Beachmom0317
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- Mar 5, 2016
I can relate to your post. Our son had pnemonia a couple times this winter and I want to limit times we go out for groceries. I pretty much spent our month budget on groceries for food for a few weeks. It’s actually nice not having to go out now for my weekly grocery shopping. When this is over I may try to go shopping biweekly since I like it. Most of my food is crock pot freezer meals I made ahead of time. We’re lucky DH’s job isn’t affected by this whole thing.DH and I are both lucky that our jobs can be done remotely. I also don't anticipate any kind of loss of income. Though our daughter's daycare is still open, we decided last week to start keeping her home. We have decided to continue to pay tuition though because we want to support them. If our daycare went out of business, it would be devastating. Starting this week, they will be providing weekly activity packs to all of the kids that are home but still having tuition paid. I am grateful for some fun activities to keep DD entertained.
In order to make all of this work while still working full time, we have begun to stager our work schedules. I work from 6 am-noon and then DH works from noon-6 pm. I am also able to sneak in an hour or so while DD naps after her lunch, so I am basically working a full schedule still. Our university employer has also set up an 80 hour paid leave time bank for every employee to use if they are sick, need to quarantine, or for family care responsibilities. If I can't hit 40 hours per week, then I will just dip into some of the 80-hour bank each week to make up the time.
We have definitely gone over our regular grocery budget for the month. I don't think we have been excessive, but we have bought more than we would normally. We stocked up on meats, soups, rice, lentils, veggies to freeze, and other staples. I just want to minimize the number of times that we have to leave the house for anything.
The worst thing that has happened this week is that my boss's husband tested positive for COVID-19 and my boss had developed a low-grade fever. I haven't physically seen my boss in almost a month because we stopped in-person meetings at the end of February given the increase in domestic cases. So I am not personally concerned about contracting it via her. I am very concerned about them both though. My boss is in her mid-60s and her husband is a bit older. He has some pre-existing health conditions. Our temple has been holding services via live stream for the past two weeks. We watched the children's service with DD and she really likes seeing the Rabbi and hearing the familiar songs. Then after DD went to bed, DH and I watched the regular service and I had my boss and her husband's names added to the prayer for healing. We have a staff meeting tomorrow morning, so it will be interesting to see her on video cam if she is feeling up to it.
Our range did die so we had to buy a new one but we were prepared for it since it was on borrowed time lol