How Has the Coronavirus Affected You?

It hasn't really.
I'm a Corrections Officer, so I don't have the option to stay home. The gym is closed, which is a huge bummer.
It just perplexes me that we need to close the gym down, where most people are SUPER health conscious and its required to wipe equipment down before/after use, not to mention there's hardly large crowds there and we all respect each other's space.
But yet, grocery stores have people mulling about like cattle, 50-100+ at a time in the same place, passing within inches of one another. Doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose? I mean, I get it... just feels like a wasted effort. Maybe I'm just mad I can't go to the gym. Who knows.
I've still been running and hiking outdoors with my dogs. I don't touch any man made surfaces and my larger male dog is SUPER reactive and unpredictable with strangers, so its a force of habit to keep a lot of space between others and us. 6 feet is even too close, usually I aim for 20+. We will step completely off the trail or into the road (I'm always attentive of cars) to avoid contact with people. That's nothing new.
Besides not being able to go to the gym and grocery shopping suddenly becoming a lot harder, my life has not changed much. I did cancel our gender reveal in mid April, though, which I am extremely sad about. Fingers crossed we won't have to cancel our baby shower, or I have no idea how we will be able to prepare for this baby. He/She is not due until the end of August, so I'm praying this blows over before then.
I also made the heartbreaking decision to not go visit my sisters and parents this last weekend because my husband and I have had cold symptoms but no fever. I'm so family oriented, and it aches me to be away from them, but my one sister has asthma and gets pneumonia nearly every year, my dad is about to turn 50, and my mom smokes.

I wasn't taking this seriously before but I'm beginning to understand. I still think that everyone is overreacting a bit, but I'm still being cautious.

People hoarding groceries. The shelves at our local walmart & Ingles is empty. Can't find nothing at the store.

Just curious if anyone is seeing the same food shortages at the large warehouse stores, like Costco? I could call Costco tomorrow to ask if they are open (didn't find that info online), but would they tell me if they have any meat/poultry/fish available?

I also have a couple of returns (clothing items) & was wondering if their customer service dept would be available, or if most stores are operating on a skeleton crew?

They're an hour away from me, so I was just wondering if others have gone to the larger bulk stores before I venture out.

TarryTaffyTwo wrote: »

Just curious if anyone is seeing the same food shortages at the large warehouse stores, like Costco? I could call Costco tomorrow to ask if they are open (didn't find that info online), but would they tell me if they have any meat/poultry/fish available?

Where I live in Pennsylvania, people are flocking to large stores and stripping the shelves. The large stores here will tell people over the phone if they are sold out of something. They will not tell people when the trucks come (they might say daily or within a 12 hour window) because they don't want large crowds showing up at those times.

TarryTaffyTwo wrote: »

Just curious if anyone is seeing the same food shortages at the large warehouse stores, like Costco? I could call Costco tomorrow to ask if they are open (didn't find that info online), but would they tell me if they have any meat/poultry/fish available?

I also have a couple of returns (clothing items) & was wondering if their customer service dept would be available, or if most stores are operating on a skeleton crew?

They're an hour away from me, so I was just wondering if others have gone to the larger bulk stores before I venture out.

I can't speak for Costco, as I don't have a membership. But, from those I know who do say that they are busy like the other stores. I know here the Safeways stores have put out that they are looking to hire all kinds of people while this thing's going on.

Always worth a call.

I was looking forward, to going swimming this year since my poison ivy scars've healed enough, that I don't look like I've open wounds and/or something contagious but my apartment complex, most likely'll keep the pool closed this Summer.

There's no more food at our grocery store and they have no idea when the longhaul truckers will make it back in here. Every shelf looks like a plucked chicken.

@mbrodrick I agree with you. I'm doing all of the cooking for family members. We're taking it back outside for sunshine and fresh air. I've been thinking about everyone who's been working out for years and years. Now is their time to really shine and use every functional muscle they've worked so hard for...this where the rubber really meets the road for their finest hour.

I live in Ohio, US. Our whole state has been ordered to 'stay at home', which basically means I work at home (which I'm lucky to be able to do) and only leave to walk to the dog and get groceries 1x a week. We don't have children.

I love working at home - so for me, this is great. I'm not really social normally, so if I'm asked to say put, I'll happily stay put. I am worried about the weight gain but I'm still weighing and adjusting according to the scale. I'm lucky that I was already below my maintenance range when we started this a week ago!

My parents live in Pennsylvania and are over 60, so worry about them not having help but they seem to be doing ok.

Schools are shut down
We are getting a curfew
Stores are all emptying out

Los Angeles for ya

ilb6 wrote: »

Schools are shut down
We are getting a curfew
Stores are all emptying out

Los Angeles for ya

Where'd you see that about a curfew?

My husband works for the Dept. of Defense, doing "essential" work with the public. I'm home here social distancing like crazy, but he's out there every day, all day among the masses. A co-worker in the same position just called in sick with a cough...here it comes...wish me luck.

jenilla1 wrote: »

My husband works for the Dept. of Defense, doing "essential" work with the public. I'm home here social distancing like crazy, but he's out there every day, all day among the masses. A co-worker in the same position just called in sick with a cough...here it comes...wish me luck.

Mine's DOD Navy, so of course, they are all still working even though there have been numerous reported cases on the base we live. So he comes and goes daily, my son and I are trying to social distance to keep from getting it or spreading it if we get it... and the military just acts like it's "business as usual".

Not helped by the fact that here, people are trouncing around as though it's a giant vacation, filling up the beaches, being out and about, etc. No wonder our cases are steadily increasing. Yeesh.