Feb 24, 2020, 12:05 PM
Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff
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Anyone else worried about their parents getting covid-19? I mean, I don't relish rolling the 0.2% dice that is my age group, but my father is in the 10%+ bracket...
Thank God they both stopped smoking decades ago.
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@Rinel More worried about my sisters than my stepmom. They're a nurse and a teacher, so I feel their chances are higher to catch it. And one has a 4 month old.
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I don't really worry about them getting it since my dad is a major germphobe, which is good since barring his insistence, were they to become infected my mom would not really voluntarily adhere to any kind of quarantine or restrictions on going out and about of her own accord. I'm pretty sure he has them on modified lockdown rn.
I do have concerns on how a major outbreak would be handled here, nevertheless. I've finally seen some really good preparation guides and suggestions FINALLY coming out across a wide variety of sources, though plenty of snake oil (Here, INGEST this essential oil blend and it will totally prevent you from getting the virus from Chinese people!) and hastily rebranded backpackers "emergency food" supplies that claim to feed 5 people (but when you look at the calories it's a starvation diet, and people don't store the water needed for rehydration either).
However, I'm happy to report that after a high school in our district (not my big kids' school though) was closed for 2 days due to a staff member being in quarantine due to their family member's potential illness, my teenagers now have developed a much healthier appreciation for handwashing and hand sanitizer and cleaning off surfaces.
And I worry more about my 5 year old, who ends up in the ER around 2 times a year because of asthma attacks related to upper respiratory infections, this last one happened a couple of months ago and we barely squeaked by avoiding hospitalization. The fact that this virus also attacks the lower respiratory system is bad news for him and me (I too have very severe lung reactions to URIs) I have 64 hours of paid sick time (and I only am contracted to work 20 hours a week) so I could absorb most of a quarantine without too much of a financial burden and to protect the 5 year old if need be, which is a lot more than a lot of people here in the US have.
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It's a lovely time of year to be on immunosuppressants!
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@peasoupling Right there. Yep.
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I'm pretty much falling apart.
I know my worth isn't defined by a job, but it gives me purpose. It also gives me enough money to, y'know, make it by.
I'm sleeping most of the day right now because I'll wake up and then just... not want to deal with life so I go back to sleep. The cats love it, but it's probably not so great for me.
I just can't find it in me to do anything. Chores. Writing. Hobbies. Even personal interactions. That game night took me most of the week t work my way up to, so it'll probably be another 3 weeks before I go out and socialize again.
And I have like, 3 people I talk to with any regularity.
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Lmao I was just remembering that years ago, WORA people told me I couldn't make a tabletop book, and now I have both an official Paizo and Green Ronin project coming out.
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I've got seriously bad edema in my legs. It's been bad for over a week, and I'm terrified to go anywhere to /do/ anything about it. I'm just scared.
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@Macha Search for some telemedicine.
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@TNP Well, my Rheumatologist knows, we thought maybe it was an issue because I'd gone off my steroids cold turkey (mess up with the Rx), but a week back on hasn't done me any good.
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fuck migraines
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Our community whataspp might have saved someone's life last night. It is... odd to think of that. It is ok to not be ok, people. Call for help before you reach for any way out that is too end-game.
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Hey. I wanted to update people a bit. I had/am having a pretty bad mental health crisis, so I ended up going idle everywhere for a while. I'm gonna try to ease myself back in, but I felt I should post something somewhere so that people know I didn't fuck off randomly.
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@HelloProject
Take whatever time you need. Hobby will still be here. Thank you for taking care of yourself.
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I get why they tell you to clean surfaces daily when you have covid* but the reality is that I'm lucky to walk from one room to another without needing a break.
*test results not back yet but symptoms so far are p on target
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I'm falling apart. I go from angry to wanting to sob, to wanting to just lay in bed and let myself die.
Part of it is being out of a certain medication (without the birth control, the hormones go whackadoodle), because of stupid prior auth and a doctor's office fucking off.But I know a huge chunk of it is everything going on. My dog is awesome, but a good conversationalist he's not. My roommates basically work/come home/hide in their room together. Which is their right, but it makes me feel even more isolated. I'm a person who stays home a lot, but being told I HAVE TO, bumps up against my Defiance disorder thing I can't remember the name of. Clearly, I'm staying in, but I don't have to /like it/ sort of shit.
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@Macha ODD. Oppositional Defiance Disorder; I know the feel. It is non-fun.
It's like having a brain hard-wired to send you running full tilt into the nearest wall repeatedly, like it's going to make a difference and fuck that wall in the first place because what business does it suddenly have being there the fucking fucker.
It is maybe one of the most annoying of all brain weasels.
Much empathy, all the virtual hugs (if welcome, obvs).
I can rarely be pried out of the house. Now, I want late night coffee at the diner. I want to lose money on the claw machine or grab something derpy we give to my wee second cousin's kidlets. I want to randomly browse at Michael's and getting my roots done -- which has been 'meh, whatever' for almost a year now is suddenly climbing out of the Marianas Trench of apathy to tap me on the shoulder, all, 'psst, your OLDNESS is really showing honeybear!'
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I just got reached out to for a project manager job that would be twice my current salary. On the one hand, I'm super intimidated and I would hate leaving this team behind, and it would probably completely kill the ability to RP at all for me.
On the other I'd be out of debt and in a house in a year.
I probably won't get it but even being considered...