How's your quarantine going?

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Mine is pretty good I've got a backlog of video games and can walk down to the beach. As long as we keep 2 metres away from each other people which some #$@*'s don't follow. My boss expects I do a bit of data entry on the side

I already miss eating out though

I walk my dog at least 3 times daily; empty sidewalks, very little traffic; eerie compared to the usual crowded, hectic, ‘big city’ vibe that my town has developed.
I am used to stop into the grocery store at least every other day; now, even daily, SOMETHING I am looking for is out of stock.
So many businesses are closed, it is intimidating. Signs on their doors and windows explain that the government has ordered them to close.
Masks and gloves are everywhere; plexiglass shields have been installed on the grocery store checkout counters, so that the cashiers don’t get breathed on.
Red tape is on the floor of every open store, organizing shoppers into lines, and enforcing the mandatory 6 foot distance between people. The food and paper product shortages are getting rather intimidating.

Busy - schools suddenly switch into remote operation and I have children in 1st and 2nd grade - older kids are expected to work on their own but you can't expect it from 7-8 year olds. In the meantime, my husband has no intention of slowing down with his work just because of doing it remotely, so he's occupying our bedroom and we should all keep possibly quiet - which is not exactly easy with a bored ADHD and an overstimulated Aspie aboard. You need to be proactive.
I need to sleep a lot to have energy for all this.

It's going great! Not much different from my usual life of not going out much excepy my husband has 3 weeks of paid leave so we are going out for a nice walk every morning.

In my bubble: Great, except that I have the "happy problem" of being employed 100% (remote). I am taking at least one hour a day to supervise my children's learning, one hour to play and one hour a day to use the temporarily-available online research databases --- but I would be much happier to do hours of each of these if it weren't for my "essential" job, which let's get serious - is not essential. My NT husband is 20% (food industry) so is supposed to do the childcare (instead he's cleaning and watching the news). There are other online opportunities available at this time (temporary free access to learning also). Too bad I'm working. And then I fantasize about the internet going down and all the things I'd get done, all the projects I'd go back to, or start. Life is so full.

Relative to the world: However, my NT son (age 6) is missing his friends and friends want to chat with my ASD-like daughter and I have yet to arrange these (as they make me uncomfortable). I am watching the infection stats and afraid to be an inadvertent carrier (my husband grocery shops and takes few precautions). Although loss of life is still 3 degrees from me, I am sad for it and dread that it's likely to get closer. I have it in mind to help out in some way, but need to find a "safe" way --- and that would be another bunch of hours I would need.

There is too much to do! So, I am taking a deep breath (see, I just did) and looking to appreciate what I am doing.

^ My job is by no means essential either, but since I can work from home, I do. It's important that the people who can do so will do so, because that'll lessen the amount of unemployment aid the governments have to pay. People who're getting paid during the crisis are also more likely to have money to spend when shops re-open than those who didn't, so they'll play an important part on getting the economy running properly again.

Mine is going pretty well. I work from home at the moment and spent most of my free time at home when things were normal anyway, so I don't have enough extra free time to get bored, either. Things will be different if I run out of work I can do from home before the quarantine is over, though. And then I'll start to worry about my financial situation too of course. But for now, all's fine. We don't even have a complete lock down here (yet), so I can go out for a walk when I want to.

Life as usual for me. Except for occasionally eating out.

Mine is going very well. I'd actually like my regular life to be more like this since I'm now working from home and I muc prefer that to going into the office and navigating coworker interaction each day.

I could easily live like this for an extended period of time provided I could still go outside and take my daily walk. I just placed my first online grocery order and home delivery which is supposed to be here in two days.

If I was required to stay indoors completely and not even go outside, that would certainly be more difficult. I feel for those in large cities that may be required to stay in their homes/apartments and not be allowed to even go outside. The measures being taken in large cities are among the many reasons I would never live in a large city again, ever.

Very boring

Not good. I am alive. Just my number one de-stressing tool is not available...

I'm not really having any problem quarantining myself, as I'm a hermit by nature; but I'm struggling a bit with everyone else doing it. The constant noise from neighbours being in all day with their TVs/music blaring out, banging around and slamming doors, and their kids creating havoc because they're stuck indoors is really setting my nerves on edge and messing with my sleep.

I am having to supply manage our food, supplies, etc daily but otherwise its business as usual. I spend 95% or more of my time at home anyway. I am concerned however with my dad who doesn't seem to believe in microorganisms and doesn't take this seriously.

Not all that different from my usual life except I am not offended when people move away from me when I walk by. . Also some items are not always available or very delayed off and online.

It’s to suck when this is over and all the deprived for months NT’s are going to want to chat with me and hug me.