You've made me so happy

Holy shit husband found a supermarket with a working Starbucks... Bougie basic bitch mode enabled...

Starbucks is one of those places it is hard to go with Celiacs because gluten free is dependent on the location and the barista never is sure what to have except plain coffee...and no thanks to that. But I have thought of stopping at one almost every time I was out a couple weeks ago, just to be normal-ish and not restricted.

Yeah we got fast food the kids the other night and just ate it in the car and dear God it was nice to go do something that felt like normal life. It's amazing how stressful just sitting around in the house can be when the outside world is so scary.

Totally, I no longer feel like getting burgers is a waste of money! We get to go outside, I don't have to cook YET another meal, and I'm supporting the economy even if it's drive-through icecream. And that feeling of normalcy is priceless!!

For realsies. Honestly it's good for the kids too, I think. To go do something that's not just us in our Hobbit hole all stressed out all the time.

I’m in the UK. We’re in complete lock down for the foreseeable future. If the US does what it’s supposed to and follows suite then you won’t be able to do that for much longer. Food delivery is still available but that’s it. We can go out of the house for one form of exercise per day or for essentials or to help a vulnerable neighbour/relative. People over here are literally losing their marbles (not me, I’m Autistic and therefore I’m surviving just fine besides from missing my boyfriend badly). Meanwhile I’m just learning to knit. I really want to try writing some more Karamel fic though.

I know it’s a weird, scary time but just remember that hopefully if everyone social distances then it will be over soon! I’ve actually found knitting has been a good form of stimming for me, the repetitive movements are soothing. Maybe some stuff like that would help your kids if you need some activities? I’m not sure about inside exercise but I think there are some youtube tutorials that have been posted just for this that might help if worst comes to worst. 

Thing is, it's not really going to be over until there's a vaccine, in 18 months. Or honestly maybe later since it may take longer than that to make billions of doses. I have no idea what's going to happen but even after the peak, we're still going to be stuck like this for the long haul. Because the minute people start thinking it's done and going back to higher risk activities then the transmission rate shoots back up. Until eventually enough people have contracted it and gained immunity that way and then the transmission rate decreases. But realistically? Most of us will probably get it eventually. The hope is we get it later rather than sooner and we can avoid hospitals being overwhelmed. But until then, all we can do is try and keep our risk low and take precautions. Face covers, hand washing, minimizing contact. But we all still gotta eat, so we can't eliminate our risk entirely.

I know it won’t really be over until a vaccine is produced but the less people are spreading it about, the gradually things will return to some sort of normal before next year. I think we’re going to be on total lockdown until May-June then on partial lockdown until September, at least from what our chief science advisors are saying in the UK. And I’ve read a lot of things from professors that say that social distancing (when enough people are actually putting it into practice) is effective, the virus will burn out when the numbers gradually get smaller and smaller from having nowhere to spread (though again, we need a vaccine to really make sure the damn thing is properly eradicated). I’m focusing on that or else my mental health will take a swan dive off a cliff and I’ve had more than my fair share of anxiety induced meltdowns. 

Holy shit husband found a supermarket with a working Starbucks... Bougie basic bitch mode enabled...

Starbucks is one of those places it is hard to go with Celiacs because gluten free is dependent on the location and the barista never is sure what to have except plain coffee...and no thanks to that. But I have thought of stopping at one almost every time I was out a couple weeks ago, just to be normal-ish and not restricted.

Yeah we got fast food the kids the other night and just ate it in the car and dear God it was nice to go do something that felt like normal life. It's amazing how stressful just sitting around in the house can be when the outside world is so scary.

Totally, I no longer feel like getting burgers is a waste of money! We get to go outside, I don't have to cook YET another meal, and I'm supporting the economy even if it's drive-through icecream. And that feeling of normalcy is priceless!!

For realsies. Honestly it's good for the kids too, I think. To go do something that's not just us in our Hobbit hole all stressed out all the time.

I’m in the UK. We’re in complete lock down for the foreseeable future. If the US does what it’s supposed to and follows suite then you won’t be able to do that for much longer. Food delivery is still available but that’s it. We can go out of the house for one form of exercise per day or for essentials or to help a vulnerable neighbour/relative. People over here are literally losing their marbles (not me, I’m Autistic and therefore I’m surviving just fine besides from missing my boyfriend badly). Meanwhile I’m just learning to knit. I really want to try writing some more Karamel fic though.

I know it’s a weird, scary time but just remember that hopefully if everyone social distances then it will be over soon! I’ve actually found knitting has been a good form of stimming for me, the repetitive movements are soothing. Maybe some stuff like that would help your kids if you need some activities? I’m not sure about inside exercise but I think there are some youtube tutorials that have been posted just for this that might help if worst comes to worst. 

Holy shit husband found a supermarket with a working Starbucks... Bougie basic bitch mode enabled...

Starbucks is one of those places it is hard to go with Celiacs because gluten free is dependent on the location and the barista never is sure what to have except plain coffee...and no thanks to that. But I have thought of stopping at one almost every time I was out a couple weeks ago, just to be normal-ish and not restricted.

Yeah we got fast food the kids the other night and just ate it in the car and dear God it was nice to go do something that felt like normal life. It's amazing how stressful just sitting around in the house can be when the outside world is so scary.

Totally, I no longer feel like getting burgers is a waste of money! We get to go outside, I don't have to cook YET another meal, and I'm supporting the economy even if it's drive-through icecream. And that feeling of normalcy is priceless!!

For realsies. Honestly it's good for the kids too, I think. To go do something that's not just us in our Hobbit hole all stressed out all the time.

I’m in the UK. We’re in complete lock down for the foreseeable future. If the US does what it’s supposed to and follows suite then you won’t be able to do that for much longer. Food delivery is still available but that’s it. We can go out of the house for one form of exercise per day or for essentials or to help a vulnerable neighbour/relative. People over here are literally losing their marbles (not me, I’m Autistic and therefore I’m surviving just fine besides from missing my boyfriend badly). Meanwhile I’m just learning to knit. I really want to try writing some more Karamel fic though.

Positives: he’s still Palpatine.

And Lena a mix of Anakin and Crylo?

I mean how many goddamed Star Wars references has this godforsaken show done now? They know how this shit goes.

And omg I just realized that Drift is in the second/joke photo going “guys what the FCK” at the Chris belly 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

Their baby will be cuter than baby Yoda yeah I said it fight me.

Well, that explains why they’re starting filming early…

I don’t want to go too crazy down the rabbit hole but it certainly has plenty of potential implications for the show, especially if Chris’ show goes to series.

If they’re telling us now, she’ll be due in early September, maybe? (It’s twelve weeks, right?) So that’s a lot the show needs to get done between now and July, regardless of what happens with thirtysomething.

Twelve weeks typically. But remember due dates are unpredictable (all my kids came 3-5 weeks early). they’ll have to plan for her to be done early in the 3rd trimester at the latest. Besides which filming heavily pregnant would be crazy. As is her stunt double is in for a lot of shoots. Assuming they really don’t write it in which frankly I would be shocked (though elated!) if they did. And she’s already showing they are gonna have to hurry it up.

It’s going to be season five of Alias all over again, I can tell.

They wrote it in, and made Sydney a mentor to an agent who was in the same position as her in season one (so, basically, Nia). But there’s already Nia, so…?

Acrata/Andrea would be an interesting candidate for nascent superheroine in training…just saying…fun dynamic having to tutor your shitty boss.

It would be a prime opportunity for an excellent feminist storyline based around superheroing as a mother. And how do her and Clark get treated differently as parents and heroes.