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The first Wednesday of every month is the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Posts go up the 1st Wednesday of every month. Check it out here and join if you need support with your writing. Don't forget to stop by and say hi to the co-hosts: Diane Burton, JH Moncrieff, Anna @ Emaginette, Karen @ Reprobate Typewriter, Erika Beebe, and Lisa Buie-Collard! April 1 question - The IWSG’s focus is on our writers. Each month, from all over the globe, we are a united group sharing our insecurities, our troubles, and our pain. So, in this time when our world is in crisis with the covid-19 pandemic, our optional question this month is: how are things in your world? I had a different post planned today, but I decided to swap it out after reading this month's question. Things are a little crazy right now, even in my world. I'm in Upper Michigan. It's remote with lots of trees and small populations, so things reach here last. I remember Mad Cow, the last SARS, and ebola causing a panic around the country. But not here. Not much changed it didn't really affect many people. This time, it has. There has been one confirmed case of someone from my county having Coronavirus. They aren't being treated here, though. Probably downstate. Hubby read about a woman passing through the nearby airport that might have had it. I went to Meijer and there was no toilet paper! Yeah, the panic reached all the way up here.  This was actually the snack cake aisle. It was picked bare and someone left that there and it was too funny not to snap a picture. That was when I knew this was something really serious. When the laid back folks of "Da UP" are worried, you know shit has gone down.
Fortunately, hubby is able to work from home. I was able to go out and get food stocked up and found some rubbing alcohol and Aloe Vera gel so I could make some hand sanitizer because all I could find was a small bottle to fit in my purse. We've been hunkered down and eager for this to blow over. A Youtuber I watch, Markiplier, said something the other day that really struck me. He said the outcome we want from this is to prove the skeptics right, that it wasn't that bad because we took extra precautions and the death toll wasn't as high as it could have been. TL;DR: Better safe than sorry. I hope you are weathering this storm and keeping safe. If it's stressing you out, I recommend going to the subreddit AWWW for some cute animal therapy. We'll get through this. The human race is too stubborn not to.
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3/30/2020 09:08:56 am
The toilet paper panic reached everywhere. Now you know what it's like here the day before a hurricane arrives. 4/1/2020 03:27:21 am
I agree, this virus has touched every space on the planet and has certainly changed us all in some way. I wish you and your hubby well. Happy IWSG Day :) 4/1/2020 04:04:37 am
Haha, love that photo! 4/1/2020 07:23:17 am
When we make a trip to the store, we pick up a pack or two of toilet paper and other essentials (if available.) We want to be prepared but not hoard. 4/1/2020 09:17:54 am
Wow! The A to Z! This is probably a good time to do it since we're on lock down. I love your theme! 4/1/2020 09:38:35 am
I’ve only been to one store and it wasn’t looking too picked over, but Eldest Son reported having to make 2 attempts to get TP (which, happily, he did before we got home). Around here, traffic is only slightly lighter, and people are almost crowding the park daily, instead of just on weekends. 4/1/2020 10:05:02 am
The stores in my area all look like we're about to be hit by a major hurricane. A couple of weeks ago, I had to go to four stores to find a half-gallon of milk. 4/1/2020 10:20:11 am
The people cleaning out the stores to stock up on certain products is really overkill. Stay safe out there in the back of beyond. 4/1/2020 01:29:24 pm
We are sheltered in place in Illinois, as well. Like you, I spend a lot of time sheltered in place anyway. The toilet paper rush happened even before the President announced a national crisis. I really don't understand the panic buying. We have plenty of food, fresh fruit and veggies, and a steady supply of milk and eggs, so all good there.
Cathrina
4/1/2020 03:42:38 pm
Many people have the virus in Buffalo, and a few deaths. So sad. I'm at home, and leave once a week or less, to go the market for perishables. Hope by our next IWSG, this virus will have considerably weakened, if not gone altogether... 4/1/2020 06:05:41 pm
We're doing okay here in North Carolina. Luckily all three Bryants at home are introverts and handle the lack of more rambunctious social opportunities well. 4/2/2020 06:44:10 am
Our grocery stores emptied out once a confirmed case was made public in our area. Luckily, I had started stocking up on things slowly in the weeks before. My husband thought I was crazy when I asked him to buy extra toilet paper from our local version of Costco, but now he is thankful. 4/2/2020 08:10:59 pm
Thankfully you only have one case. I wish we here in Orlando can say that. WE have thousands of cases and four plus deaths. Very scary. Hoping to head north in a few days to go back home to NW IL where there are only a few cases. Thankfully stores are carrying much of the things I need. March was INSANE most of the month for hand sanitizer and tp. Good in both now... stay safe! 4/3/2020 02:14:02 pm
We live in a sleepy little mountain town and are doing well, for which I feel most grateful because so many other places aren't at all. I have a hubby who's an EMT and in Paramedic school, so the thought of him doing his clinicals is worrisome to some extent, but he survived 30 years in the military so I have to have faith we'll weather this as well. Thanks for sharing! Did you bring home the game? We LOVE board games. 4/7/2020 06:44:44 am
We were lucky in our house because my sister-in-law keeps us stocked regularly on the things people were panic buying. We haven't had to go out to purchase toilet paper, soap, or paper towels. Leave a Reply. |
