I'm also trying to come out from being a lurker. I'm battling severe writer's block in my story and things going on in RL do not help matters much. This past year has been incredibly hard, especially on small business owners, and my husband and I run four businesses. These small stimulus payments barely scratch the surface of the loss our business has taken over the past year, and because we are 'self-employed' we do not qualify for unemployment aid. And since our business falls under the category of "essential" (even if we do not have the customers to keep us open) we do not qualify for business grants. We are just now seeing an uptick in the number of customers, so we are attempting to dig ourselves out of the financial hole covid has put us in (and hopefully save our home).
But I hope to get back in the swing of things and begin posting more on the boards.
