All I know is to keep you close
Mar. 21st, 2020 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwynHey, would anyone be interested in going in on a subscription to Disney+ ? I've been assured by some friends that you can do that, and it's not really something I should do on my own, just because finances are incredibly precarious for me right now. I heard there was a slight discount if you buy a year subscription, but I haven't really looked into it. I could theoretically change my Hulu subscription to the bundle with Disney and ESPN, but then I feel like I'm also paying for sports, which I despise and I don't really want to pay for something I loathe so utterly and would never use.
(Most of my regular clients print in China these days, so everything's been on hold for months now for me, and the markets are in the toilet so I can't even draw from my IRA, because there's nothing left in there. And the Republicans, as always, have fucked us over and the checks the govmint was gonna send out will be useless for me, because they've been gutted for people with lower incomes.)
Being forced to be at home is really kind of awful--I'm already home 24/7, as a freelancer, but when it's imposed on me, and I can't punctuate my alone time with friends, it's...not good for my depression and sense of isolation. My ex and his wife stopped by the other day because they had to walk up to the drugstore to get her inhaler, and he picked up some nonstick sterile pads for my never-healing back incision. They'd also just returned from Kaua'i, where they'd picked up something for me. When they dropped everything by, I could tell he was in a hurry to get going and I was like "no, please don't leave me! let's have a lengthy conversation from six feet apart!" But they didn't stay. And I got online withminim_calibre last night so we could test out a program that lets you watch streaming stuff together, and I was like "Miiiiiiin." ::grabby hands:: I feel like I will never see my friends again.
Outside of that, people in grocery stores are my only contact. I may have to go to my clinic though--when I passed out a couple weeks ago, it's possible I gave myself a scaphoid fracture. Everything else is healing up, except my wrist, which is getting more acutely painful. So yay. I am worried about contracting it but I also worry more about shedding virus without knowing I have it. I went for a walk last night, and TYPICAL, the women were great about keeping distance and even acknowledging you when you, like, stepped aside on the sidewalk as they ran by with their baby in a jog stroller, but the dudes just run up on you out of nowhere, right next to you, without even a fucking "on your left." Over and over it was dudes who left no personal space for people they encountered.
So yeah--restless, frustrated, lonely, stressed to the max. How are you doing?
(Most of my regular clients print in China these days, so everything's been on hold for months now for me, and the markets are in the toilet so I can't even draw from my IRA, because there's nothing left in there. And the Republicans, as always, have fucked us over and the checks the govmint was gonna send out will be useless for me, because they've been gutted for people with lower incomes.)
Being forced to be at home is really kind of awful--I'm already home 24/7, as a freelancer, but when it's imposed on me, and I can't punctuate my alone time with friends, it's...not good for my depression and sense of isolation. My ex and his wife stopped by the other day because they had to walk up to the drugstore to get her inhaler, and he picked up some nonstick sterile pads for my never-healing back incision. They'd also just returned from Kaua'i, where they'd picked up something for me. When they dropped everything by, I could tell he was in a hurry to get going and I was like "no, please don't leave me! let's have a lengthy conversation from six feet apart!" But they didn't stay. And I got online with
minim_calibre last night so we could test out a program that lets you watch streaming stuff together, and I was like "Miiiiiiin." ::grabby hands:: I feel like I will never see my friends again.Outside of that, people in grocery stores are my only contact. I may have to go to my clinic though--when I passed out a couple weeks ago, it's possible I gave myself a scaphoid fracture. Everything else is healing up, except my wrist, which is getting more acutely painful. So yay. I am worried about contracting it but I also worry more about shedding virus without knowing I have it. I went for a walk last night, and TYPICAL, the women were great about keeping distance and even acknowledging you when you, like, stepped aside on the sidewalk as they ran by with their baby in a jog stroller, but the dudes just run up on you out of nowhere, right next to you, without even a fucking "on your left." Over and over it was dudes who left no personal space for people they encountered.
So yeah--restless, frustrated, lonely, stressed to the max. How are you doing?
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Date: 2020-03-28 05:19 am (UTC)If you are forced to go get your meds and groceries in person, maybe going really early just as the stores open will work: it did for me two weeks ago, haven't been out since...
Also, it looks like basic necessities like toilet paper are becoming available again via Amazon if you accept the concept of deliveries 4 weeks in the future. Because we're clearly in this for the long haul.
Sending good thoughts and hugs your way!