Everyone is Social Distancing. Working from home, or self quarantined. This was supposed to be Spring Break, but trips were canceled. Stores are out of toilet paper, paper towels, and baby wipes. Hospitals are out of protective masks and ventilators are in high demand. The US economy is spiraling, and the government is working on a plan to stimulate us with checks. Grandpa was laid off his job this week. Oklahoma State University is now completing the semester completely online and they have shut down the Library. Some offices on campus are still open, but they are working with skeletons crews and rotating people working from home. This is surreal and evokes so many emotions.
But there are light moments, too. After the girls spent most of the week in Newkirk/Ponca City with their Grandpa Bruce, Lara came home late Thursday. Emma stayed up there as there is nothing else for her to do! While they were up there, they worked on Lara's car and got it in good working order. And this weekend, we ordered the humorous shirts pictured in the opening from Etsy as a reminder of this unsure time. We don't know yet if we will go back to school on April 6. Proms have not been rescheduled. No word on Spring sports coming back. And Graduation ceremonies are up in the air.
Adjusting to our new, temporary normal, looks a lot like this:
But things are starting to ramp up again next week. College is back in session for the girls, online. Public schools are still closed through at least April 6, and they are not allowed to send any instruction at this time. There are suggestions out there, but I am allowing my kids to rest, reflect, and recoup. This is an emotional roller coaster, and they deserve time to process. Plus, I am on my own emotional roller coaster, so I am in no place to help them learn right now. We are also grieving. All the loss...
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| A Facebook post |
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| Text with Lara |
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| Senior pics part 2 |
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| Bound to be Pokes |
A fun craft I set up for Finn and Jake with shaving cream as an art surface on our bar turned into an epic shaving cream fight. Lara had a message for all her friends. All 5 of us ended up changing clothes. 3 showers and a load of laundry... But the memories!
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| This was a mild one... |
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| Do it. Lara says so. |
Everything in this situation is changing so quickly! We don't know what next month, next week or even tomorrow hold for us now. We are staying home to stay safe, and waiting for our next direction. Not at all how we imagined the last few weeks of Senior Year.
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