03-21-2020, 08:30 PM
(03-21-2020, 07:57 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: I have it better than most. A lot of people losing jobs, others can work from home. I'm currently at home with pay. Said until April 3rd, but the governor (I'm in CT) is shutting down from the 23rd of March to the 22nd of April.
It's odd how that even with an absurd amount of free time (as much free time as I can have with a 7 month old in the house) life feels very directionless. It's almost as if the world has been put on pause. Very surreal.
Just trying to enjoy the time with my wife and son as best I can, mixing in some exercise and studying.
My wife got told that her workplace was shutting down on Tuesday and has been battling the que for unemployment filing. I worked my last day yesterday, and am getting two weeks with pay, best case scenario going back on April 6th.
I'm not freaking out just yet, but l am a bit uneasy about what will happen when half the country is unable to pay bills when this goes on for longer than we expect. I feel like the virus will eventually be something we have to cope with until a vaccine is developed, and that's a long wait. They can't shut everything down for a year.
