I will be documenting our experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve this time at home together. Although the world is a very scare place at the moment, I want to be intentional about our days at home together and provide my children with the story of what it was we lived through. Day One for us was Monday, March 16th (I’m counting down starting with the first day our regular schedules were disrupted) — the first day the girls didn’t report to school. It's a little hard to believe that school starts next week and we're still doing the exact same thing we were doing in March, when it ended. I keep thinking that we'll wake up and things will be different. I keep thinking I'll stop writing about it and talking about it. I keep thinking that I'll start working out more and ...
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Quarantine Diary | Week 18
I will be documenting our experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve this time at home together. Although the world is a very scare place at the moment, I want to be intentional about our days at home together and provide my children with the story of what it was we lived through. Day One for us was Monday, March 16th (I’m counting down starting with the first day our regular schedules were disrupted) — the first day the girls didn’t report to school. I kept thinking that our quarantine would have an obvious end and that I would return to some sort of regular writing routine, but that hasn't happened. Despite what I see other families doing and news agencies reporting, our lives are still very much simplified and isolated and I'm not exactly sure when that will end. I've ...
Quarantine Diary | Week 11
I will be documenting our experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve this time at home together. Although the world is a very scare place at the moment, I want to be intentional about our days at home together and provide my children with the story of what it was we lived through. Day One for us was Monday, March 16th (I’m counting down starting with the first day our regular schedules were disrupted) — the first day the girls didn’t report to school. I had this idea that I would spend so much of my "free time" during this time of sheltering in place, blogging and returning to the kind of editorial schedule I had before Polly was born. Boy, was I wrong. When I really think about it, I've added so many wonderful things to our days, but there are just as many things that I ...
Quarantine Diary | Day 20
I will be documenting our experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve this time at home together. Although the world is a very scare place at the moment, I want to be intentional about our days at home together and provide my children with the story of what it was we lived through. Day One for us was Monday, March 16th (I’m counting down starting with the first day our regular schedules were disrupted) — the first day the girls didn’t report to school. I cried in the grocery store yesterday. I was wearing latex gloves and picking out a birthday card for my almost ten year old daughter. Everywhere I looked there were people in masks and yellow tape on the floor marking six foot distances. There was a repeating message on the loudspeaker warning of close contact and the ...
Quarantine Diary | Days Three, Four, + Five
I will be documenting our experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve this time at home together. Although the world is a very scare place at the moment, I want to be intentional about our days at home together and provide my children with the story of what it was we lived through. Day One for us was Monday, March 16th (I'm counting down starting with the first day our regular schedules were disrupted) -- the first day the girls didn't report to school. Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Despite the major disruption in our lives in the previous few days, Wednesday felt like the first day I was in complete control. Orangetheory had closed a few days prior, but I had been working out in the office of my basement, in an attempt to keep things as normal as possible. When I arrived at ...
Quarantine Diary | Day Two
I will be documenting our experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve this time at home together. Although the world is a very scare place at the moment, I want to be intentional about our days at home together and provide my children with the story of what it was we lived through. Day One for us was Monday, March 16th (I'm counting down starting with the first day our regular schedules were disrupted) -- the first day the girls didn't report to school. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 During my commute on Monday, we got word that the counties where I live and work would be limiting gatherings of more than twenty people. They also announced closure of all restaurants and establishments, except for takeout and delivery. We feared that a limit on the number of people allowed in the ...
Quarantine Diary | Day One
I will be documenting our experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve this time at home together. Although the world is a very scare place at the moment, I want to be intentional about our days at home together and provide my children with the story of what it was we lived through. Day One for us was Monday, March 16th (I'm counting down starting with the first day our regular schedules were disrupted) -- the first day the girls didn't report to school. Monday, March 16, 2020 I've been trying to figure out how to blog more often and also how best to share during this very bizarre time of our lives. Since I now have a lot more extra time on my hands, I decided to share something akin to diary entries for the duration of our quarantine period (or after, depending on how ...