Week 52 at Home: One Year

It's been one year of everything changing in our (literal) world. One year ago that we were told that we'd be working from home; one year ago that we were told the kids would be moving to a distance learning model; one year ago that toilet paper became one of the hottest commodities around.

ONE YEAR! Can you believe it?!?

And I find it ironic that we managed to figure out the WFH thing, and we managed to successfully tackle distance learning (both the crisis and the organized models), and we even managed to keep our supply of TP from falling to a scary level, but...now after a year, our family had COVID sneak its way into our home. G is doing great...he never showed any symptoms, but Scott is still coughing a bit and his voice is still shot. I think he's on the mend, but I'm keeping my eye on him. They're both out of their official isolation, and G was SO happy to snuggle with me as soon as he could. We were definitely missing those cuddle times.

There was also a decision made this week that G's entire elementary school needs to go back to the distance learning model until after spring break. They were having too many COVID cases, and last week, at least half the school was either in quarantine, isolation, or had tested positive. Yikes! Bringing all of the kids back home was the right decision to make, and will give a good two-week buffer to let all of those cases dissipate and heal. Fingers crossed that they do end up going back after spring break.

As for me and Ava...we took another COVID test this past Wednesday and were still negative. We're scheduled to go again on Tuesday afternoon, and are hoping that we stay healthy. Our two week quarantine began on Saturday, so we've got a fun two weeks at home planned. Just kidding, we aren't doing anything fun or special. Just living the same life that we've had for the last year (minus Tuesday night's baton class!)

In other news, our painter will also be coming back to resume his job this coming week...our house has been in disarray for 10 days, so I'm hoping he'll be able to wrap it up by next weekend so we can put our house back together. And yes, I will be wearing my mask while he's here to help limit any exposure to him (he's aware of our situation.)

It was fun taking over the cooking for a week, but I'm ready to hand that chore back over to Scott. For my final chef meal this week, I'm going to make chicken tikka masala and naan...and I'm so excited! The recipes don't look too difficult, and if it's good, it'll be so nice to know that I can make my own Indian food here. Hopefully everyone else likes it, too!

Here's to hoping that the next 52 weeks are a little less eventful...!

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