The Hive is alive now a few days and I am finally getting to do my first post. To be honest I would have like to post on the first day of Hive but current situations didn't allow for it.
Moving to Hive
I just spent the last half an hour trying to remove my 49 delegations on steem so I can fully power down. Having set up accounts for so many new users, all of which needed delegation, removing them is a pain. It's only a pain because I am using steemworld and it has to keep switching nodes because of internal errors. I wonder what is happening there? is there any chance Justin is stopping us undelegating so we cant power down. Damn now that would be funny and not really a surprise considering everything else he has done. I have now given up trying to remove my delegations because time does not allow for it, not if I want to get my first hive post out ;-)
Everyone is talking about Hive, and it's awesome to see. I have a bit more work to do before I can go fully out on a limb. So many of my posts on my WordPress site have the steem logo. Steempress has now moved over to hive (nice work 
Before I move off the topic of Hive, just a quick shout out to everyone that has been working on it, and everyone promoting it across different platforms. well done. Keep up the awesome work. So much as been done and there is still so much to do. Hive is for sure appropriate as you have all been busy bees.
The Covid-19 situation
Current situations are a bit nuts. Most of the world is on some sort of part if not full lockdown. I'm not coping very well with the situation at all. My mum just got out of the hospital before the lockdown. She has phenomena (with no covid 19) and so is high risk. I can't get down to see her now because we have been told to keep kids away from the sick or elderly and she should be on self-isolation anyway. Then there is my Granny. She has been in hospital since the week before Christmas. No visitors allowed now!
Being stuck at home with the kids is hard. The youngest is enjoying the homeschooling and does not mind doing the work, but everything else, not being allowed out, not being allowed have friends over, well let's just say it is not easy with her. The eldest, well that's just a fight all round. He does not get why he has to do school work when there is no school and it feels like he just wants to fight over everything. The attitude over everything is nuts, and the pure defiance and refusing to do what he is told is crazy. I feel like a shit parent that can not control my kids and whats worse is I'm trying to do it on my own. Epic fail.
And the two of them do not get on. 5 year age gap and opposite sex, they won't play with each other. This means my time is spent being a referee and I have to make equal time to spend with both of them separately. I work from home. I'm self-employed. To do this, I relied on the school as my childcare. Now with no school and the kids home, I can't really work. Every time I even lift up my phone to ring someone for some adult chat, they kick-off.
I'm really feeling all of this. I should be grateful that we are well. Of course, I don't want us to be sick or be the ones to make others sick. But I am so wrapped up in my own self-pity and stress it can be hard to see this is all for the greater good. There is a good chance I am going to lose someone close to me from this virus and when that happens I fear it will tip me over the edge. A break down of some sort could be on the way!!!!!
Mental health issues are going to be a big fall out of this. I know I can't be the only one not coping well. How are you coping? Whats the situation like where you are? I do hope none of you have lost loved ones to this virus. Take care, stay safe and Hive on.