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My work is cool with me working at home, but we might need to work a rota soon where we each spend a. Day at base.
 
Gagh said:
I've been helping install and operate both the JRS and Self Employed equivalent as part of my work. It's been utterly exhausting - we've done it from our bedrooms, spare rooms, kitchens and living rooms, working form home at short notice after the lockdown. Luckily for me I am IT savvy, but a lot of us aren't, and have had to learn an awful lot about remote working in a short amount of time, as well as organising and planning these schemes at break neck speed.

The Self Employment Income Support Scheme is by far the more complex of the two, despite being of far less value than the JRS. It's still left an awful lot of people out of the equation, principally those who put their pay through their own limited company and pay themselves by dividends. It's far from perfect - the principle issue will be the aftermath, because they are inevitably going to make us pay for it all via increased taxes and NHS contributions. Problem is for public sector workers like myself, we've had 10 years of pay freezes and/or below inflation pay rises anyway since the 2008/09 financial crash - so we can look forward to 15 more years of austerity....
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Thanks for all your work, Gagh. You’ve come to mind quite often when we’ve had discussions about the furlough scheme and I think everyone who’s benefitted from it has been enormously appreciative. It was such a positive sign that the government had a good handle on things and that they were a lot more competent than had been assumed. Sadly they’ve thrown all that goodwill away in a matter of weeks, but that doesn’t undermine your efforts.


Mirah said:
I too am slightly jealous of the time off some had. But then again also grateful to have been working. I've been actually working more hours-and next week I go back to 30 hours a week-without my 2nd fun job to supplement my income-but I think I will be okay. (at least for a little while)

Also-I am super sad about MN right now. I have several friends and family there and it isn't good.
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Same here. The holiday would’ve been amazing, but I shouldn’t complain about having a full time job. Even the weekends feel quite empty without any structure.
 
Mirah said:
Geez how many times a year are you dealing w/allergies?
I have them more since I moved to the drier side of the state, it is annoying.
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Honestly the fall allergies (ragweed pollen) aren't nearly as bad as they were when I was a kid, it was awful then. But over the last decade or so I've also developed early spring tree pollen allergies which I'd never encountered before. I don't really take anything med wise for either anymore unless they get severe, then I'll pop a Benadryl and go to sleep and dream of some giant blue demon.
 
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