[Andorion]

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

[Mentalist]

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

Welcome back, ando. We were worried.

Go sign up for the mafia game!

[Andorion]

Mentalist, on 10 June 2020 - 04:29 PM, said:

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

Welcome back, ando. We were worried.

Go sign up for the mafia game!

I already did!

I was worried about you guys too.

How are you?

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

Welcome back man, we were concerned that something had happened. BK raised the warning bells about it a few months back and he was hoping you were okay.

Turns out we care an awful lot about each other.

Glad you're surviving this Covid-19 shitshow and no one in your orbit has been hit by it, including yourself.

We're doing okay, bit of a crazy sitiauton at mine, both kids home since Mar 13th and wife and I have been working from home since then too. Managing them and working is difficult, but we are managing.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 10 June 2020 - 04:42 PM, said:

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

Welcome back man, we were concerned that something had happened. BK raised the warning bells about it a few months back and he was hoping you were okay.

Turns out we care an awful lot about each other.

Glad you're surviving this Covid-19 shitshow and no one in your orbit has been hit by it, including yourself.

We're doing okay, bit of a crazy sitiauton at mine, both kids home since Mar 13th and wife and I have been working from home since then too. Managing them and working is difficult, but we are managing.

Yeah I really should have logged in earlier. But initially the lockdown here was rough. trouble getting even basic stuff and there were a lot of cases near my house.

Things are not really better here from the Covid perspective, but I am used to it now.

I started worrying about everyone here when the global numbers just started jumping.

That sounds rough QT - kids at home and working from home - you must have your hands full. But is the virus situation easing up a bit?

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:50 PM, said:

That sounds rough QT - kids at home and working from home - you must have your hands full. But is the virus situation easing up a bit?

It is really not too bad. Things could be way worse. It's just a juggling act is all. It didn't help that my father in law broke his Ankle April 1st and has been in hospital since then (he's overweight and won't be rebased till he can bear weight on the other ankle)...and since my mother in law is terminally ill and immobile...someone had to take his place as the primary caregiver at their house. So my poor wife is ALSO going back and forth to their house and staying there overnight since then. It's the shit show of shitshows....but again, it could be worse and we are healthy, so it is what it is.

Thanks for asking!

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 10 June 2020 - 05:02 PM, said:

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:50 PM, said:

That sounds rough QT - kids at home and working from home - you must have your hands full. But is the virus situation easing up a bit?

It is really not too bad. Things could be way worse. It's just a juggling act is all. It didn't help that my father in law broke his Ankle April 1st and has been in hospital since then (he's overweight and won't be rebased till he can bear weight on the other ankle)...and since my mother in law is terminally ill and immobile...someone had to take his place as the primary caregiver at their house. So my poor wife is ALSO going back and forth to their house and staying there overnight since then. It's the shit show of shitshows....but again, it could be worse and we are healthy, so it is what it is.

Thanks for asking!

Wow, that's a lot to handle. You have my sympathies and I hope everyone pulls through ok

[Mentalist]

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:31 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 10 June 2020 - 04:29 PM, said:

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

Welcome back, ando. We were worried.

Go sign up for the mafia game!

I already did!

I was worried about you guys too.

How are you?

Can't complain. 'Ve been working from home for some 3-odd months now (my paranoid office manager asked me to do a trial work from home a week before the official lockdown started, so I've had a head start on things). Both parents are "essential occupations" , so it's (mostly) business as usual for them, with all reasonable precautions--so we're not all at home at once all the time driving each other insane.

Life's limited, but overall bearable.

[QuickTidal]

I think we should all be happy Ment isn't going out too much as it means less broken appendages.

[Slow Ben]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. When I picture Meny I see Eric Idle from European Vacation.

“It’s just a leg, honestly I’ve got another one”.

[Mentalist]

QuickTidal, on 10 June 2020 - 06:43 PM, said:

I think we should all be happy Ment isn't going out too much as it means less broken appendages.

Yeah, now I break bikes instead

[nacht]

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

Whatcha reading (or have read recently)

[Andorion]

nacht, on 10 June 2020 - 10:53 PM, said:

Andorion, on 10 June 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey guys so I have been MIA for a while.

To start with I was super busy at work in January and February, and then the Corona hit, and lockdown started and I had to change over to working from home....
Suffice to say I went into a bit of a funk and sort of signed out off a bunch of stuff.

But then again, I have not caught Covid (so far) and the family is ok, and I have been reading a lot. So its not all doom and gloom

How is everyone? Is everyone ok? What with the pandemic and everything, this place has been on my mind a lot recently.

Whatcha reading (or have read recently)

Since I am stuck at home, my reading has gone up by a lot.

Most recent reads are Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.

The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Hossein

Los Nefilim and Where Oblivion Lives by T Frohock

All were good, Orange Tree felt smushed, it should have been a duology, I like Gurkha the most

[Abyss]

I just said 'fuckit' and started daydrinking.
....more than usual.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Glad to see you're safe and sound, even if still in the thicket, Ando!

[Andorion]

Abyss, on 11 June 2020 - 01:46 AM, said:

I just said 'fuckit' and started daydrinking.
....more than usual.

Same but with reading for me

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 11 June 2020 - 03:56 AM, said:

Glad to see you're safe and sound, even if still in the thicket, Ando!

We haven't even reached the peak here

[Tsundoku]

Andorion, on 11 June 2020 - 12:40 AM, said:

Since I am stuck at home, my reading has gone up by a lot.

So does that mean the above list is only about 1% of what you have consumed during this period?

[Mezla PigDog]

Glad you are good, Ando. Or at least what counts as good these days.

[bubba]

[Aptorian]

You don't count, old man. We know you're spying on us.