Well, what a turn of events... Instead of posting about more Disneyland trips, a trip to Santa Cruz and spring break in Lake Tahoe, I bring you the pandemic edition of our family happenings. Aside from the kids not being in school, life doesn't look a whole lot different for us. Peter had been working a slightly altered schedule at the juvenile hall. Some nights he's on call or flexed off, but was not receiving a reduction in pay. He's back to normal now, on days again, which will be nice for summer. I am working my usual 36 hours a week on night shift, with the occasional extra shift thrown in. A pandemic doesn't stop the babies from coming! Jeremiah is working at a grocery store, about 20-30 hours a week. He had to take a "quarantine" furlough when he developed a cough, but never had COVID...turns out, he has "mild persistent asthma". He has been getting bronchitis a couple times a year (usually once in spring and once at end of summer/beginning of fall--around the time of peak seasonal allergies) since we moved back to CA in 2013. We have never had it officially checked out until work needed him cleared. So, here we are. Now, I'm beginning to think all my breathing issues may not just be allergies and sinus complications. As soon as a doctor will actually see me, I plan to have my peak flow measured and see if I am also asthmatic! Alayna is in bliss, being able to stretch her introverted muscles to the extreme! Both kids are missing their friends and their routines, but we are making the most of it. Lots of Zoom game nights with family and friends. And, they have their phones and social media. I'm proud of how they are both handling this, especially Jeremiah. As a senior, he is missing out on prom, grad nights and graduation. We are so proud of how far he has come in the past few years and were looking forward to honoring him. I am devastated that he is not getting a "real" graduation. But, his "drive thru" ceremony was held yesterday and will get a post of its own. I still can't believe we are so close to having a college kid!
We are getting our outside time as much as possible. There are lots of restrictions here locally, but we do what we can. Toby's favorite thing is running free on the beach. He is really enjoying no cars down at Oceano. We are all just trying to adjust to this new (hopefully temporary) normal.
At the beginning of March, before all of this set in, we had a visit with my cousin and her girlfriend Sarah. We had an absolute blast and I'm so glad they got to visit before the social distancing was enacted.
Other than that, we just have some sunset walks, zoom dates and work stuff for you. Enjoy the photos!
The only pic from Easter Sunday!
Mother's Day
Hopefully, June will allow us to branch out from ourselves and visit others, with masks and maintaining social distance etiquette. I, for one, am badly in need of a hair cut and a trip to Disneyland!
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