well this sure the fuck is a thing that's happening isn't it

[stunt_muppet]

So. huh. last time I posted here there like. wasn't a worldwide pandemic and it hadn't been a week and a half since I left my house.

I'm okay - I'm actually very fortunate in that I'm able to work from home, I'm still getting paid, we're well-stocked on food and toilet paper, and i have Fiance living with me so I'm not completely alone. no one I know is sick so far, and my family's able to stay home as well; Fiance's family is also safe and well.

I'm scared - of course I am - but in a weird way it feels like the outside world is finally matching how I've been feeling since 2018 with the sense of looming doom and uncertainty/fear of the future, which ironically makes it way easier to talk to people about it and way easier to make logical preparations for emergencies and, i don't know. believe that i might be able to band together with other people and help each other or something.

I've been doing a lot of cooking and freezing soups to stretch out our necessary trips to the grocery, including trying some new recipes, and I'm in the process of disassembling some old bedsheets to make into masks and washrags. Saving scraps for compost and bones to make my own broth, and I was able to get some yeast on our last grocery outing so I can potentially make my own bread for the first time. It's not real self-sufficiency, not by a long shot, but it feels like a start, and one I needed to make. 

Hope you're all holding up okay out there, and if you're stuck working the "essentials" you're able to stay safe.

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[shannonsequitur]

I’ve made a couple of posts about what I’ve been doing since things started closing down, but today I left the house for the first time in a week to work at work, i.e. empty the book drops, shelve, etc. I don’t care, I would much rather do that than online video classes at home.

I’ve been doing a sort of crash course in library science for people who don’t have a library degree. It’s very informative but I think the video narrator is a robot. (I first said this as a joke, but the more I think about it, the more I suspect that it really IS a text-to-speech program.) I’d much rather be at the library. 🤷‍♀️

[femchef]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Lots of love from the other side of the internet! I’m glad y’all are doing ok - let me know how the bread baking goes (or if you have some bread baking questions)!

Not much to do here except work on projects at home, but the cats have been super spoiled lately, since I’m always home, I usually keep the windows open. If I don’t wake up when the sun is up, they get upset and try to open the blinds and windows themselves (Not Good).

Anyway, here’s to at-home solidarity.💕

[enemyofperfect]

and, i don't know. believe that i might be able to band together with other people and help each other or something.

Aww, I'm really glad.

Meanwhile -- composting, that's awesome! And since you mention making bread, have you seen/would you be interested in the twitter thread about nursing store bought yeast into a self-sustaining starter? I haven't tried it myself, but it just seems so cool.

[amovingtarget]

I've been doing a lot of cooking and freezing soups to stretch out our necessary trips to the grocery, including trying some new recipes, and I'm in the process of disassembling some old bedsheets to make into masks and washrags. Saving scraps for compost and bones to make my own broth, and I was able to get some yeast on our last grocery outing so I can potentially make my own bread for the first time.

This is so cool!!

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