Week 43 at Home: Ummmm....

So much for 2021 being potentially better than 2020. I'm pretty sure that kicking off the year with a failed coup kinda takes it up a notch.

It's been a week. By Friday, we were all tired and exhausted. It was hard work being back to school (distance learning still) and working, five days a week. The events from Wednesday in DC drained me for the rest of the week, and had kept me locked to news coverage. I'm relieved it's the weekend and we can take a break from being online. Last night we watched Uncle Buck and Cool Runnings...a little John Candy marathon helped to lighten the mood. :)

One silver lining to this crazy kickoff of 2021 (and 2020, for that matter) is that it's given us the chance to talk to our kids more about real world issues. Things like racism, the pandemic, and apparently what it means to have an attempted overthrow of democracy. These all feel like "once in a lifetime" events and we're just being super efficient and condensing them into a much smaller timeframe. Yay?

These talks have led to discussions about what it means to recognize that not everyone is treated the same, to be selfless vs. selfish, to be honest and gracious when one loses, to pay attention in civics/social studies classes (!!), and how it's ok to disagree with loved ones on topics, as long as it's not on the basic level of human rights. Some things are not negotiable.

I've also been curating my social media lists. A FB/IRL friend said that Wednesday's insurrection was really not a big deal, and that it was just some people messing up some desks. Um. Nope. See ya! My newly created resolution is to be more mindful of who and what I allow to occupy my time and my space. Seems that's an incredibly healthy way to keep sane!

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