I'm a government contractor, so it has affected me, and I think this is going to be the first week that it really sinks in. I had requested off Christmas Eve and the day after, as well as New Year's Eve, so those weren't full work weeks to start with.
But, now that the festivities are over, and it's in its third week, it's starting to sink in. My uncle told me this is a good test run for what retirement is going to feel like, but I don't think so. For one thing, when you're retired, you don't take things one day at a time, knowing that you might get called back to w*rk the next day! Also, I would have waited until I was a bit more set, financially. In some ways, this is starting to feel like that movie "Groundhog Day", where the days get repetitive, and something needs to break the rut!
Financially, I'm doing okay, for now at least. They sent me home with a laptop, and we actually have funding through the end of January. There's just enough work that I can justify charging some time, and have to make up the rest with my vacation time. I had about 187 hours of leave saved up, just before Christmas, and still accrue 7.7 every two weeks, so I figure I should be able to last awhile. And then, I can go on unemployment. Hopefully, we'll have our leave reimbursed to us...that's what they did during the last shutdown in 2013.
Stock market wise, it's like nobody even noticed! From the low on Christmas Eve, I think I'm up around 8.3%, as of yesterday's close. I've "made" in gains, about 3x my take-home for the year! Of course, that doesn't actually count until you need it and cash it in, and what the market giveth, the market can taketh away...