Hm. I didn't see a mention of guns in the note? Defend could just mean watch out for each other? Honestly, I would not think that without a conversation with the author. We have widows who live alone on our street. Elderly people too. I most definitely would be willing to be a part of a group text that helps out others. To watch out for each other. Yes. A militia? No.. We live fairly close to Chicago. According to the mayor of Chicago, they received 65,000 911 calls in a 24 hour period. No way would our suburb be able to handle 1000. So, helping each other out sounds like a great "plan B".

School mostly happens in my office. What I have on the walls: Maps(World and US) a large calendar with cards to change out. Kids LOVE it! Kinda like this. A Greek/Latin roots chart that the kids fill in when we learn a new one. String lights for decor.:) We have 3 windows in this room, so not a lot of wall space.

We are sending 8. But dd is very good about doing laundry.

Nasal swab last week took 48 hours. In hospital would probably be a blood draw, I would guess?

We have the same problem! Neighbors all have beautiful(read :chemical) yards. Ours is a dandelion field. We reseeded the yard closest to our house last year and it is thick and beautiful! We are going to have the rest of the yard skimmed off and reseeded too. We will deal with individual weeds as needed. I love our birds and bumblebees.The kids are neat, too:) I will not consider a poison. I would call a local nursery and ask about the best grass seed for your location and amount of sun.

DD is a senior. She has things in perspective. She knows the "suffering" is relative. She minimizes her life disruptions. I think she feels guilty for feeling any disappointment. I have told her it's OK to think this all sucks. She can feel that way and still be a positive person. It's hard for her to process and organize her thoughts. hugs to your dd

Purdue just released the final decision. Early start kids(my dd is included) will be on campus July 10th for in person classes. Fall semester will begin on time with NO breaks. The last in person classes will be before Thanksgiving break. Then they don't come back until January. I am beyond happy with the way Purdue has handled this.

The Companion is a textbook. So, as dry as a textbook would be. We use parts of it. I prefer to use Story of the World for elementary. I have not used Remember the Days.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3VoCJhlMyMuNExZdUwwSWZQb28/view Companion https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3VoCJhlMyMuUmV1RndGakx5TjQ/view

#4 is my lefty. We suspected pretty early on. Way before coloring or writing. He always transferred things to his left hand. He had an obsession with taking screws out of all his toys. By age 3, he was using a screwdriver with his left hand. We gave him lefty scissors early on, but he still prefers righty scissors at age 12. He just adjusts the way he holds them. I got tired of buying different fancy lefty scissors. I gave up. lol

Sigh. I have had this issue as well. I am shopping 2-3 times as often as I did pre-pandemic. I understand that some stores can not know your buying history, but Costco can! They have an inventory of my purchases over the last 5+ years. They can see I buy 3-4 bags of flour a month, 3 pkgs of organic eggs, 6 gallons of milk, 2-3 bags of frozen chicken, 4 cases of canned vegetables.

I do use hand sanitizer. Not usually able to get to a sink in time. I bet you are touching your mask and face more with a mask. Way more than you are aware of.

You are placing them over your face. They indeed do pick up all the nastiness you touch with your hands. Yes. I wash them too. With towels. but, if I were rewearing, I would wait 36 hours.

I was in Costco last week. I wear a mask although the science doesn't support the necessity. I mean, if you are coughing, you should be home... I see people touching them ALL THE TIME. Gloves don't make your hands sterile, people. LOL The cashier was about to pass out because she was double masked, but touching her face, her EYES, her hair?? And the staff at Costco (and other stores) must think that masks are a replacement for social distancing. They were seriously intrusive. Almost on top of people. Masks have never been considered a replacement for 6 feet distancing. Now they are a false sense of security. I saw a guy yesterday with a mask hanging on his rear view mirror?!? Um, all those droplets are now being filtered and dispersed through your entire vent system. I saw someone shove a mask in her purse? Um, contaminated everything in there. Dirty masks (even reuseable-use them only once before washing! or let them sit for >36 hours) should be folded dirty side(the outside is the dirty side!) together and stored in a ziplock until you get home to wash or let sit for >36 hours, preferably wash.

DD is in the same boat. She is attempting a EE/Physics double major that relies on a good score for AP Calc BC and Physics C. So, she's anxious about the acceptance of these scores. She also finished all material in March.

I was finally able to enter info, but ours said the same. We overpaid last year, so the overpayment was applied. So, we didn't get a refund or make a payment. You had to "check" one. Also, when I had to give a amount, it was "0".(no refund, no payment) I guess there is NO work around for this scenario. We wait.

Yes. That is what I am gathering. Since the serious risk is to the professors.

Just got an email from DD's school(she is an incoming freshman). They are planning on moving everyone in this fall. There will be social distancing, no large gatherings, lots of virus testing, smaller classes, masks, tracing,quarantine if necessary. Although the university president didn't actually say it, I got the impression that teaching staff may not be in person sometimes. I am picturing classes of kids watching a screen in a lab. Recorded for those who could not be there.

DD is a senior. She has taken all of this really well. She was supposed to do early start in July at her university. The call on that will be May 15th. We are not hopeful it will be on campus. She is sad, but ok so far. We got an email/video from the school president yesterday saying that although there will be changes to campus experience in the fall(only small groups<10, masks,tracing,quarantine when necessary) they plan on moving in for fall.

All dentists are taking emergency patients a day or 2 a week in my area. A cracked tooth would be an emergency. Our state is allowing routine dental appointments starting next week. The dentist I work for said we do not have enough PPE for more than a week and masks are still on back order. So we can not reopen until we have a decent amount of PPE. Who knows when that will be? In December, masks started to be showing up on backorder, so we were ordering what we could. Thought that was pretty weird-before CV19 was known. Then in February/March, we were having to order weekly because we were only allowed so many for an order. So, the PPE we have now the Dr, assistants, and front desk(never had our office people using PPE before) are using what we have.

We love Geography Songs! Also, for presidents and states/capitals we learned the Animaniacs songs. They are not for everybody, so preview. (They say "butt", call names at times)

https://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history/ancient/ancient_history_curriculum.html Guest Hollow has a free schedule with lots of online activities and recipes, etc. There are lots of books scheduled which you can skip since the library is closed. Our local library will likely open up in the next couple of weeks for online orders and curbside pick up. Maybe yours will too.

I believe I will be in the group that waits for paper checks.

I love my Proclick! One of the few things I use ALL THE TIME. I detest loose papers.

Some issues I have come across: Do they have your current bank account info? You didn't have your refund deposited into a third party temp account(like H&R Block, Turbotax) in 2018 or 2019? I can not get past that wall that you see. I need to add my bank info because we never get returns, only pay in. Also, people with $0 tax liability and no bank info are shut out of the system right now. They are working on that glitch.

Not sure what you mean by self employed? Like always owing and never getting a refund? Then the IRS doesn't have bank info? That's our situation. The IRS launched a tool for filers who need to change bank info or address or give bank info. It started today and there are issues. I was not able to do anything, then I got locked out because I tried about 5 times. https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments