Covid Quarantine

I’ve been telling my students to start a journal so you will remember this time when you are older. Yet I haven’t written down much of anything (except prayers). So, this is mostly just for me to remember specific things about this time.

March 15 – First Facebook Live church service
March 16 Spring Break – we started social distancing
March 17ish – School cancelled for two weeks after spring break
March 25 – Schools closed for the rest of the year
Phase 1 – gradual reopening

“New Normal”

People hoarding toilet paper…not sure why…GI issues are not related to COVID19
Actually, people hoarding all kinds of stuff!
Store shelves are empty.
I mean, seriously hoarding stuff.
Some of these people won’t have to buy toilet paper for years.
Social distancing is pretty sweet at first for us introverts.
Books are read, puzzles are done, art supplies are purchased, movies are watched
Dinner together every night (pretty awesome)
Dance classes on Zoom
Toilet paper…people are hoarding it
Still not sure on the toilet paper thing
Actually eating all the food in our freezer and cabinets
Husband asks in all seriousness, “has our grocery costs gone up?”
Man child eating all meals here, see above question
Seriously closed my exercise ring almost daily
Don’t be impressed with above statement
I have to go on walks to get the average number of steps I get at school each day
Walks do not outweigh (yes, I get the pun) the cooking and eating
Baked banana bread, cookies, apple pie, rolls
Made chicken fried steak for first time in years
EVERY SINGLE NIGHT around 9:15 the man child turns into an 8 year old and annoys the crap out of his sister
Sister is by the far easiest person in the world to be quarantined with
Cello lessons on zoom with “Mr. Peter Markes”
Gas as low as $1.24/gallon
Above doesn’t matter, we don’t go anywhere
Shipt shoppers are from heaven
Amazon prime is WELL worth it’s cost
Reflecting is not optional
Slowing down brings lots of opportunities to be prayerful
Letters have been written
I love snail mail
I actually typed “I love snail male” which would be super weird
My best friend from junior high and high school died
It sucks
She was so special and impacted my life in the best ways
It was hard to do online funeral
Yet it was beautiful and honored Jenny perfectly
When this is over maybe we will get to have a party in her honor
Friends are a huge blessing
Texting daily with friends during this time helps deepen friendships
Zooming with friends can be fun
It’s good to see faces and laugh together
Zooming with students is fun too
Sometimes they bring their life size stuffed tigers to their zoom class
People still hoarding toilet paper
Praise God for lots of beautiful weather
Many, many meals eaten on the back porch
So…ducks “do it”
I did not know that
AND…I didn’t need to see that
We are quiet people
Getting deliveries is pretty exciting
Making door drops is fun too
Love seeing people being WAY more grateful for people who serve them
Praying with our church body online each day at noon
I miss my students
Definitely praying more specifically for my students these days
For some reason, reading books is harder than usual during this
Ellen doing her show from home is hysterical
Longer I sit here, the more things I want to update in my house
Eating dessert every night has consequences
Just saying
I apologize for anyone who might see me at the pool
Assuming we get to go to the pool
Goodwill needs to reopen
EVERYONE has been cleaning out closets
Gonna be a lot of crap at Goodwill
My baby is gonna be in high school
No 8th grade graduation
No farewell to middle school
Man child sure missed coaching track
He’s read SO many coaching books
The guys watched Tiger King
Can’t do it
Too much HGTV
Too many ideas for projects
I’m not a worrier
But sleep is hard some nights
My girl has been reading with us every night
Not her idea
Our pond in the neighborhood has snakes
I don’t do snakes
We have horses on our neighborhood walk too
I’m not an animal person
But those horses are beautiful
Surprise chats on the front porch with friends is priceless
I feel for the extroverts right now
It must be so hard
I’m not a crier
But sometimes a good cry is helpful
It’s worth a sunburn to sit in a parking lot with friends to catch up
I’m thankful that God is sovereign
Did I mention we are a quiet bunch
Music is soothing
The man child moves out in two days
I’m gonna miss him
It’s fun watching your kids come into their own
I hear cello music upstairs
I love that too
So thankful for our jobs
Even though they are weird right now
So many people having to make really hard decisions right now
We have never enjoyed our back patio more
Man child loves to office out there
Again, so thankful for the beautiful weather
I seriously wear the same 3 or 4 pairs of jeans or shorts
I own other clothes
Not gonna lie, I like sleeping past 5:15
I don’t understand people not liking to sleep late
No humans have been harmed during this quarantine
Haven’t worn jewelry or perfume in weeks
It has taken me two weeks to remember to finish this
So, man child has moved out
So fun watching him make his house a home
It’s quiet around here without him
My girl misses her friends
We all do
Want this to be over
Yet…not completely
It’s a sweet, simple time
Lots of time to reflect