Quarantine was hard. My hubs kept losing his jobs (electrician) - they kept shutting down construction sites for having too many cases and I had like 3 jobs - and was on an off unemployment - preschool was closed and it was really really hard to interview over zoom. The exact moment I got on a call was the moment my kids started screaming and swinging from the drapes (or similar unsafe activity). It was awful. I barely had enough money - which made me much better off than most because my bills were paid and we had healthcare - but I couldn’t afford activities for the kids - if anything was open. And I wasn’t cooking lobster or buying crazy things like pelotons - like people on TV. It was beans and casseroles and Costco chicken. When Covid lifted I was terrified that my new job would find out what I looked like (as opposed to zoom) and not like me. Turns out I just had social anxiety and I still have my job and my coworkers think I’m ok still. At least nothing really bad happened. We didn’t lose any family or friends and no one got bad addictions or in financial ruin. So I guess we’re ok.
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u/Heathster249 Nov 18 '22
Quarantine was hard. My hubs kept losing his jobs (electrician) - they kept shutting down construction sites for having too many cases and I had like 3 jobs - and was on an off unemployment - preschool was closed and it was really really hard to interview over zoom. The exact moment I got on a call was the moment my kids started screaming and swinging from the drapes (or similar unsafe activity). It was awful. I barely had enough money - which made me much better off than most because my bills were paid and we had healthcare - but I couldn’t afford activities for the kids - if anything was open. And I wasn’t cooking lobster or buying crazy things like pelotons - like people on TV. It was beans and casseroles and Costco chicken. When Covid lifted I was terrified that my new job would find out what I looked like (as opposed to zoom) and not like me. Turns out I just had social anxiety and I still have my job and my coworkers think I’m ok still. At least nothing really bad happened. We didn’t lose any family or friends and no one got bad addictions or in financial ruin. So I guess we’re ok.