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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 757379" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>I'm in California, in a neighboring county that has had very high numbers, and where Patient Zero got her nails done (they think--the Vietnamese-American community is very upset with Governor Newsom for pointing that out). I live in a small beach town between Santa Cruz and San Francisco. It's been quiet here except on the weekends, when we are flooded with tourists that don't in any way observe the rules. They are coming from high risk areas into our low risk areas, no masks--it's like they are on vacation from their lockdown. We've closed the beaches so they park up in our neighborhoods, leave their trash, etc. There are signs all over saying if you're five miles away from home, turn around. Ignored, completely ignored. </p><p></p><p>We are very good about face masks in my county. You can't get into a store without one. You have to stand in line to get in, there are one-way markers on the floor; you have to wait for a cashier to call on you to come off your six foot mark. My grandson's summer school, a requirement, will be done with distance learning, which he is fine with, thankfully. He was supposed to graduate into high school. Because there's no hoopla, he's not really registering that he'll be a freshman. We are locked down really tight with no end in sight. </p><p></p><p>Thank heavens for screens for the kids, FaceTime, etc. They have been amazing. Both of their schools have done a really good job with distance learning and the kids are doing well with it. And since both my husband are retired, we aren't in the very sad situation of having lost our income. Husband worked for United Airlines for 40 years and was furloughed many times, but at least he could find work elsewhere to tide us over. Even that option is not possible now. I feel like we're on our own to make our own way forward. I have to be super careful because Husband is 77 years old and has rheumatoid arthritis and is on very strong immunosuppressant drugs. I need him to be around to help me finish raising my two grandkids! (and I rather like sharing my life with him).</p><p></p><p>So, I'm waiting for some kind of restrictions to be lifted so I can go see my daughter who lives in a suburb of Seattle. She's a teacher and has two little ones at home and a husband who is locked up tight in his home office all day working. So she has to do her teaching job work, take care of the kids (3 and 6, one boy who has ADHD) and be their teacher, too. She needs my help desperately but I'm afraid to drive up there just now with so many services being limited. I just imagine being stranded out on the highway somewhere with the other two grandkids. Sigh. Life is different now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 757379, member: 13260"] I'm in California, in a neighboring county that has had very high numbers, and where Patient Zero got her nails done (they think--the Vietnamese-American community is very upset with Governor Newsom for pointing that out). I live in a small beach town between Santa Cruz and San Francisco. It's been quiet here except on the weekends, when we are flooded with tourists that don't in any way observe the rules. They are coming from high risk areas into our low risk areas, no masks--it's like they are on vacation from their lockdown. We've closed the beaches so they park up in our neighborhoods, leave their trash, etc. There are signs all over saying if you're five miles away from home, turn around. Ignored, completely ignored. We are very good about face masks in my county. You can't get into a store without one. You have to stand in line to get in, there are one-way markers on the floor; you have to wait for a cashier to call on you to come off your six foot mark. My grandson's summer school, a requirement, will be done with distance learning, which he is fine with, thankfully. He was supposed to graduate into high school. Because there's no hoopla, he's not really registering that he'll be a freshman. We are locked down really tight with no end in sight. Thank heavens for screens for the kids, FaceTime, etc. They have been amazing. Both of their schools have done a really good job with distance learning and the kids are doing well with it. And since both my husband are retired, we aren't in the very sad situation of having lost our income. Husband worked for United Airlines for 40 years and was furloughed many times, but at least he could find work elsewhere to tide us over. Even that option is not possible now. I feel like we're on our own to make our own way forward. I have to be super careful because Husband is 77 years old and has rheumatoid arthritis and is on very strong immunosuppressant drugs. I need him to be around to help me finish raising my two grandkids! (and I rather like sharing my life with him). So, I'm waiting for some kind of restrictions to be lifted so I can go see my daughter who lives in a suburb of Seattle. She's a teacher and has two little ones at home and a husband who is locked up tight in his home office all day working. So she has to do her teaching job work, take care of the kids (3 and 6, one boy who has ADHD) and be their teacher, too. She needs my help desperately but I'm afraid to drive up there just now with so many services being limited. I just imagine being stranded out on the highway somewhere with the other two grandkids. Sigh. Life is different now. [/QUOTE]
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