It has been two weeks since everything started to shut down. Two weeks ago we were anxiously awaiting St. Patrick’s Day. This has been a Twilight Zone experience. Everything has shut down, we are all supposed to be practicing social distancing and people want to throw parties. Let’s get a couple food trucks in the neighborhood and people can practice social distancing (no, no they can’t – stop it!)
I want this over too, I want to go back to work. I miss my job, I miss my desk, I miss being able to tell tourists about useless information about Savannah. I get it this is not fun and you are bored, I am too. I am painting and listening to The Great Gatsby on audiobook. I managed to screw my back up, it involved a very furry, dirty dog and a bath. I had been exercising however, this definitely put a damper on everything.
I tried to apply for unemployment insurance today. The system is back logged, I felt so bad for the gentleman on the phone. Apparently they enter every claim manually, they have over 15,000 claims. They will try to have everything done by next week. I also have to apply for three new jobs a week, in an industry where no body is hiring.
I say it again as much as I want it to go back to normal, I want everyone to be safe. I want to go back to work, I want the kids to go back to school, I want life to go back to normal. To say everything will be back to normal by Easter is ridiculous, it would be nice but it isn’t going to happen.
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 