I just want to hear how everyone is doing.
We at the Patch are doing well.
Miriam is much as usual, so far not much affected by the Covid 19 situation. Hopefully, I will be able to replenish her main foods before we run out. We have a couple or three or four days worth. I will just have to face the long lines into the store. Her foods are not (as yet?) the panic buying foods. And if I can do that, I will also be able to replenish our fresh foods. We have oodles of food. We can eat well for several days, even if we cannot replenish fresh. After that, we can eat a little strangely for a rather long time. I have an erratic supply of food storage. LOL I hope and anticipate that store stocks of TP will stabilize before we run out.
I am a triple threat - old, diabetic, and blood type A. (Not sure how seriously to take the blood type thing). I don't feel particularly vulnerable. I will go to the store as needed / when I can. But I will be careful as I can. For myself, of course, and we don't want to bring it to Miriam.
Joseph, so far, still goes to work. He scans documents so that other co-workers can work from home. When he was little, he was Safety Boy, so rest assured, that he takes health precautions.
Sacramento City College is closed. Andrew takes his classes and does his tutoring job on-line. Not many students using the tutors, though. They may not realize they are available.
That's us. How are you?
Love, Mom
Ruth - March 21
We're doing good.
We have plenty of food, and I think enough toilet paper. And lots of books, games, schoolwork, housework, and movies.
Tom has a whole lot of work. People are still encouraged to invest, so there are plenty of notaries to do. The title companies have closed their offices to the public, so their own employees can't do the notaries. And some notary republics (I think that's what they are called) are high risk. So lots of extra work for the others. They were swamped earlier in the week when we were with the Rosers. Tom did 6 yesterday (average day was 2-3) and 3 today (usually he doesn't have any on Saturdays, or only 1). He is being careful, but I don't know if there is a lot he can do. (He is blood type O, lol.) We'll just ride this wave and if he or one of us gets it, he'll lock down, too.
We continue to take walks and picnic. The kids have friends that have started a virtual book club.
We won't see anyone at The Patch, or anyone else high risk, until this is over. We're a little more dangerous because of Tom's work.
Sariah - March 21
Rosers are good.
We have TP and plenty of food, though I plan to restock produce and perishables at some point next week.
Ryan's office divided into two groups and take turns when they can be in the office so only half the office can be exposed to each other. But even then, most are staying home even when their group is "in the office". This week was his week home and he's planning to stay home this coming week too, unless something comes up where he really needs to go in. We are very fortunate that he has a job where he can keep working safely and conveniently.
Rori's still on Spring Break, actually, so technically, she hasn't missed any school yet. They would be going back on Tuesday, but the governor just mandated that all schools stay closed through April 10, so she will be missing almost 3 weeks by then.
Acadia is still in Gold Beach, OR. The mission just sent out an update today that all missionaries will be staying in their apartments except to restock necessary supplies. They are also instructed to go outside at least 2x a day to get fresh air and sunshine, but not to interact with people. They are doing all their work via technology. Right now, we don't expect that she will come home early. They have been sending missionaries (especially those on the West Coast) home early, to make room for the missionaries coming back to the states from other countries, but that seems to be affecting mostly the elders.
This all does put her homecoming celebrations up in the air, however. We doubt that there will be any. We don't see this being over in only a month. What that means, we don't know. We may have to just do a video broadcast of her sharing a message or something. For those that were planning to come here, we have no idea what to plan for at this point. I'd at least look into what the cancellation policies are for your flights and airbnb stay. (Flights through SWA will be okay. They don't give money back, but they are extending the expiration of the credit you get when you cancel to something like June 2021 (usually it is one year from the date you purchased the tickets). I have no idea about the airbnb though.) I wouldn't say to cancel anything yet, unless they have a deadline of when you can cancel and get your full refund, but be aware of what the policy is. We'll keep you posted as it gets closer.
So we are all pretty much in self-imposed shelter in place situations, even though our state(s) haven't mandated it yet. OR has strongly suggested staying home but hasn't gone so far as to mandate shelter in place. AZ hasn't really done much more than close schools and dining rooms in restaurants. But since we don't need to go out, we are staying in and shouldn't be at risk. I just have to try to be safe when I get out to the store next week. And if I feel like it isn't safe, we could survive without me going.
Debi - March 21
We are doing ok over here! Lucas and I have been working from home since Monday and Molly has been off school the entire week, and not returning most likely this year (based on what the Governor is saying). We’ll see! The teachers are sending weekly assignments so we’re learning how to home school and work full time jobs. We only have her half the time, so we’re teachers Thursdays & Fridays and every other Monday!
We have done a couple of big “stock up” shopping trips and are utilizing our organic farm box that is delivering weekly. Also, Monday we should get an order from Raleys, as long as they have the items we need..!
We have several small packages of TP so we are hoping we are good until the stores are stocked. If anyone hears of Amazon or anyone selling online, let us know. We also bought wipes to make sure we have SOMETHING in case the TP runs out. :)
Anyway, it’s definitely an adventure, and we are encouraging Molly to journal daily as this is probably the first big world event she’s experienced/will remember. We are taking daily walks to get fresh air and trying to see the bright side (take your dog to work day! 0 commute!).
Love you guys!
Bethany - March 21
We are doing well but really not much has changed for us since I'm still home with the baby every day and Ben is still working the same schedule. The restaurant is still open but it's only take out and to go orders so it's very slow at the moment and there's not many people working at a time but they are taking the opportunity to deep clean the restaurant and take care of maintenance. Getting formula for Jacob hasn't been easy but we've been able to find enough to get by and we have enough food to take care of Ben and I for the next several weeks. I will be heading to the store on Monday to get formula that will be ready for pickup if anyone needs me to get anything for them while I'm there.
Love, Ben and Bethany
David - March 22
We aren't worried about supplies (restocked TP in Jan, so we should be good to May or June).
I got a slight cough (coughing briefly a few times a day) this week and my office has stated that I can't go in due to that. Teresa's brothers Justin (from Phoenix) and Ryan (Chico) were with us this week. Teresa came down with something on Friday - started with a sore throat, a mild fever yesterday, nasal congestion is the primary symptom currently. We aren't particularly worried so long as the fever doesn't return and congestion doesn't move to the chest.
AirBnB reservations can be cancelled before check in time for a refund of cleaning fee, but no other refund is available. We also have travel plans to visit Teresa's sister in Texas over Memorial Day weekend which we aren't yet planning to cancel (Southwest flights are the only reservations we've made for that so far). I am hopeful that things will begin returning to normal around Easter, but I think the transmission rates over then next two weeks will be a key factor.
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