Short lived Shutdown

Well after all the preparations of the upcoming shutdown and going into work on Monday for my Furlough letter, I ended up returning to work on Tuesday. Now it’s a waiting game and see what happens on February 8th. How can the Government continue to operate under a continuing resolution for two to three weeks at a time? How can any agency that is effected continue to conduct business this way? And how are we as single parents supposed to plan accordingly?