What a world... in The day to day

What a fun couple of weeks it’s been since I last posted. I’m sure everyone’s daily lives have been interrupted from this COVID-19 pandemic. B’s been home from school since last week. The governor originally called it off through April 3. But that’s now been updated to April 17. My last day at work until this is all over was Friday last week. So now I get to file unemployment. And hope I can pay the bills.

I didn’t make B do any school work last week because a) even though they sent things home, it wasn’t required and b) I knew I would be home this week to make him do it. So we get to start an at home school routine today. That should be fun. I will have A work on writing his name etc too. Here in another two weeks B will have NTI (non-traditional instruction) days that will be required so they won’t have to make up school whenever they can go back. Our school district has never done NTI before so that will be interesting to see. They are supposed to be trying to coordinate getting Chrome books to all students who don’t have access to computers. Luckily, B’s school issues iPads so he has access to his school work on there.

Since I knew our governor was about to close down my work, I went and bought things to keep me busy. Several puzzles as well as a kit to help me learn to crochet. I’ve already done two out of the 6 puzzles I bought. I need to slow it down! I need to write out a daily schedule to follow so I will stay motivated. Knowing I don’t have to hurry and do things has been hard to make myself do anything. I can see that being a problem if this goes on for as long as I think it will.

I just filed my unemployment claim and I can’t request a check until April 5. My work paid us a week early, so thank goodness for that. I’m trying really hard not to worry about money, but of course it’s hard not to. I was already living paycheck to paycheck thanks to my ex. And for this to happen, my anxiety is through the roof. I hope the government decides on sending out the relief checks and I hope they are for a decent amount. I am sure everyone else out there is feeling the exact same way.

In non pandemic news, my ex deactivated his Facebook account. His gf once again had posted pictures of A and then tagged him in it. I had previously asked him to tell her not to do this. So a couple of weeks go by, she apparently asked if it was okay. Rather than ask ME if it was okay to do, he said oh yeah that should be fine. I told him it was hurtful and I didn’t want her to do it. No one outside of family needs to be posting pictures of our kids. He brought up the argument, “So it’s okay if I do it on my page even though some of her family are my friends on there.” I rolled my eyes and told him I didn’t want her to post and I couldn’t stop him from posting. But that I’d prefer if she wasn’t tagged in pictures. He said okay but then went home and apparently got into an argument with her. His solution was to deactivate his Facebook.

Of course that means that now she could go ahead and post pictures and I wouldn’t know it because we aren’t Facebook friends and he isn’t there for her to tag anymore. Her Facebook page was up for a few days and now hers seems to either be deactivated too, or she’s made it so she can’t be searched. I had a mutual friend try and friend her so she could be my spy and tell me if she posted pictures of my kids. I really didn’t think it was that hard of an ask. I have already backed down from other requests, like her not being there when my kids visit when this first went down. Oh well.

Because of the pandemic, my divorce is now on hold. Legal Aid sent me a letter stating that until this is over they can’t conduct their divorce clinics. So who knows how much longer before I can get this over with! I guess I better start this day. Get the kids up and do something productive. Stay safe out there!

Last updated March 23, 2020