Lost side-hustle.
Thanks!
Stuck in the UK until tomorrow.
Got an email from my guitar teacher of four years. He comes to the house every week, but has decided that he needs to protect his students from the disease, especially geezers like me. He’s willing to do them by Skype, but I’m betting that his little business is going to take a big hit before this is over.
The wife is now making noises about canceling our trip to Taos, whether Habitat cancels the project or not. Probably a good idea, but dang.
I’m sorry.
…and my gf will be working from home beginning tomorrow.
Michigan is shutting down all bars,restaurants , casinos etc for 2 weeks starting in a couple hours. It feels so weird to have gotten to this point this quickly.
ETA To clarify, only sit down is being shut down. Delivery and Pick up are still going to be open, not that I expect a lot of people are really using this for info purposes.
<Virtual fist-bump to nelliebly!>
I walk at the local mall every morning. I usually get there at 7:30 when it opens for walking and I’m gone long before the stores open or even the first employees arrive. This morning when I walked, I noted that many of the stores had posted signs saying they are closed for the duration-- including the Apple store where there’s usually a crowd lined up waiting for it to open. Other stores have shortened their hours from 10-9 to 11-7. Starbucks is closed!! :eek: They’ve gone to take-out only at their stand-alone stores and closed their mall stores. This is serious.
At least now when I walk I will have almost zero chance of encountering anyone else. I’ve canceled all my other “social” events, so I’m clinging to this one sliver of normalcy. 
My sympathies to everyone getting hurt by this.
I am ok. Self-quarantined because of symptoms, and now I am finding out there are confirmed cases in my county, which has declared a disaster emergency. I am off this week anyway, but would miss work next week to do a full two weeks. Now I seriously question if there will be a job to go back to. If I get sidelined a month, even two or three, I should be ok. But at some point…
My gf dropped off some supplies that I hadn’t thought to get: sudafed, tomato soup, cheddar cheese for grilled sandwiches. Can’t help wondering: Am I even worthy? Tomorrow will be 5 days since I potentially exposed her. If she doesn’t show symptoms then she stays away. If she does, I guess we can blow our noses and take naps together.
Other than feeling compelled to watch the Vietnam Coronavirus Hand Wash Song
several times a day, it hasn't affected me at all.Last contact with General Humanity was hitting Vons this morning for fill-in supplies. Very picked over, but still got veggies for St. Patrick’s Day boiled dinner. Surprisingly, the lemons and limes they had were quite nice.
I have a feeling the liquor cabinet is going to be quite depleted by the time this starts to ease. We might actually have to drink…blended Scotch!!! Oh, the humanity!
Thanks, but I’ll be OK. A lot of people I know won’t be.
I thought better of you, man.
Hey, at least we aren’t contemplating breaking into the bottle of Apple Crown Royal someone who doesn’t know us very well gifted us last Christmas. There are limits. I’d rather be sober.
Best of luck to all Dopers everywhere. Stay safe, stay well, and heed the words of Freewheelin’ Franklin if shit gets too deep.
I’m going to the dentist tomorrow, which is near a huge liquor store I like. The one scary clown I really like. So I’ll be getting beer & wine on my way home.
The Dope has gotten me through plenty of times with no work/school/travel/concerts/live sports events.
I have a doctors appointment today with the doctor who certified me for medical marijuana a year ago. Recertification is a yearly thing.
I just got a text that they don’t want me to come to the office, instead she’ll interview me telephonically. On one hand that saves me a 40 minute drive, then again it seems weird that I’ll be paying $125 to tell her I’m really doing well and want to continue to enjoy cannabis.
I used to pay $39/year to fill out a form online and talk to a doctor for five minutes. The law’s the law.
Use it to flambe those steaks on the grill.
Double ditto! This is just about the only social outlet I have left. 
I just got back from another walk along the beach (Beaches feel safe – very few people, and a stiff breeze to keep the viruses away). It looks like the Zombie Apocalypse out there, only with fewer bodies lying in the street. *
*My wife, Pepper Mill, dreamed about zombies last night. She started crying out in her sleep. Wonder where that notion came from?