Anyone else pretty much business as usual?

[happypamama]

Our local public schools are completely off for at least the next two weeks.  They'll be exempt from their 180 days. We are not, and because of the way our schedule runs otherwise, with a couple of partial days every week, we need the time to cover the material we wanted to cover. The only time I'm really getting extra is the the day I usually take the kids to karate class, which, with drive time, takes half a day. So that's at least cool. (The other half day a week won't become appreciably different because that's when I do grocery shopping, during one kid's drop off class, which is canceled, but groceries obviously aren't.)  

 

We are going to try to take advantage of some of the fun stuff being shared around, especially for the youngers, but my high schoolers still need to do their regular work. 

[fairfarmhand]

Other than all the "fun" stuff cancelled (which is typically my carrot for motivating my reluctant learners..Bah. Gonna have to find something else.) We're pretty much having normal days. 

Although it is a weird kind of day because the lack of structure and "We have to be done by x oclock for class or lesson or church" is missing. But as far as school, yeah, normal. The county closed schools till the end of the month and I immediately emailed our advisor (my two olders use the virtual school) and said "Please don't tell my the virtual students are cancelled. I need them to have things to do." She emailed me and said "No. We're business as usual. And about an hour later the robo call for the virtual students came through.

 

[fairfarmhand]

4 minutes ago, happysmileylady said:

Yes, there's almost nothing that has changed for us personally.  DH's employer is working on setting up a work from home option and when they get that set up, that's going to really mess us up.  

Otherwise, I have come to realize that we are really boring.  

Preach it sister. So far dh has gone in this week, but if the virus spreads there, he'll stay home.

[Loowit]

DH is still working from home as usual.  The boys are still expected to do school as usual, although youngest has been sick in bed.  DD is the only schedule that is thrown off because of her college stuff.  This is finals week, so we knew her schedule would be different, but not is it mostly online.  The next few weeks her work schedule is up in the air, and next quarter she has been informed will be all online classes and starting two week late.

We had already cut back on a lot of outside activities, so the only difference will be scouts, but they are probably going to meet online instead of in person so that will be different.

[happypamama]

21 minutes ago, happysmileylady said:

Yes, there's almost nothing that has changed for us personally.  DH's employer is working on setting up a work from home option and when they get that set up, that's going to really mess us up.  

Otherwise, I have come to realize that we are really boring.  

Lol, so are we! Most of us are introverts, and six kids means there is always a sibling available for interaction. My one little guy has been hanging out with his BFF a lot in the last year, so he will be missing that, but they'll play online games together at least. 

[egao_gakari]

Yep, almost nothing has changed except the "fun stuff" like the sports they just. started. and were loving. We bought a volleyball net and ball so she can practice even though the League is on hold, but there's nothing we can do to help him with jiu-jitsu.

Mass isn't officially cancelled, but DS14 is a bit higher risk due to asthma, so we're not going to that either.

We've picked my FIL and BIL (they live in the same house) as our Plague Buddies. We're having lunch or dinner with them a couple times per week. Other than that, I'm still doing my work from home; DH is still either working in his workshop or his business partner's workshop; we are not experiencing a huge difference in life.

[Jean in Newcastle]

Because I self isolate every flu and cold season (some more than others depending on the severity of the flu going around) it is indeed business as usual for me.  Even getting masked up for the grocery store is business as usual.  Only this time I am finally in style! 

[Guest]

DD's doing her college classes from home, and I'm working on making piano packets to send to kids via e-mail vs being at the community center teaching piano. DH works from home, and DD's other classes are online. The change is more emotional than practical so far here.

[Laurie]

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[sweet2ndchance]

Nothing changed for us. Just heard that schools here are cancelled for two weeks. Doesn't affect us at all but all the more reason to stay home. We don't have any outside activities right now. For us it is just school as usual. We are homebodies anyways. Even extroverted ds can only handle so much socializing before he's ready to go home. We are perfectly happy to stay home. It IS our normal.

[sbgrace]

The only thing that has changed for us is lack of evening and weekend activities for the kids. That's been hard for them, and it's hard for me to see them have to let go of so much for now. But it's given more time for family together things, which is nice. 

My husband is working from home some, and will more soon it seems. But he's got a room with an outside entrance in the walk out basement he's using for an office so to speak, and we're staying out of each other's way all day. It has to be that way or we wouldn't get "anything" done and he feels the same. 

Edited March 18, 2020 by sbgrace

[KungFuPanda]

In a way.  Dh has worked from home for a few years.  Ds is homeschooled.  Dd is still away in her college apartment.  I've shut down all of my classes, so there goes my social time and exercise.  I don't exercise without witnesses. Luckily one of my good friends lives in my neighborhood and we went on a socially distant walk.  We met at the high school track and kept a couple lanes between us while we power walked and gabbed.  I would have done far fewer laps without company.  I would have gotten bored and gone home.

Dd is somehow student teaching her high school students online, taking some classes online, working at a Korean restaurant that has closed its dining room and gone to delivery and carry out, and had a babysitting gig this afternoon.  Her boyfriend is quarantined at his parent's house because they all got exposed to the virus at church on Sunday.  

I was starting to flip my days and nights and lose track of the day of the week, so I made a list of projects I can do without leaving the house and have been working my way through some of those today.  There is a lot for me to do at home, but I'm probably the most social person in the family.  Dh doesn't care if he's ever around anyone but us.