March 16th (Quarantine Day 1)
{s} Monday I was sent home from work, along with my entire
department due to COVID-19 and informed I’ll be working remote until told
otherwise. Mike was already working
remotely, and all three kids are presently on Spring Break. Mid-way through dinner prep, I received a phone
call from Hannah & Parker’s school district confirming what we already suspected;
classes are postponed through April 3rd …and almost simultaneously,
Mike received an email regarding the same thing for Teegan’s school.
The seriousness of the situation quickly set in…and then the panic of
“what are we going to do for the next 3 weeks” took over. Parker was already complaining about not
being able to see his friends and Hannah repeated “I can’t stay locked in here
with you people for this long”. Mike and
I looked at each other, shook our heads and I said – “I’m totally blogging this
experience.”
{m} I had planned to go into work on Monday, however, my allergies
were in full force giving me a few more sniffles and sneezes than normal. In an effort to avoid the glares and looks of
fear, I opted to stay home. My home
office area allows me to keep productive, but knowing what was going on around
the world made it difficult to focus. In
addition, we already had speculation floating around the office that someone in
another building had been sent home last week with suspected COVID-19 virus. The rumor mill was the case was now
confirmed positive. Then there was talk about a whole floor of folks in my
building sent home, but no official communication from our corporate office.
Around 1:15pm, I received a call from Sarah explaining how her department was being sent home for at least 14 days. My mind began to spiral through all the “what
if” scenarios; but ultimately, I had work to get done so shifted my focus back
to work.
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