Well, here we are on day 8 of social distancing. What exactly does this mean? It means you are supposed to basically stay home unless it is necessary to leave. When you do leave, you are asked to maintain a 3 foot distance between you and anybody else. School are closed for a month (depending on what part of Michigan you live in). Everything is cancelled and closed. No restaurants to eat at, no movie theaters to go relax, no gym to burn off some steam. Even retailers are closing that do not sell groceries.
Thankfully, I am able to perform my job at home so here I sit with my 6 year old, trying to find a balance of work, schooling, and basically staying alive. Derek is still working. He works in a warehouse with less than 10 people and he is washing regularly so I feel somewhat safe about it. They aren't offering them not to work and we would not survive without both incomes for very long.
Kayla will be home from school this weekend for the indefinite future. It will be nice to have an extra set of hands around but also scary. That will be 2 people in the house with compromised immune systems. I wish I could just put them in bubbles. Poor Kayla's 21st birthday is coming up. How fun will that be to spend it at home with her parents, locked in with nowhere to go? No shopping with that birthday money because nothing is open. I can only make her what we can find in the stores for a birthday meal. It's a bad time for birthdays all around.
I ran to the store yesterday and bought a deck of cards (I can't believe we didn't already have one), UNO, and some paint kits. We have lots of games and books. We have game systems and ipads. What else are you guys using to entertain your children? It's a rainy day today so I am looking for any and all ideas. Take care and be safe out there.
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