Has anyone else read Station Eleven? No? Wait a few months.

[azriona]

I am having a somewhat otherworldly experience of the coronavirus at the moment. There are several reasons for this, mainly because the disease only officially reached Poland within the last week, and the Polish reaction has been very different from the American one. (Namely: as of this morning, there were only 26 confirmed cases in Poland, but the

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[belleweather]

In 24 minutes the Prime Minister and the Health Minister are likely to come out with a mandatory closure of all schools... with no real plan for online learning. Do you think we can make free reading and watching "Drain the Oceans" count for the last 2 months of 8th, 6th and 2nd grades? Meanwhile, we're on A/B teams at work starting on Monday, and Nathan is home full time. Our apartment isn't that big, and I worry that we don't have enough food. Plus, it all feels really strange and surreal still.

This is not fun.

[azriona]

Not a bit. I wonder if your schools will extend the year? I don't think ours will, since they're doing the Virtual Day thing, but you never know.

I think the only consolation is that if our kids get a truncated school year... everyone else is, too, and will understand (and hopefully accommodate going forward).

We definitely don't have enough food. And I just checked the delivery service. The nearest available delivery is... 24 March! (Insert laughing/crying emoji here.) I'm tempted to sign up for it just to have the spot, honestly.