5 Things I Miss, 5 Things I Don’t
I’ve been trying to get some perspective on the quarantine. I keep zooming in and out, thinking big picture (This too shall pass/I’ll wish I’d valued this time with my family) and sm...
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Days 7/8: The Spider Bite
On Monday night, my left knee started to swell up. It quickly became very painful to walk, and by Tuesday morning I was confined to the couch. My husband and I worried about how to best take care of t...
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Day 6: Finding A Rhythm to our Schedule
I have decided that our “productive” part of the week will be Monday-Thursday. Friday-Sunday will be a bit slower, and there will be no homeschool activities except what Edwin wants to do ...
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Days 3/4: More Mishaps
I tried hard to stay on routine, and keep my kids on theirs, for the first few days of the week. But on Friday and Saturday, I lost my stamina and decided to have a couple of days that were more relax...
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Day 2: Avoiding the Doctor’s Office (But Not Best Buy)
I had all the best intentions of getting up early today, but last night I was woken up twice by Eleanor. The first was to give her water and Tylenol– her fever was back up again. The second time...
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COVID-19 Quarantine, Day 1: Privilege
It’s not really day 1. This all started on Friday, when at the very end of our district’s conference day, we were notified that all schools in our county would be closed for two weeks. I s...
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