Looking back, this was the first week of our new normal. [It's been 6 weeks since then]
I had the news on most of the day, that first Monday. We'd only received confirmation at 8 pm the night before, that schools would be closed.
Indefinitely.
We'd stopped watching news, for the most part, since the holidays of 2018. It's just too dang depressing. But all of a sudden, I was watching all the news. Morning, dinner and evening news.
It didn't take long to realize, watching the news at 11:00 pm, then trying to turn the lights out and go to bed, was a problem. I quickly learned, that watching the news, that was reporting on the same thing over and over, was not healthy. Within those first few weeks, I watched the 5 pm news only.
And I started projects around the house.
The first few weeks the kids were off, were filled with a lot worry and dread.
Thankfully, a few weeks later, the kids at least, had some direction as far as school went.
- If cancelling school, all professional sporting events, concerts and community sports wasn't enough to get your attention, the closures announced on that first Monday, when the city declared a 'state of emergency' certainly did.
- I began to go through 20 years of 'I'll just put this here for the time being' photos.
- Trying to get in a little bit of vitamin D, when the sun was out.
- Drinking has increased 10-fold around here as we navigate something we don't know how to navigate.
- Madelyn read the Hobbit. In one day. Challenge from her brother, accepted.
- Playing board games is one thing we're doing with a lot more regularity.
- Mason still plays online games with friends. Glad for the laughing and talking that happens when he's online.
The following Sahlin Studio products were used:
Spring Stories Kit - https://the-lilypad.com/store/Spring-Stories-Kit.html
Spring Stories J. Cards - https://the-lilypad.com/store/Spring-Stories-Journal-Cards.html
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