent with Virginia’s testing & case data. As a data driven person, I appreciate being able to look at these numbers. That being said, we do not appear to be really flattening the curve.
Looking at the past two weeks and the progression of cases & hospitalizations, we will max out our ICU beds in 11 days, on 4/8. Granted, that is pushed back from 4/7 as of 3/20, but it’s not enough of a move fast enough.
But, as we all know all too well, a LOT can happen in 11 days. So, maybe staying in will work – we just can’t tell yet – so we keep staying in.
It didn’t have to be this way. The idiot in chief… I am so sick of the “oh it came out of nowhere, everything was fine 20 days ago” etc, etc. Fuck him, I can pinpoint when I became aware of this on a daily basis – January 30. How do I know? Because at that point, we had a potential case at the university and I had to run an errand right next to the university, and I was a little weirded out by it. JANUARY FUCKING 30TH.
And the Defense Production Act was only kicked on yesterday. And he wants GM to reopen a factory they don’t own anymore. And the constant fucking lies and the retaliation against blue states… I swear, if we do not have some kind of truth & reconciliation commission when we’re on the backside of this… Heads need to roll. Hell, I’m thinking tarring & feathering needs to make a comeback.
Update: Sometime in the past 30 minutes, payroll hit. DID NOT NEED THAT STRESS.
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So, my bank does the ‘get your direct deposit a day early’ thing – it’s very, very nice. Tomorrow is our “real” payday, but basically, if my bank has the transfer, they just put the money in my account.
Guess who doesn’t have a direct deposit today?
The last time this happened, there was a holiday and someone didn’t take the extra day into account.
No holiday this time around, so, what the fuck happened?
After being told our company is in better shape to weather the pandemic/recession than most and then this…
NOT A GOOD LOOK MY DARLING EMPLOYER. NOT. A. GOOD. LOOK.
Last time this happened, it was sorted by Friday/Monday – and I can absorb it – but not everyone can.
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