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    Anyone else feel like you’re on the verge of a panic attack? Like this is all too surreal and there’s too much uncertainty?

    I’ve been pretty positive through about an hour ago, got off my phone, had a long shower and some things just kind of sunk in. Our jobs are stable, we can work from home, we’ve got more than enough to keep ourselves entertained, but we’re taking our 5 year old daughter and 2 1/2 year old son out of daycare (will probably close completely this week following school closures here in Illinois. That will be an adjustment. I’m not complaining though. I have far more empathy for those with jobs that are ending, kids they now have to watch, or kids they can’t watch due to having to be at work. I have no right to complain. We’ll have to adjust, keep them busy, keep them learning.

    But something about these unknowns, I don’t know. This is just surreal, scary, and I feel that reality creeping up now. We’re not seeing our good neighbors for a couple weeks and we’re trusting each other’s self-quarantine methods in the hopes that in a couple weeks, we can start being around each other, for our kids to play and take the load off each other when we need to. I’m grateful for that.

    There are no cases in my town and we’re fortunate to live in a middle-upper-middle-class town of 47k north of Chicago. People are respectable and I think people will stay calm.

    Lastly, and this sounds stupid, but I’ve been doing keto for three weeks and, trying to imagine the chaos of reduced grocery availability if that happens, it just seems absurd to care much about crap like that. It feels selfish; like, we have no idea how long we’re gonna be faced with this, how I look seems like a ridiculous priority right now. Keeping my family safe and healthy, maintaining my sanity, getting enough sleep and not stressing is the right thing to focus on.

    But the stress is centered on “ok... first weekday of kids home starts tomorrow and what if I can’t handle it by Wednesday?” Bill Maher said it best on Friday: pay attention to the three S’s: Sleep, Stress, Sugar. Get enough sleep, don’t get stressed out, and avoid too much sugar which only aids in stress.

    Good luck to all of you. :)

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