I can relate to this 100%!
For me, not much different from an average February or March.
I work from home, and live alone. Many days in winter I never leave the apartment. So the only difference for me has been not having any evening meetings or bar trivia to go to. As the days get longer and warmer, I’ll do more early-evening reading to take advantage of the natural light.
I don’t have any work at the moment, but I’m not yet panicky about that. I’ve been using the extra time to do some filing and sorting, and to work on some “round tuit” projects that should benefit me in the long run.
Woo-hoo, my very first post, after lurking for a couple of years.
Truth is: I’m loving this!
It’s exactly the same as my weekends but stretched over a longer period of time. I have three chihuahuas but live alone other than that, and have for over 20 years now. I get along fine with folks at work, and in many other places, but prefer to be alone. I’m not good company in the long run, get tired and grouchy too easily, and I really do need time by myself (there seems to be no limit to how much I can handle). I don’t do Facebook or any other social media , and not just because I wouldn’t know how. I’m not antisocial, just unsocial. I talk to my parents every few days, and I hear from my sister occasionally.
The dogs are trained to use pads, so they don’t normally go out. With the warmer weather coming, I might take them. Hard to walk three at once though. Been there, tried that. They don’t care as long as they get fed twice a day. And they are loving having me at home al the time.
No financial worries. Was thinking of retiring in fall 2021, so I see this as retirement practice (although I’ll have less money then).
Workplace has gone to minimum manning, so I’ve been home for three weeks + now. Spent at least 60 - 70% of that time asleep. Not kidding. I always needed more sleep than most, but this was ridiculous… and FUN! Now I sleep all day and stay up all night – it’s almost 1 am here, and I’ll be up until light. Eventually that’ll change I guess, but I’m not worried about it.
Had to get dog food mid-March, and although I did buy a big load that is what I always do. I went grocery shopping the following Friday, just got a usual load, added a few thing here to make up for things I couldn’t get there. Only two cans of soup allowed? Sounds like an extra pack of sausages to me. I have enough for awhile. Twice a week - Wednesday and Saturday - I make my Tim’s and Tickets runs. That’s lotto tickets and Tim Horton’s, bought at the same gas station. I’ve done this for years, so they know me well. Still have to go in for tickets, but have to use the drive thru for Tim’s (after seeing me in the store, they have my order ready by the time I get to the ordering box). Other than those times, I haven’t been out anywhere except for the drives I go on during my Tim’s runs - I like the really scenic route with the radio blasting.
I watch TV (usually news now) or movies I’ve recorded. I read. I sleep. I cuddle with the dogs, who love having me home all day. I’d like to get my motorcycle out for the first time in years. Eventually maybe I’ll clean up or exercise or do something else, but it won’t start tomorrow.
I truly don’t remember the last time I felt so good.
Retired and living alone with my two cats, so no serious changes in my regular routine. Fortunately, I was already well-stocked with food and toilet paper (and cat food) before the panic hit. I’m used to cooking for myself, and can get to the store and farmer’s market for perishables as needed.
I keep in touch (figuratively!) with a friend and several neighbors, so there are people who are aware of my situation and will check up on me if there’s any sign I’m in trouble.
I’m retired and have vision issues. The biggest change so far is that the gym is closed. 5-6 days a week, I walk 1.5 miles to a steep hill in town and go up and down that 5 or 10 times. I have a group of friends in other states, and we check in with each other daily. But I don’t really have a routine. And Easter is going to be pretty meaningless with no church services and my son and his wife unable to visit.
I’m very concerned about what would happen to me if I got COVID-19. I’m used to taking care of myself when I’m sick, but COVID is a whole different animal, according to a friend who’s had it. I’m over 60 and have lupus, so it wouldn’t be pretty. I’ve read people who have COVID and get bad enough to need a ventilator get bad fast. I guess I hope I’d be able to call an ambulance.
What are your plans for if you get it?
(Tried to post this before and of course screwed it up, although I have no idea what I did wrong. aparently it went to the moderators…)
Woo-hoo, my very first post, after lurking for a couple of years.
Truth is: I’m loving this!
It’s exactly the same as my weekends but stretched over a longer period of time. I have three chihuahuas but live alone other than that, and have for over 20 years now. I get along fine with folks at work, and in many other places, but prefer to be alone. I’m not good company in the long run, get tired and grouchy too easily, and I really do need time by myself (there seems to be no limit to how much I can handle). I don’t do Facebook or any other social media , and not just because I wouldn’t know how. I’m not antisocial, just unsocial. I talk to my parents every few days, and I hear from my sister occasionally.
The dogs are trained to use pads, so they don’t normally go out. With the warmer weather coming, I might take them. Hard to walk three at once though. Been there, tried that. They don’t care as long as they get fed twice a day. And they are loving having me at home al the time.
No financial worries. Was thinking of retiring in fall 2021, so I see this as retirement practice (although I’ll have less money then).
Workplace has gone to minimum manning, so I’ve been home for three weeks + now. Spent at least 60 - 70% of that time asleep. Not kidding. I always needed more sleep than most, but this was ridiculous… and FUN! Now I sleep all day and stay up all night – it’s almost 1 am here, and I’ll be up until light. Eventually that’ll change I guess, but I’m not worried about it.
Had to get dog food mid-March, and although I did buy a big load that is what I always do. I went grocery shopping the following Friday, just got a usual load, added a few thing here to make up for things I couldn’t get there. Only two cans of soup allowed? Sounds like an extra pack of sausages to me. I have enough for awhile. Twice a week - Wednesday and Saturday - I make my Tim’s and Tickets runs. That’s lotto tickets and Tim Horton’s, bought at the same gas station. I’ve done this for years, so they know me well. Still have to go in for tickets, but have to use the drive thru for Tim’s (after seeing me in the store, they have my order ready by the time I get to the ordering box). Other than those times, I haven’t been out anywhere except for the drives I go on during my Tim’s runs - I like the really scenic route with the radio blasting.
I watch TV (usually news now) or movies I’ve recorded. I read. I sleep. I snuggle with the dogs. Eventually I’ll clean up or exercise or do something else, but it won’t start tomorrow. Maybe I’ll get my motorcycle out for the first time in years.
I haven’t felt this good in years.
I live alone and have been working from home since March 16th. I do have a specific task I have to do every morning at work before everyone else can do their jobs so if I didn’t get that done and I wasn’t scheduled for a day off someone would be looking for me. I don’t have any days off scheduled any time soon so the longest I’d go before someone missed me would be from Friday to Monday.
I keep the same work hours I did when I was going into the office but I do get to sleep a bit later since my commute involves walking from the bedroom to the living room. I do still get dressed, more like casual Friday work clothes but I’m not staying in my PJ’s all day. I get bad night sweats so I have to shower in the morning or I feel gross all day!
I’ve never been the type who likes being in a crowd so I do get anxious when I do have to go out. The thought of grocery shopping makes me queasy now and no stores deliver to my home. The closest store that does pickup is halfway across town.
To make things worse my cat passed away last week. I did adopt two kittens this week thanks to my vet’s office looking out for me but those days between him passing and me getting the girls were awful. Very thankful for kitteny distractions now.
Same as it always is and I LOOOOOOOVE it. I’ve been working from home for over one year, so no real being at home alone problems.
What DOES get me is, since I already work from home, I really look forward to happy hour and seeing my regular miscreants around the neighborhood. Or eating in an establishment other than my car or home.
I always have to live with more than one cat because a) the cats clearly prefer having feline friends and b) the thought of there not being any cat at all around is . . . daunting, to say the least. Especially while grieving.
I’m very sorry for your loss. And cuddle those kittens (not that I need to tell you that, the kittens will tell you that.)
Oh my goodness… 
I’m so sorry about your cat. That’s tough. Kittens can definitely be a distraction. What are their names? (A picture would be nice, too… hint-hint. 
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So sorry for your loss, but glad to hear you’re self-helping. Kudos to your vet.
I’ve lost (too) many little ones in the past and it breaks my heart every time, but I keep going back for more. My world just isn’t right without them.
“Stay the blazes home” - Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia
I’m a pretty solitary person, get my fill of in person contact at work every day. This whole Covid 19 thing has had almost zero impact on my life, other than not being able to buy everything I want at the exact moment I want it.
Thanks Their names are Calliope (calico) and Tabitha (gray tabby). What’s a good photo hosting site that works well with the boards? I’ve actually never posted a picture here in nearly 9 years!
I had one of my awful anxiety dreams last night. I dream I’m back at my old bank teller job with a lobby full of people and I’m the only teller in the building. This time I kept yelling at people to quit crowding around me and to stay behind this line I had drawn on the floor.
imgur is good. You have the option of keeping your photos hidden, but you can get a link to post here. I can upload photos directly from my android phone. Be aware that when you upload them is when you make the choice about them being public or hidden.
Those are great names-- they lend themselves to highly corruptible nicknames. 
Good grief. I’ve got a calico cat named Calliope.
I have no idea how she got the name; she arrived with it. I could ask her original human, I suppose; we’re in occasional email contact.
I’m alone half the time, and have my daughter half the time.
I find this very tough. I miss my friends, and the rest of my family. My wife and I separated in January, which doubles how tough this is. We still love each other and wanted to date and start over a little, and now we can’t see each other.
A cat with powers of bilocation? Naturally.
Oh, I am sorry. How sad for y’all. I hope you can work it out when this is all over.
I’ve been working from home, and, as I am an essentially friendless man in my community, not much difference.
Christ, I’m sorry. I moved cross country this January and rented myself a [del]shack[/del] tiny little house in the ass end of Buttfuck, Michigan because my I.T. Guy and I were just absolutely done-o with each other and I didn’t want to live anywhere in that whole region anymore. (Plus other reasons.)
But we didn’t really, uh, break up totally all the way completely and will be seeing each other soon.
Otherwise, my introverted ass is loving the whole “leave me the hell alone” thing everyone is forced into right now. I have my cat, and my ratties and snake (and will inevitably allow some other critters into my life soon, no doubt) and part time cashier at a grocery store so I still get more than enough SocialPeopleTime ™ than I’d like, to be honest. But I actually had the mental bandwidth to call my mother the other day, which is a sign of a well stocked emotional bank account, so to speak. I had enough mental energy to spare a bit, in other words.
Don’t have a nickel to spare in my actual financial bank account, but … eh. Better than the reverse, for me.
It’s just me and the axolotls here, who are pretty oblivious to basically everything. I’m in the last few months of finishing off a BSc, so the major impact has been all my classes moving online, which hasn’t made much difference really, as we were all but finished with the teaching, and everything was supposed to be submitted online anyway, except the exams. Officially I’m doing my part time job, at a college, from home, but I don’t have any actual work to do, so I’m effectively furloughed on full pay, which I can’t complain about. I’m trying to keep to roughly my normal schedule, but I am having a lot of trouble sleeping (probably due to lack of exercise) and I tend to sleep late.
I don’t know many people around here, I was only intending to live in the area while I was studying, but all my friends in other places are now meeting online, so paradoxically I’m possibly actually being more social, especially as all the neighbours are all stopping to chat when I see any, when they used to just say ‘Hi’ if that. I haven’t yet arranged for anyone to check in daily, but I have friends who would if I do start getting sick, even if they’re not local.
I am missing exercise, especially as this is the most glorious time of year here, when spring is sproinging everywhere and all the roadsides are covered in flowers; although we’re supposedly allowed to go for a walk once a day, we’re not supposed to go far from the house, no driving to a nice spot, and the area I live in is right next to the main town dog walking area, so it’s really busy and a bit covered in dog crap. I do have a hive of bees which are about 5 miles away, and I am allowed to go out there for necessary checks, but that’s just once a week. I am wishing I had a proper outdoor space, rather than a 1/6th share of a parking area and small square of gravel, but it’s not so bad. I have a nice view, great light and lots of houseplants, so I can do indoor gardening at least.
Oh, and BTW, the shipping forecast is a specialised weather forecast for ships, not a report on where ships are. That made me giggle. All the names are regions of sea round the UK, always ritualised in the same order in a highly coded form, basically going clockwise from Scotland, though I’ll admit I haven’t the foggiest where most of them are without checking. I do suspect the number of people who listen to it to relax far outnumbers the people listening to it to find out the weather, at least for practical purposes. Most of us listen to aid in imagining boats way out at sea battling the winds, while we’re all snugly tucked up in bed. Ooh, there’s rain and gales in South Utsira, wherever that is; glad I’m not there.