Upate: 3/17/2020 4:06 Tuesday

Monterey County is now on "shelter in place orders"

The good and the bad:

1. In my job, with my organization, we are in the food provider industry, in a round about way. This is good news...read on to find out why...

2. In my area, in Santa Cruz County, they have instituted a "shelter in place" SIP, aka lockdown with fines and possible jail time, as of yesterday. The day before was San Francisco, about 80 or miles north of me. I think my hometown, Monterey County (moco), is next. 

3. My job/oganization is considered an "essential industry", so with the mandatory SIP, I will still be required to go to work. Thats good news, because with all the cleansers, sanitizers, and knowledge, we have a pretty clean environment, with all our offices separated, the social distancing. No one visits us.

4. Dh is not, so if they institue the Sip to MoCo, he will be required to stay home and build my veggy boxes, plant the palm he just bought, clean the catboxes...etc. No shopping! Gasp. He is such a shopper, and loves having projects. He will probably clean the garage...Luckily between his vacation pay (he never vacations we were hoping to this year...oh well...) and sick leave (hes a tank) he has about a month of paid leave. So we are covered there, at least for about a month.

5. Munchkin SD13 has been quarantined at her mother, Toxic Troll's, apartment. With the new super young puppy she bought. Part husky, part samoyed. She named it Kahlua after the liquer...thats a 13-year old...ok. So the puppy is so young, no shots, so she doesnt go out with her at all. Yup, its a her, probably unspayed but whatever. At least munchkin isn telling me shes bored, lol. 

I just worry, because as we have all noticed, these skids imprint heavily on the toxic mothers and munchkin and I had such a cool thing going. I feel her slipping away, day by day...

I am somewhat glued to the news, and watching things as closely as I can, in between doing my actual job. And for me, with being in agriculture, our season JUST started.

Im also a bit bummed as the gymn closed (not that I am going!) and the restaurants are closing, and my vulnerable friends are not doing well. So many of my friends are in the service industry, or own local businesses and are heavily affected with no $$$$ coming in. The area I am in relies so heavily on the tourist money, and guess what ASIAN money.

But for now, things are manageble. Keep us posted StepTalkers!