At Home, Weeks 1 & 2
It's been 10 days since I've been into a store. Well, anywhere really.
That's probably a record for me.
So, it's been 10 days since I've been around lots of people. Even on my last shopping adventure, I encountered maybe 5 folks at the Dollar Tree.
While I haven't gone crazy yet, there have been some close calls.
This is where the Husb would interject some emphatic comment to confirm that I've gotten testy at times.
But overall, we're hanging on, and I hope you are, too.
This forced shut down feels like I'm living the narrative of one of those dystopian novels on my bookshelf. I've read about all this before. I've even seen movies. But never did I dream that it could be real.
Weeks ago, the school system I work for started developing a closure plan. When teachers were asked to create lesson plans to use in the event of a shutdown, I remember saying something along the lines of "oh, we'll never need these."
Hmm.
So here I sit on a...Thursday morning? No, Friday.
So here I sit on a Friday morning, sifting through emails, responding, checking assignments, arranging video conferencing with my students.
Feeling overwhelmed. Confused. Out of my depth.
I thought I was ok with this school shut down and being asked to keep away from large crowds (#Introvert'sDream). But I'm not.
I miss ease.
I miss structure.
I miss my students.
I miss my coworkers.
All of the question marks can easily lead to tears. But that's not useful, especially when I have one incredibly nosy, ahem, observant student here with me.
So instead, I offer this.
My struggles and successes.
My fun and probably some of my fury.
My account of Spring 2020.
As with most endeavors, we started strong. We made a picture schedule for LC to loosely follow. It worked great! And we followed it....for one day.
It's easy to get wrapped up in all of the tough things that go along with this quarantine, but we're looking for the silver linings - and even trying to make some of our own. In the last two weeks, we've seen folks out walking that we've never seen before! And lots of them have told us how much they love our chalk messages. :)
And as we navigate this new and hopefully temporary way of living, we're all just trying to make the best of it. Working from home. Teaching at home. It's hard. The distractions are innumerable for me, so I can't imagine trying to do school as a kid.
That's probably a record for me.
So, it's been 10 days since I've been around lots of people. Even on my last shopping adventure, I encountered maybe 5 folks at the Dollar Tree.
While I haven't gone crazy yet, there have been some close calls.
This is where the Husb would interject some emphatic comment to confirm that I've gotten testy at times.
But overall, we're hanging on, and I hope you are, too.
This forced shut down feels like I'm living the narrative of one of those dystopian novels on my bookshelf. I've read about all this before. I've even seen movies. But never did I dream that it could be real.
Weeks ago, the school system I work for started developing a closure plan. When teachers were asked to create lesson plans to use in the event of a shutdown, I remember saying something along the lines of "oh, we'll never need these."
Hmm.
So here I sit on a...Thursday morning? No, Friday.
So here I sit on a Friday morning, sifting through emails, responding, checking assignments, arranging video conferencing with my students.
Feeling overwhelmed. Confused. Out of my depth.
I thought I was ok with this school shut down and being asked to keep away from large crowds (#Introvert'sDream). But I'm not.
I miss ease.
I miss structure.
I miss my students.
I miss my coworkers.
All of the question marks can easily lead to tears. But that's not useful, especially when I have one incredibly nosy, ahem, observant student here with me.
So instead, I offer this.
My struggles and successes.
My fun and probably some of my fury.
My account of Spring 2020.
March 17-27, 2020
As with most endeavors, we started strong. We made a picture schedule for LC to loosely follow. It worked great! And we followed it....for one day.
It's easy to get wrapped up in all of the tough things that go along with this quarantine, but we're looking for the silver linings - and even trying to make some of our own. In the last two weeks, we've seen folks out walking that we've never seen before! And lots of them have told us how much they love our chalk messages. :)
Playtime.
And as we navigate this new and hopefully temporary way of living, we're all just trying to make the best of it. Working from home. Teaching at home. It's hard. The distractions are innumerable for me, so I can't imagine trying to do school as a kid.
LC interrupting me for the 7 millionth time that day. 😂
Welcome to our school/office where it's a disaster and the interruptions are abundant. 😂
And apparently this is the expression I'm wearing lately.
I'll leave you with thisplendided distraction. ☺️
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