In real time here, it's Tuesday afternoon. Week 2 of our WFH/self-quarantine adventure. I just finished my last task that I wanted to get done "at work" today and I'm anxious (ha! all the time!) to get off the computer and go for a walk with Adelyn before it starts raining.
But more importantly, I wanted to get a blog going so our family can remember the weirdness that was the Corona Pandemic in Spring of 2020. I'm just going to keep a - probably very boring- outline of our general goings-on while we're home. Here's where we're at so far:
January 21st: 1st reported case of Coronavirus in WA State (home). The west side has been hit hard. We live in eastern WA and still have a few weeks before there are any confirmed cases in Spokane County.
February 6-10: I'm so glad I was able to make this trip to AZ to see my bff when I did. No mention of Covid at all while I was gone, I had 0 concern traveling through SeaTac. Awesome.
February 28th: First domestic death linked to Covid19, in Seattle.
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All the bad things. Read about them here: https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-timeline.html
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Tuesday, March 10th: Mornings with Moms event at Adelyn's school. No better way to get multiple generations together in the germiest place in town. My office gives the go-ahead to work remotely at each employee's discretion.
Thursday, March 12th: My last day working in the office. I went in to grab my calculator & coffee creamer
Friday, March 13th: Governor Inslee announces all schools to be closed until April 24th. Cool. Great. This is when I did my main shopping trip- I went right for the hot pockets and mac & cheese. Lots of sandwich stuff. Cereal. Kid food. I wasn't really thinking we wouldn't have access to stores, just that I didn't know what I was going to feed my pre-teen for 6 weeks worth of lunches. She's not usually home at lunchtime, even in the summer. My anxiety at this point is mostly around keeping her occupied for an extended period.
Brad also went grocery shopping during work that day. He came home with 10 gallons of ice cream. There are no rules here.
Saturday, March 14th:
Monday, March 16th: My office moved to 100% mandatory remote work. I think there might still be a couple people in the office each day doing the mail, but we are all at home for the most part- for the first time in the company's 25 year history. This was also our first day of "homeschooling". Our "schedule" looks like this:
Before 9 am: eat breakfast, brush teeth, get "dressed"
9-11 Quiet time, no electronics. Read, write, work on math worksheets. These are my most productive working hours.
11-12:30 Creative time. Craft, color, chalk, doodling videos.
12:30 Lunch
1 pm Walk with mom or yoga video
1:30-3:30 Electronic learning. (Christina- emails & work tasks)
3:30-4:30Ffree time
4:30-5:30 Clean up & Chores
5:30-6:30 Help make dinner
6:30-8 Dinner & family time
8-9 Shower, read, get ready for bed
9 pm Lights out
Monday's craft time involved decorating some cookies we'd made over the weekend. Quiet time was writing facts about a few women in one of the books she'd gotten from the library.
Tuesday's craft time was spent doodling with Mo Willems on YouTube. Quiet time was spent studying elephants in the kid's encyclopedia.
But more importantly, I wanted to get a blog going so our family can remember the weirdness that was the Corona Pandemic in Spring of 2020. I'm just going to keep a - probably very boring- outline of our general goings-on while we're home. Here's where we're at so far:
January 21st: 1st reported case of Coronavirus in WA State (home). The west side has been hit hard. We live in eastern WA and still have a few weeks before there are any confirmed cases in Spokane County.
February 6-10: I'm so glad I was able to make this trip to AZ to see my bff when I did. No mention of Covid at all while I was gone, I had 0 concern traveling through SeaTac. Awesome.
February 28th: First domestic death linked to Covid19, in Seattle.
.
All the bad things. Read about them here: https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-timeline.html
.
Tuesday, March 10th: Mornings with Moms event at Adelyn's school. No better way to get multiple generations together in the germiest place in town. My office gives the go-ahead to work remotely at each employee's discretion.
Thursday, March 12th: My last day working in the office. I went in to grab my calculator & coffee creamer
Friday, March 13th: Governor Inslee announces all schools to be closed until April 24th. Cool. Great. This is when I did my main shopping trip- I went right for the hot pockets and mac & cheese. Lots of sandwich stuff. Cereal. Kid food. I wasn't really thinking we wouldn't have access to stores, just that I didn't know what I was going to feed my pre-teen for 6 weeks worth of lunches. She's not usually home at lunchtime, even in the summer. My anxiety at this point is mostly around keeping her occupied for an extended period.
Brad also went grocery shopping during work that day. He came home with 10 gallons of ice cream. There are no rules here.
Saturday, March 14th:
We made a trip to the library to grab everything we could find related to energy and Lewis & Clark, since that's what Adelyn's been studying in school. She also found a few craft books, some on writing, and a few books about historical women. Because it's still Women's History Month.
Monday, March 16th: My office moved to 100% mandatory remote work. I think there might still be a couple people in the office each day doing the mail, but we are all at home for the most part- for the first time in the company's 25 year history. This was also our first day of "homeschooling". Our "schedule" looks like this:
Before 9 am: eat breakfast, brush teeth, get "dressed"
9-11 Quiet time, no electronics. Read, write, work on math worksheets. These are my most productive working hours.
11-12:30 Creative time. Craft, color, chalk, doodling videos.
12:30 Lunch
1 pm Walk with mom or yoga video
1:30-3:30 Electronic learning. (Christina- emails & work tasks)
3:30-4:30Ffree time
4:30-5:30 Clean up & Chores
5:30-6:30 Help make dinner
6:30-8 Dinner & family time
8-9 Shower, read, get ready for bed
9 pm Lights out
Monday's craft time involved decorating some cookies we'd made over the weekend. Quiet time was writing facts about a few women in one of the books she'd gotten from the library.
Tuesday's craft time was spent doodling with Mo Willems on YouTube. Quiet time was spent studying elephants in the kid's encyclopedia.
At this point, it has been 2 days with Adelyn home. Tuesday is Brad's normal day off, so all 3 of us were home that day. I've been able to wrap up a few projects that I've been putting off at work and have been extra productive since no one else is allowed in my office during work hours. I have officially given up on Dry March and have started taking very, very long walks each afternoon (hard pass on the hour of cleaning/chores).
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