Day one of Project Hunker Down with the Wife and Kids at Home Without Leaving The House Not Even Once OMG is almost in the books. We survived!! I think! How’d you do?

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This WFH policy is finally answering a question I’ve asked myself for years: when am I going to drink all this?

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What’s too early to start drinking? Asking for a friend

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Another thing: we did actually take a family walk, and all the restaurants, coffee shops, barber shops, etc., were bustling.

If felt weird to have this post-apocalyptic mindset, then go out and see people just living life as usual and ONE OF US IS WRONG!

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I just came back from paternity two weeks ago so I had already developed a tolerance to cabin fever.

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I’ve got a 9 and a 11 and I don’t think we’re going to make it through the day.

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Great!


I’m unemployed

I should add that I feel lucky that I have a little bit in savings, unlike friends in the service industry who are *actually* in trouble.

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