For me, my job has been hybrid for 20 years. So, WFH some, and in the office some. We were told on Thursday, March 12th to prepare to WFH full time for the next 2 weeks. Little did I know that Sunday, March 15th would be the last time I would be leaving my house for months, at least not in any meaningful way.
The evening of Monday, March 16th, the Governor of my state issued a state wide lockdown of non-essential business, to go into effect at 5 PM Tuesday the 17th. I can’t recall what the timeline was for how long that was supposed to last, but it ended up being almost 2 months before business like restaurants had figured out how to be open for takeout only. It was almost a full year in my town before things were back to the “new normal”.
We’re still full time WFH, and there’s no going back to the office for me. They sold the building, so there’s no where to go.
Life has never fully gone back to the way it was prior to that, and it probably never will. That’s a scar that will just never heal.
On a weird personal note, I was notified on March 18th, 2020 that my divorce from my toxic ex wife was finalized. Didn’t get to celebrate for like 6 months lol.
wow, this is what happened to me in January 2020 almost exactly. those friends that made fun of me and called me a doomsday prepper ended up apologizing come March, but they’re no longer in my life. while the covid comments weren’t the reason, i definitely am glad i’m not around them with everything that’s happening now. the gaslighting of “everything’s fine, you’re overreacting” was shitty 5 years ago, i can’t even imagine it now