This is what I get for ignoring the General section so much. Didn't even know this thread existed. Sorry, everybody! Still here, still kicking in the Outer Banks.
Had a couple months where I couldn't go to my restaurant job - I literally went in normally for the very first day we reopened for the season, then the owners shut down except for the two of them doing take-out/call in orders - but seeing as I was stuck at home when not at my guard job anyway due to everything else also being closed, not much of a big deal other than boredom.
Problems... almost running out of TP due to everybody on the island who got to the stores first overbuying. Still can't get Clorox wet wipes. And seeing the main roads empty during tourist season was capital letter Freaky. Had a six-month medical checkup by phone. I wanna argue I should get a discount for that, but considering he's the guy everybody who thinks they have The Virus goes too see in person... yeah. Also, lost a filling that I can't go to a closed dentist for. Considering my dental luck, probably going to lose the tooth.
Biggest problem was I had to treat my old HP laptop like Old Yeller. After missing keys, the screen popping out of the casing, the hinge breaking and trying to break said screen every single time you try to open and close it, a chunk of the casing somehow disappearing, and a warning from the computer itself it had memory hardware problems accompanied by failing to run programs, I had to finally give it up. Got a Dell. *sigh* It's good, but just not the same.
Pray for a guy and his wife I know. Ethnic - descended, not even ever been there as far as I know - Japanese wife got insulted and assaulted for being -Chinese- and causing the pandemic. Because fuck all racial progress made in the last century. Ugh.
I can tell things are getting back to normal, whether too soon or not, because the telemarketers/telescammers have crawled out of the underworld again.
Cases in the county are skyrocketing due to the Independence Day tourist rush, though, so Imma crossing my fingers. On a brighter note, I got a haircut so I no longer look like a refugee from from an '80s hair band.
Had a couple months where I couldn't go to my restaurant job - I literally went in normally for the very first day we reopened for the season, then the owners shut down except for the two of them doing take-out/call in orders - but seeing as I was stuck at home when not at my guard job anyway due to everything else also being closed, not much of a big deal other than boredom.
Problems... almost running out of TP due to everybody on the island who got to the stores first overbuying. Still can't get Clorox wet wipes. And seeing the main roads empty during tourist season was capital letter Freaky. Had a six-month medical checkup by phone. I wanna argue I should get a discount for that, but considering he's the guy everybody who thinks they have The Virus goes too see in person... yeah. Also, lost a filling that I can't go to a closed dentist for. Considering my dental luck, probably going to lose the tooth.
Biggest problem was I had to treat my old HP laptop like Old Yeller. After missing keys, the screen popping out of the casing, the hinge breaking and trying to break said screen every single time you try to open and close it, a chunk of the casing somehow disappearing, and a warning from the computer itself it had memory hardware problems accompanied by failing to run programs, I had to finally give it up. Got a Dell. *sigh* It's good, but just not the same.
Pray for a guy and his wife I know. Ethnic - descended, not even ever been there as far as I know - Japanese wife got insulted and assaulted for being -Chinese- and causing the pandemic. Because fuck all racial progress made in the last century. Ugh.
I can tell things are getting back to normal, whether too soon or not, because the telemarketers/telescammers have crawled out of the underworld again.
Cases in the county are skyrocketing due to the Independence Day tourist rush, though, so Imma crossing my fingers. On a brighter note, I got a haircut so I no longer look like a refugee from from an '80s hair band.
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“They opened up a can’a dumbass!” – Jon Stewart regarding Fox News, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein