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Poll: Rep Retirement Lodge 204: Covid 19

Poll: Rep Retirement Lodge 204: Covid 19

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St. Clown said:
And next week he'll be sitting up on his own, then crawling the week after that, then standing, and next walking. At least that's how it went for my little girl. She just hit 9mos on Friday, and she's on the verge of walking. It feels like yesterday that I had to support her head when holding her. I never appreciated what my buddies were talking about - getting excited about -- when they would talk about this stuff until I experienced it for myself.
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And the next thing you know they're in kindergarten. RubeV.2 is going to be six in Jan. Time flies. Got the latest monthly update last night, and yeah, he's mine. Darn near spitting image of me when I was a kid. Poor thing. ;) For those on FB, if interested, I can send a pic upon request, just IM me.

As for the feelings, you can't describe it to someone else. When bbdl's kid was born, I asked him how it felt, and he said, "I don't know how to explain it. It just was." That is the true answer.
 
Good morning Lodge. It's Tuesday. Waiting for shoes to drop because, well, I hate Tuesdays.

I did a load of laundry yesterday morning and it seemed as if my washing machine wasn't working. Which would be perfect timing given I took my place off the market. I re-started it and it managed to get through the load. I just did another load this morning and it worked. I'm wondering if I didn't slam the doors and the close the drawer where I put the detergent fully.
 
The Rube said:
The lack of stress is bigger than most realize, until it goes away, then you look back, and think, WTeff? You're just so caught up in the moment...
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All of this.

It seems like yesterday I was posting about lil skating in hockey then he was lilnsl running in HS, racing post college and today he went to HR to start the process with his new job. <3

Good Evening Lodge!
 
Evening. 70+ last Sat, major snow and wind today, preceded by sleet, which made the roads oh so awesome. This is the MN I know and grew up with. Local brewery just got hit with 2 Ronas, so they are now closed, and they were planning on 4 consecutive weeks of bottle releases. Oops. They were diligent, also, on sanitizing and social d-ing. Waiting to see on who got infected, and if I had contact with them. I can name the two people I was in close contact with, last Sat when I visited, so that will narrow it down.
 
Good Morning Lodge!
It is in the 70s and humid. How crazy is that for New England in mid-November? The leaves are falling like a snowstorm.
 
leswp1 said:
Good Morning Lodge!
It is in the 70s and humid. How crazy is that for New England in mid-November? The leaves are falling like a snowstorm.
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It's definitely cooler here today than it was yesterday but I still have my balcony door open to get some fresh air.
 
seeking opinions/guidance:

Family wants to get together for Christmas. 9 people(3 households): My parents, bro, his wife, their 2 kids, me, wT baby (maybe 8 people, 'cause NaSK doesn't want to go). Original plan was rent a house in Alabama, everyone would drive 10-12 hours, by driving we would have very little contact with other people and greatly limit exposure. The more the Houston families thought about it, the less they wanted to. Mom says it's because she doesn't want me driving 10 hours alone with a 1.5 year old.
Now, they want me to fly to Houston. I have enough anxiety when I fly, and that's before having a toddler and not during a pandemic. I know they are making people wear masks on airlines now, and they say the filtered air is safer than say a conference room without filtered air. I still don't know.

My parents are 70 and overweight and I really don't want to be the one that brings the virus to them. At the same time, my family hasn't seen wT baby since she was 7 months (last Christmas). Back then her only skills were rolling over and smiling. Now she runs, knows some words, claps, gives kisses, waves bye-bye....she's grown so much. My mother says if I won't come in December, she's flying to MI in January.

I'm stuck between wanting my family to spend time with wT baby at this age, and not wanting the stress of travel with a 19 month old and potential covid exposure of myself or my family.
 
wolverineTrumpet said:
seeking opinions/guidance:

Family wants to get together for Christmas. 9 people(3 households): My parents, bro, his wife, their 2 kids, me, wT baby (maybe 8 people, 'cause NaSK doesn't want to go). Original plan was rent a house in Alabama, everyone would drive 10-12 hours, by driving we would have very little contact with other people and greatly limit exposure. The more the Houston families thought about it, the less they wanted to. Mom says it's because she doesn't want me driving 10 hours alone with a 1.5 year old.
Now, they want me to fly to Houston. I have enough anxiety when I fly, and that's before having a toddler and not during a pandemic. I know they are making people wear masks on airlines now, and they say the filtered air is safer than say a conference room without filtered air. I still don't know.

My parents are 70 and overweight and I really don't want to be the one that brings the virus to them. At the same time, my family hasn't seen wT baby since she was 7 months (last Christmas). Back then her only skills were rolling over and smiling. Now she runs, knows some words, claps, gives kisses, waves bye-bye....she's grown so much. My mother says if I won't come in December, she's flying to MI in January.

I'm stuck between wanting my family to spend time with wT baby at this age, and not wanting the stress of travel with a 19 month old and potential covid exposure of myself or my family.
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No, no, no, no,no, [repeat!] All NOOOOOO! If you love people stay home. It isn't just the flying. I could make a list that fills the page for why this is a bad idea. It sucks that you haven't seen people but jeebus- is it worth killing them or getting them really sick or you dying? Currently have 3 people in the fam who are in various stages of sick- one is just out of the ICU. They were attempting to be careful. The one who got it in March is still not better. This sh1t doesn't negotiate or understand whether you want to see people. It just kills them or incapacitates them.

Edit- and considering TX is now one of the world leaders in numbers (more than all but 4 countries).... why would she not love her grandkid enough to stay away.
God this makes me so crazy.

::puts herself in timeout::
 
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Zoom the meal. Do it up right, have your device at the table, like you're all there, etc, and Zoom it (or Skype it, or whatever).

One of my local breweries got hit with 2 positive cases, announced last night, and I was there on Sat. However, heard back from them, and the 2 positives were NOT working when I was there. I only had contact with one staff member (convo of more than 2-3 minutes; staff is always masked up). This is day 5 since I've been there, and I feel great, so not worried. But when that news first hit...yeah, I wanna know if I'm in the line of fire or not.

You couldn't pay me to fly right now, btw.
 
I am debating about driving to Milwaukee for Thanksgiving. The main factor is that my mom hasn't seen Baby wore Black since he was 2 weeks old. I am not worried about my mom. It is my dad. He goes to the bars. He claims that he doesn't go anywhere he doesn't feel safe. I have told him that I do not feel safe by his word. At Thanksgiving, they are going to have 2 additional people at their place. One I know is ok. It is the other one that has the same mentality as my dad.
 
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