1. It’s been a roller coaster of a week. We’re up, we’re down, we’re flying maniacally around a loop-de-loop. This clip right here made everything stand still while I laughed and laughed and laughed. Volume up, pretties!
2. Seriously, I watched that thing almost fifty times yesterday and it got funnier each and every time. Sure, I felt a wee bit bad for laughing so hard at the cat…then I remembered what our regular news looks like and hit play again.
3. Last week was a long, slow slide into our new normal. We went from “oh, it’s for now” to “oh, for a while” to “yeah, this is for the foreseeable future”.
4. I realized the isolation was getting to me when I snapped at my kid for wiping crumbs off the counter wrong. I mean sure, I’d rather I didn’t have to ask three times and I’d rather none ended up on the floor, but is this really worth getting fired up about? NOW? Nope.
5. Time to find some ways to decompress.
6. Looks like it’s time to weed some more.
7. The kids weren’t overly thrilled last night at the thought of starting another school week. Guess the novelty’s worn off. Either that or they just really enjoyed the hours and hours of weekend lounging laziness.
8. They’re starting to pay attention to the news, though. Once we hit five states in lockdown things got a little more real. Not so real that they didn’t ask for Chic-fil-a and Cook Out milkshakes, mind you, but real enough.
9. The takeout thing is a hard no with me so our compromise was candy from CVS.
10. Sure, it meant ten minutes of breathing time inside the store but at least the candy came home sealed. Given the shelf life I’m choosing to believe they were boxed before this whole pandemic thing kicked off. Don’t ruin this illusion for me, please.
Most schools here (shut down for at least five weeks) are telling parents to offer kids learning opportunities, but to not force academics. The stress is enough already. My school district is have online activities. There are muesums kids can go to virtually, book they can read, videos they can watch (academic) but are telling parents not to stress. I hope most provide learning opportunities and less stress. After 35 years of teaching, I know there are many places learning takes place. You got this. Stay safe.
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The poor Kitty. I shouldn’t laugh but….brrrruehahahahahahahaha.
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I *love* kitties and I laughed myself silly, too, John. That blur of fur! 😆
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😂
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I’m going to pass that cat video on to Mary. She’ll find it almost as funny as I did…
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I hope she did! We can use all the laughs we can get right now.
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Boredom is the biggest hurdle for kids. My grandson likes home school as he says the lunch is infinitely better at home! Getting back to routine after the weekend is tough anyway. You’re doing great. Keep up the good work.
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Well, the food is definitely better here…plus I had the annoying feeling that my daughter wasn’t really eating lunch at school so at least I know what’s going on with that now. Thanks for the encouraging words, Sadje!!
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You’re welcome Laura. Have a good productive day. 💖
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I’m up for takeout once or twice a week, but from one regular restaurant where we have an open view to the kitchen (behind a glass wall). I really want this business to survive.
I’m sure it’s not too early to play the “this will build character” card. My dad would have gone there days ago.
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I know, I’m worried for some of the smaller places around here. T drove me to get gas and a few supplies yesterday and the parking lots are so empty! Somebody here recommended buying gift certificates from the locals that can be used once things are open again and I like that idea.
Oh, and T-man already commented that someday if his kids ever complain about school he can be like “whatever, *I* had to do xx months of online schooling FROM HOME”. I said it will be his walk 20 miles in the snow, uphill, both ways, no shoes moment. 😆
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Hahaha – that’s a good analogy.
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I’m putting that cat in charge of our country. A highly respected scientist was talking about the food issue. Basically he said the virus can live on food but not for too long. Maybe hours, at most a few days. But even if it was longer as it’s not going into the respiratory system and because it doesn’t seem to like warmth then it’s not going to be an issue anyway. He did say drinking hot drinks fairly regularly
might be an idea, certainly won’t do any harm. So I’m taking that as buy stuff. Through it in the garage for a week and then stuff my face and wash it down with a cup of tea….. Look after yourself. x
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Your garage is magic! Honestly, this is a painful but good forced detox off of fast food again. I had to do this a few years ago — practically went cold turkey, it was awful — but I felt better afterward. This last month I backslid a lot (let’s just say stress eating french fries in my car was happening a couple of times a week) and we all could use the break.
Hot coffee every morning kicks off my day. Maybe I should add in some afternoon tea…
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omg the cat.
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Right?! THE CAT!!!
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i watched it over and over
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