Covid Support Thread
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More flowers bloomed for the very first time here today in my planted desert. I just now walked the yard, sipping Licorice Tea. A lovely diversion before I tackle the oh-so-tedious work of prepping some more patio furniture to spray paint…
Got the bistro set painted! Yay! It looks so much better. (It was a freebie that I almost didn’t take as it was kinda a real pain to get.) Lesson learned! Never turn down free iron patio furniture. Even if it’s a blah grey color… The table is now “rustic orange” with the chairs “seaside.” Meaning turquoise. Going bold and bright out here in a sea of beige sand.
So that means I have done SIX pieces. Only ELEVEN more to go. Whew…
If you ever want to turn a Chicago rooftop into a little green oasis, @bgm, I have one waiting for you.
Oooh! A rooftop! Like Lois Lane’s apartment in the original SUPERMAN? Swoon. That would be a fun project!
Love the color choices BGM! I’m a big fan of licorice tea. Big fan of tea in general. Haven’t had it much in the past month, but its nice getting back to it now. Starting the day off with some jasmine tea
The sun is out today!!! HOoray! for those of us in Chicago, it’s much better than waking up to the late spring snow that was yesterday.
This week has been a struggle. I am thankful for having a job still, for having found childcare that is a risk, but minimal, so that I can still go into the plant. We have money (or had more before the stock market tank but whatever) to live on, cheap rent, and our health. Just, a situation with an employee has made me disappointed and mad. It’s nothing new or suddenly out of character, but the current situation has highlighted that this person cannot be counted on. We, while essential, can work remotely for the majority of our jobs (not ideal, but workable). However, I had established a rotation so that someone could be in the plant for observations and work that cannot be done from home. I took the majority of it as I’m the manager, but I expected the employees to pick up a day a week. This person has promised to come in, and then refused the day of. Repeatedly. And is balking that I’m asking them to get a doctor’s note to excuse them from work for anxiety or whatever is plaguing them so they can tap into their 14 days. They’re 100% okay with putting all the additional work on me. (and they’ve said as much). I just. I’m overloaded. I’m stressed out. and I’m pregnant. And no, they have no other medical or child care related concerns that would make them eligible.
SO I’m thankful today for sunshine.
So sorry to read about your tribulations, MG. It really stinks that your team won’t step up a little for you.
Thanks all. just got overwhelmed and it’s not that big of a deal really. I don’t know why it really knocked me off my “one foot in front of the other” attitude I’ve been able to keep up more or less.
How are all the East Coasters doing with the announcement of extension? Not surprised given the amount of infection, but tough all the same. I’m waiting to hear what Chicago’s will be. I’m hoping we’ll get some reprieve (maybe allow non-threatening doctor’s visits to resume) thus giving some people a job again and be able to take care of the regular upkeep on things like health.
Ugh…back on the anxiety train. FUCK is all I have to say. I’m waiting to hit the numb phase and hoping it sticks for a few days.
@MaterialsGirl, Virginia’s stay at home order is until June 10 so this is the new way of operating for a while. My husband says to expect the governor to extend it to the end of June. So we’ll see. I keep trying to focus what is in front of me and to keep it moving.So I did the mail run for my school yesterday and while I didn’t want to do it , it was GLORIOUS to get out of my house/yard even for only two hours. I don’t want to do it every week and at some point I’m going to have to bring that up with my boss, but this week has been a nightmare for the district I work in as they are trying to launch distance learning. A lot of teachers were for the lack of better terminology Zoombombed and the district canceled classes for the entire week.
I really just want to lay on my couch, eat nachos and watch reruns of Community – but I have to keep it moving for everyone. sigh
That sucks MG. Are you due soon? I know a few people who are pregnant during the midst of this. I couldn’t imagine. Although, 3 months ago I couldn’t imagine being locked in the house for who knows how long with a 5 & 2yo but here we are. They are so fucking hooked on screens I don’t know what I’m going to do. Please tell me I’m not the only one!! I’m still not running at full capacity and have to employ them often
I don’t know how it could possibly be safe to open for a long time. We have far far more cases now than when we shut down. Until we get down to a very small number of cases, it seems like things will just explode again.
