Monday again...

[rere]

Nice weekend.  DD and her friends had a blast at the lake.  She hugged and thanked me over and over for letting her have friends for her birthday.  I am glad she actually got to celebrate.  Her mature room makeover is complete so all is well in her world.


I went to  friends house to have a couple of drinks and just get out of this house.  However, some people don't get social distancing at all.  I feel pretty good outside with all of this.  But then someone comes up and wants to stand right by you to talk, so I back up, then they gradually inch forward.  I thought at one point I was going to end up back in my own yard a mile away one backward step at a time.  One said, I notice you keep moving away. Uh, yes?? I don't want to be the reason someone gets sick, and I don't want to be quarantined before I go to the mountains on vacation.  I am so over this.  It seems to be circling us.  I have to go to a business for work, thankfully in their parking lot masked and distanced of course, but they end up with several cases.  DH freaks out periodically about someone at work getting tested, but so far, they are negative.   


I am off at 11:30 today.  We are going to have DH's Father's Day dinner tonight if he will ever tell me what he wants.  I either need to pick up something at the store, which is annoying, or he needs to tell me what he wants for takeout. 

[erbear]

It's exhausting being around people who don't know how to social distance. We tried to go to the pool on Friday and just turned around and left...it wasn't any fun because people were just everywhere.

[madringal]

It's my last week of work before a week of vacation time and I need it so bad! We had a pool installed a few weeks ago and I have barely gotten to enjoy it since I am at work all day and DH and the kids are home. I cannot wait to just chill and hang out with nothing to think about for a whole week!

[librarychica]

Work has been insane this morning. Insanity. The rest of the week looks like more OT-clocking insanity. I am so glad my kids are at camp. I hope day 1 is going well.

[mae0111]

I'm waiting for DH to come back with the kids - they're due home any minute. I had such a quiet weekend - relaxing yet productive. I cleaned out my office, attic, screened in porch, and the kids' rooms. I dismantled out temporary school desks from the screened in porch and the hallway. I floated in the pool, ears submerged, forming my own little isolation tank, and meditated. I went on looooong walks. I went to my parents' yesterday for Father's Day, and I didn't have to worry about what my picky eaters would eat.

This morning I ran some errands - food shopping just for produce, furniture browsing, changed all the beds, picked up a few things for our upcoming beach vacation, got laundry ready to go when they come in and dump their suitcases.

I'm ready. I missed everyone. But it was a good break.

[sdlaura]

rere I was chatting with another dad at the playground yesterday - a stranger - and he just kept getting closer to me. And I was holding my newborn. I kept backing up and definitely ended the conversation quickly since he just didn’t get it.

We had my parents for dinner Friday and then I drove them to the airport Saturday morning. Their flight was fine - on southwest and they’re still restricting middle seats. Saturday afternoon/evening we had our good friends and their 3 kids over for swimming and dinner. Adults continue to distance and kids play together.

Yesterday I let DH sleep as late as he wanted for the first time since the baby was born 5 weeks ago. Luckily the baby has his best night of sleep the night before, so that worked out well. Otherwise it was a quiet day.

The kids started camp today, yay! They were up early and made their own breakfast and were excited. I’m hoping camp will wear them out and we can try to move bedtime up closer to where it used to be. It was weird to drop off with staff behind plexiglass and wearing masks and face shields. The kids just have to have a mask in their backpack so they can be ‘encouraged’ to wear them. I’m glad they’re required for staff but not kids (they’re all under age 11). I got a lot of errands done after I dropped them off this morning.

[supertrooper1]

Work is busy today! Luckily it's only a half day so I can go get my hair cut and colored!

It was a good weekend. Beau and I had a couple bonus days because DS was with his dad for the weekend for Father's day. Saturday we went out for breakfast and ran a few errands for me. He helped me clean out my storage unit which is a relief to get that done. I still need to go through stuff and get rid of stuff, but not paying for storage anymore is nice. We then dropped off a birthday card for his cousin turning 16 and got to see his parents surprise him with a new (used) truck as his birthday present. Sunday we stopped by to see beau's son and grandson in the morning, had an early dinner with my parents and then stopped by his mom's house to wish his brother a happy birthday. I'm so happy to have DS this week and not be worrying about school now that he's done for the summer.

[sandandsea]

We had a good weekend. Ds had his bestie over for a play date for his bday and loved every minute. It was great to catch up with my friend too. The boys went to summer camp for the first time today which feels weird. It’s nice and I’m getting a lot done without interruption, but I miss the cute little smiles, giggles, etc. I’m hoping this means I get more relaxation time in the evenings since I can focus during the day.

[mommyatty]

Whoever mentioned cornhole for a Father’s Day gift, thank you! My BFF’s husband just started his own custom woodworking business, so I threw business his way and DH loved the gift. We played Saturday night and the whole family loved it. Lots of laughing and being silly.

[twinmomma]

We did a quick playdate with the girls' BFF on Saturday morning and they were all just so relieved and happy to be together again! In talking with her mom, we're running into a lot of the same issues around attitude, behavior, and screen time. it made me feel good to know I'm not alone in that and that it's probably more related to age/stage of life than anything but quarantine life didn't help. Bracing myself for the teenage years given what 8 is doing to us so far...

Saturday night we hopped on an impromptu Zoom with beau's sisters and their husbands. They want to make it a regular thing so we can all "hang out" more often. One sister lives really far away and was encouraging beau and I to road trip down with the three kids. From the dynamics I've observed, she might be younger than beau, but she's the one I'm going to have to get approval from in the family. Not sure if a 14 hour road trip with three kids is something I'm ready to do to win her over though.

Sunday we ended up at the ocean with beau and his son, totally impromptu. It was a great day! The beach had some grass and shade, not just wide stretches of sand and people were very considerate about spacing. No one crowded anyone else and it wasn't actually that busy there. I was shocked! (Also, pretty sure it was the first time I've been in the ocean here in New England since high school... I'm a lake girl, through and through.)

[k3am]

sdlaura, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO TO THE PLAYGROUND?!?!?

[phdmomma]

k3am, Ours opened last week.

[186momx]

k3am, how did your hike go with the extra kids?
twinmomma, you could split the drive into 2 days and book a hotel with a cool pool as a bribe for car good behavior. Maybe something to think about before the end of the summer?


Our playgrounds opened last weekend. We haven't attempted to go. I just haven't had the energy to go plus the weather has been crappy. It seems here that there are two camps for social distancing those that are really trying and then those that don't care. Our county has 107 active cases so the risk is super low but most of those are people under 30. The county reported 11 new cases over the weekend and 8 of those cases are people are under 25yr old. Those cases are under investigation as they don't know where they got it from but we are on day 16 or 17 of rioting/protesting.

[mellym]

Friday night we relaxed by the pool and grilled out, just the 5 of us and no neighbor kids. It was so nice! Saturday DH did all the projects - primed two rooms in the basement, finished the piping in our ditch and neighbor's ditch and then helped another neighbor build a deck. I was on kid duty but it was raining off and on so we went back and forth between playing outside with the neighbors and playing games inside. The kids found baby frogs and that kept them entertained ALL day.

We visited my in laws for lunch and then went over to my parents' house to swim in the afternoon and have dinner. It was really nice to see them all again but felt a bit rushed. We then got home in time for the neighborhood run at 7:30. It feels too late for me on a Sunday night but it worked out this time with us getting home later. Both girls did great finishing their runs in the hot, humid weather after a long day.

The Public School guidelines came out today in my state. I'm trying not to spiral because so much could change and it's up to each district, they're only guidelines etc. The best option currently appears to be in school 4 days per week.

[k3am]

I am so jealous of the parks..

186momx, it went really well! I had my 7 year old, and the neighbor's 7 and 11 year olds. Minimal complaints from any kid the whole time, and we ended up hiking for about an hour and a half. On the drive back, DD happily proclaimed that she is so spoiled because I took her all the way to our special mountain and "let her" go on a grown up hike.

I'd do it more frequently, but the drive up is terrifying - steep, winding road that if we went of the side and no one saw it happen, I'm convinced it would be weeks before anyone realized it had happened.

Our neighbor had surgery last week, so we did our best to keep the kids away to let them rest.. looooooong hike, lunch, water balloon fight, Harry Potter, and then swimming before sending them home in time for dinner. And selfishly.. their kids are GOOD kids and play well with our kids.. so somehow 4 kids is easier than just my two.

[librarychica]

50% success rate at camp today.

Kindergartner had a great time. It’s a small camp to begin with and DD1 was the only girl in the only 3/4 grade group. The art teacher was absent and they “decided as a group” not to do art (she loves art), she claims to have been hit by many soccer balls, she has nothing in common with the boys because she doesn’t play Minecraft and that’s all they wanted to talk about etc etc. Hopefully tomorrow will go better. She’s always tough with new things.

She did report when grandma called that “it was better than staring at mom’s ceiling.”

[k3am]

librarychica , DD is also stuck in a class where she is the only girl 4 days out of the week, and most of the boys are 1-3 years older than her. She is slowly starting to dislike it, but also agrees it's better than being home. One of her friends will start next week, so hopefully it will be uphill for her.

[twinmomma]

186momx eh... Hard pass for my kids. They get car sick easily and can't be distracted in the car by reading, videos, tablets, etc. Or it makes it worse.
I think what will end up happening is I go down to visit with beau and his son and leave my kids at home for this first visit. I have an extra week of PTO I wasn't expecting available so I could pull it off in theory if exH will take the kids.

[sdlaura]

k3am, technically no. There’s a small sign saying the city ones are closed because they’re only sanitized once a day. But the caution tape/netting was taken down a few weeks ago and there are tons of people out in the parks and everyone is playing on them. A sheriff was sitting in his patrol car nearby yesterday and was unconcerned. I think the signs are the city’s way of letting people play without accepting liability. Of course our school and HOA ones that are much closer are still padlocked.

[k3am]

sdlaura, got it. Ours are all still taped up. DD's school was randomly unlocked a few weeks ago, so we snuck in to play. It was amazing.

Now that they are at daycare, they have access to the playgrounds there, so they don't miss it as much, but MAN, I really could have used a playground when we were all stuck at home.

[sdlaura]

k3am we spend a lot of time playing in the school parking lot. There’s a huge pile of rocks that has become a play area. At the community park there’s like a drainage area with boulders and grass and we played there. DS2 also built a slide out of a large cardboard box in our backyard. We missed playgrounds A LOT.

[k3am]

[mommyatty]

k3am- DOES THIS MEAN THE VIRUS IS DEFEATED?!?!?!

[phdmomma]

k3am, the school playgrounds are still closed here but the city ones are open. They took down the caution tape and replaced the signs with new ones about social distancing.

[k3am]

Jun 22, 2020 19:24:32 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

k3am- DOES THIS MEAN THE VIRUS IS DEFEATED?!?!?!

I mean hopefully it means they announce that SOMETHING in our county opens. I haven’t analyzed how me beating a game carries over to other counties, so it could be big or little.

I’m kind of worried about the fact that I had to use a lot of save points, and we’ll have to rely on science for a true end to coronavirus. 😉

[k3am]

Hahah.. my kids have been debating what’s going to open up now.

DD says “if you opened up hair salons, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I *need* a real haircut.”

She’s.. had a real haircut. From a real hair stylist. But apparently it’s not the same when it’s not in a real salon.

[librarychica]

Jun 22, 2020 17:17:35 GMT -5 k3am said:

librarychica , DD is also stuck in a class where she is the only girl 4 days out of the week, and most of the boys are 1-3 years older than her. She is slowly starting to dislike it, but also agrees it's better than being home. One of her friends will start next week, so hopefully it will be uphill for her.

She will manage. Strangely enough it was the little one who threw a fit about going today. Sigh.

[k3am]

I'm currently packing up my office for our move that was supposed to happen in April.. Which is kind of annoying, since I'm still coming into the office here and there and they won't actually move stuff until July, but our scheduled "pack day" is today.. so I'll be working surrounded by boxes.

Much like when we moved houses, I didn't realize just how much junk I can accumulate without realizing it... I'm kind of terrified for people I work with who have WAYYYYYYY more visible stuff than I do, because who knows what they've got buried away on top of it.