I was looking at the nine month thing as in what is going to be birthed at the end of the cycle.
Welfare checks I meant as in having time to check in on your dad and your kids and their family. Phone time might be needed when people start to get bored stiff with not much to do. Kids staying at home, and those first few months of almost forced retirement if it goes that long, lets hope not.
Some times typing can be hard. I do hope that things work out for you and your family, Things may escalate a little bit, but keeping healthy is the number one priority right now.
re: nine months and welfare checks
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. :) Sorry. I worked for the welfare department in two states, so that's where my brain went. :)
Staying healthy is important. Can't do much without it.
I end up talking to my Dad by phone anyway, so that won't change, and my eldest (the one who doesn't live with us) and his family were just here, and as far as we can tell, they're still permitted to come over, so we'll see how that goes.
I understand the idea of boredom. It's mostly psychological though. When suddenly you can't do something you probably normally wouldn't do anyway, you want to go and do it. It's strange, but when options are suddenly limited, you miss the things you never did, anyway, because now you can't. :)