This past week, they canceled the rest of the school year in physical buildings with in-seat learning. The State of Oklahoma has moved to distance learning starting April 6. Everything is canceled. Prom, Spring sports, meetings, event, extra-curricular activities, and if you're 17 and a graduating senior in the class of 2020, LIFE. Or at least it feels that way for them.
So, with everything (EVERYTHING) canceled, there is not a lot to blog about. Emma has basically moved out of her father's house in Orlando and is living with her Grandpa Bruce in Ponca City. Her father works as a pilot for Eagle Med, and her step-mother is a NICU nurse. She is trying o limit her exposure. (Emma and Lara got to see their dad all decked out in his flight suit and a hazmat type suit load up a potentially COVID-19 positive patient into his plane this week - they will always remember that.) The Auto Parts store is considered "essential," so they are still open. She is working there, hanging out with her grandpa, and doing her college classes online. Her Meridian and Mulhall-Orlando classes move online this coming week, and in 2 weeks, respectively. Lara has been helping hold down the front at our house in Stillwater. Cooking, cleaning, doing homework for her college class, and being Evie BFF. The dog thinks anytime Lara puts on shoes it is time for a WALK!
During these trying times, Netflix has had our backs! They released a new docu-series about a roadside zoo owner in Southern Oklahoma who goes by the name Joe Exotic. "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness" chronicles Joseph Maldonado-Passage (joe Exotic) and his exotic animal park just outside of Wynnewood, Oklahoma. It is a jaw-dropping true tale of con artists, polygamy, rivalry, and revenge. And it is ALL the internet is talking about. Joe has an impressive blonde mullet, a flamboyant wardrobe, multiple husbands at the same time, and a raging feud with Carole Baskin (that B!tch), the owner of a big cat sanctuary. And then it gets weirder from there. We watched. we cringed, we made memes. Good way to start the next wave of our coronacation.
We watched movies (I Still believe, Pretty in Pink), practiced social distancing, Spent countless hours on social media, laughed at tiger king memes, cooked ALL THE THINGS in our Instant Pot, and played with Evie. Finn learned a new song. And we tried to make Evie TikTok famous. Saturday, we saw Emma from the end of the driveway as she came by to pick up some tools and other items she had left here. Since he is living elsewhere, we felt the need to stay socially distanced. We attended church online Sunday with our Life.Church Stillwater campus. We are hanging in and hanging together!
We are all coming to terms with all of the cancellations and our new "temporary" normal. The entire nation's Class of 2020 is grieving and finding new ways to celebrate. We are still praying they get to walk across the stage this Spring. In the meantime...
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