Update from The House of Plague, Day 4

[elisi]

- Darcy is all better, but is now at a loss because he's used to having the house to himself during the day, and can't work with PEOPLE everywhere. (Hence working in the garden a lot! Which, to be fair, is needed. He also has a wood workshop in one of the sheds, so he is mostly reverting to the British Man In His Shed template. *g*)
- Miss M (Foundation course in art, 'the 21 y.o') is mostly knitting, and contemplating land art (we have a nature reserve out the back, so there's plenty of space for her). She is still short of breath with some chest pains (it's easy to see why it's dangerous for people with underlying conditions/chest problems), but she's generally fit & healthy and not overly bothered.
- Impish Girl (1st year of Acting degree, 'the 18 y.o') has online/video lectures from her uni, although being a drama student there are a lot of things they quite simply can't do. It's not really possible to do combat training on your own in a small bedroom.
- The Cherub (Year 9, 'the 14 y.o') has had plenty of stuff uploaded online, and is trying to get herself organised & do the set work. She complained yesterday that she feels 'very productive' - when at school, obviously they just do schoolwork, but since she is now at home it all feels like homework, and she has to self-motivate, and thus finds it weird to be just working. But she is doing well.
- I'm just working from home (in as much as I can), trying to keep to my work hours and reading all the updates.

Overall we are trying to organise everyone, as the children (by nature) would stay in bed until midday if they could, so we are all doing our best to get up and being productive.

In other news, enevarim sent me The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayer's Encounter with Dante by Barbara Reynolds, which is sat looking at me, tempting me to read it rather than get back to work...



Outside the cut, in case there are any DreamWidth users who haven't seen it:

DW announcement about passwords

And good things:

The whole of the EU has started a major ventilator drive and will relocate resources to each member state as their situation peaks. They have generously decided to count the UK as a member state for this project despite our 'do-nothing' policy. pic.twitter.com/bEMIJeXf3x

— John Graham-Hart (@JohnGHart) March 16, 2020

BBC: Air pollution and CO2 fall rapidly as virus spreads


Your daily dose of memes & random stuff

From The Guardian (A+ comic strip): Coronavirus has made things crazy and scary and they were already crazy and scary before!

A collection of Covid-19 tweets

Rapunzel is the Princess of Social Distancing (Literally!!)

For the Mighty Boosh fans among you: 2020 be like

For lovers of 'I mom so hard' (whom you should check out!): The Covid-19 schedule for moms.

And finally:

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Glad the family is doing well! I hope Miss M feels better soon!

[elisi]

Thank you. And yes, she isn't unwell, just... not 100%.

[desdemonaspace]

Re: the EU has started a major ventilator drive and will relocate resources to each member state, our beloved Prez has told the states to "get your own."

You're lucky you live where you do. You all sound well, glad to hear it.

[elisi]

Well our government isn't great by any standard, we're just lucky the EU is being kind.

Wishing you all the best over there...

[desdemonaspace]

Good news! Medtronic is going to step ventilator production. We're going to need them.

[elisi]

Yay! Here's to hoping things will end up less bad than expected!

[promethia_tenk]

WE'RE CLOSED. VICTORY.

Mind you, the school shut us down (they're closing down the campus, so that the attached hospital can use all the now-vacant dorms as isolation wards, I'm surmising). Heaven forbid we do the sensible thing and decide to close on our own. But a result is a result.

[promethia_tenk]

Oh, and thank you for all the memes and such. Picard is . . . way too real right now.

[elisi]

You're welcome. Memes are comforting. <3

[elisi]

I have miiiiiiissed you! <3 <3 <3

And my work will stay open, for now at least. But working from home [whilst I am quarantined] is perfectly fine. If weird.

Heaven forbid we do the sensible thing and decide to close on our own. But a result is a result.
*thumbs up*

[jerusha]

Glad to hear that everyone is doing fairly well, and I hope Miss M has a complete and speedy recovery!

[elisi]

Thank you. And yeah, she's fine. Probably wouldn't have thought anything of it, if it hadn't been for the fact that there's a pandemic...

[lynnenne]

I’m pretty sure the virus is Earth getting back at us for decades of abuse.

[elisi]

Seems a solid theory, yes.

[yourlibrarian]

but is now at a loss because he's used to having the house to himself during the day, and can't work with PEOPLE everywhere.

I get this. Mike actually does work from home often but he also tends to go out every day. And as of tomorrow our state is on lock down. So he had to bring all his materials home from the office and we also need to clean but there is now stuff everywhere...

Thanks for the link to the CO2 article!

[elisi]

I get this. Mike actually does work from home often but he also tends to go out every day. And as of tomorrow our state is on lock down. So he had to bring all his materials home from the office and we also need to clean but there is now stuff everywhere...
Good luck to you! Thankfully my work is pretty much all doable on-line (as are my resources) - which is nice, since I didn't plan to work from home.

Thanks for the link to the CO2 article!
You're welcome. We all need positive things. <3

[shadowkat]

Oh good, your family is on the mend.

[elisi]

They were never very unwell in the first place (thank goodness), so we are definitely the lucky ones.

[silverusagi]

"when you find out your daily lifestyle is actually called 'quarantine'" I felt that tweet in my soul.

[elisi]

That whole collection was gold.

And everything people started talking about 'Oh noes, imagine 14 days in isolation' I'd be... rather hopeful. (Of course it's All Of Us in the house, which isn't quite the same.)

[shapinglight]

Glad everyone who was ill is better.

[elisi]

Thank you. <3 Hope you and yours are all well!

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Hang in there you can do this! Sounds like you are all doing brilliantly!

[elisi]

<3

And if worst comes to the worst we can all retreat to different rooms with our own screens. *g*

Hope you're doing OK as well.

[kathyh]

Glad no-one is suffering too badly.

I do feel for Darcy. I know what it's like to be used to having the house to yourself and then suddenly find you don't. It's disconcerting but you do get used to it and I wouldn't want it any other way now.

[elisi]

Glad no-one is suffering too badly.
Yeah, it's mostly just not being able to nip to the shop and pick something up that's really annoying. (The wider issues of zomg what about their courses - which the two eldest are unhappy about missing out on - is another thing. But at least we're all pretty healthy.)

I do feel for Darcy. I know what it's like to be used to having the house to yourself and then suddenly find you don't. It's disconcerting but you do get used to it and I wouldn't want it any other way now.
Well you didn't have FOUR extra. ;) Am happy that you have adjusted though. <3

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Glad Darcy is recovered - hopefully Miss M will soon be as well. Being on top of each other must be a bit stifling when he isn't used to it; he will just have to learn how to cope!

[elisi]

Glad Darcy is recovered - hopefully Miss M will soon be as well.
Oh she's fine, really. If it wasn't for the whole ~pandemic~ issue she might just have thought she felt 'a bit off'. It's been nothing like as bad as the sinus infection she had a while back. So that's good. :)

Being on top of each other must be a bit stifling when he isn't used to it; he will just have to learn how to cope!
Indeed. And the garden might be beautiful by the end of this! ;)

[sea_thoughts]

Glad Mr Darcy has got better even if he's upset about his house being invaded. *lol* Hope you and the girls can reconcile him to your presence.

[elisi]

He'll just have to learn to cope! And if the garden gets a lot of extra attention, I won't complain. ;)

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

I can sort of relate to Darcy. If we do go on lockdown here my husband will be here on the time that I usually have to myself and I hope I can adjust. I find it hard to write when he's around.

Stacey

[elisi]

Good luck with it!

(And I am very much an introvert, so am quite happy being able to close the door saying 'I am ~working~' and not letting anyone disturb me.)

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Stacey

[elisi]

:)

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Good to hear everyone is feeling better.

We're going to produce a generation of efficient homeworkers!

[elisi]

Thank you! And (presuming it *was* corona) they had it very lightly.

Homeworking is... a lot about self-discipline. Here's to seeing how do get on!