Condolences on your mother and your friends. That sounds like an awful lot of personal loss in a very short time.
Mostly first world problems, so just grousing here.
The good, on the money front everything got better:
Retired last year so my income unaffected.
Wife still working – health insurance bridge and kiddo’s college – job became even more essential and pay up slightly.
Eldest has, for now, essential job, pay doubled due to the pandemic.
Youngest still in college, and had moved from dorm to home. Switch to online was an improvement and now no rent.
Sibling has essential frontline healthcare job, and pay is up for her too.
The bad:
Although wife’s company is trying to enforce protocols, idiots infest every known space in our universe, and they continue to flaunt the rules.
Eldest does extensive international travel, so lots of airport exposure.
Youngest found out yesterday her BF (different town) is exhibiting CV symptoms and is barely ambulatory. Trying to get him tested now, but he’s too ill to drive himself.
Sibling reports 3 Covid contacts this week - 2 co-workers and one patient, all testing positive. Sibling is also in most of the risk groups so worried there as well.
Parents in 80s and reliant on home health aides. Constant interaction with different workers who themselves interact with many other aging/ill people. This can’t be good, vector-wise.
Selfishly: I have a self-contained, long range RV. It allows me to escape to the woods for some wonderful alone time and digital disconnect, with no human contact at all. Without this I might lose my mind.
Wife and I made it to Georgia for new granddaughter’s birth in 3 weeks (C-section). Trip from Hawaii to Dallas on American was fine. 787 about 50% full, most military transfers and family. One clown (surfer looking dude) boarded without a mask. Two big bodies came and de-boarded him (calm with no kicking and screaming). Everybody was spread out in family groups. Dallas airport was good on masks; again just one spark plug short hair guy looking for a fight by his expression.
American from Dallas to Atlanta - Every Seat Full. Boarding agent even came aboard to count/fill vacancies. We were up in pseudo-first class (roughly business on a 737). Atlanta airport was fine, Everyone masked though some noses sticking out. What jumped out were the number of fake support dogs. I guess the “get tough” policy went away when balanced against filling another seat. Fake support dog - starts attacking any other dog in range - I counted four dustups with bared teeth and barking and numerous others with near leash strangulation. NOT EVEN TEMPERED. The “emotional support dogs” needed emotional support themselves.
Local family/friends here in Augusta are all well. Masks, minimal trips to store, no movies, take-out only. Augusta is one of the Georgia cities resisting the fraudulent Governor’s action to prohibit local mandatory mask directives.
@smithsb - glad it seems to be going well, fellow State of Hawai’i resident! Congrats on the new granddaughter.