Covid-19 Diaries Week 5

Day 29 April 11 - Today was a fun day of acts of kindness.  We dropped off Easter cookies and a card with local friends as well as with an elderly colleague of Craig's who lives alone and has been very lonely.  We anonymously placed a gently used book with an encouraging note into the mailbox of a third grader on our street and we left a big birthday yard sign studded with candy for our good friend Joel who has to celebrate his 11th birthday in quarantine.

Day 30 April 12 - It's Easter which is always a very low key and calm holiday for us, so we're not feeling a loss here.  We had a special brunch, as usual, and hid a few Easter treats in the backyard for the kids between rain showers.  Connected with family and friends via social media.

Day 31 April 13 - We did an all art school day studying Gustav Klimt.  Nothing else exciting happened, but we're healthy and well and fully aware of/thankful for the privileges that make this quarantine much easier for us than for other families who are struggling.  Meanwhile, I am part of a very detail-oriented and time-consuming project at work, but glad to have "something from the outside" to occupy me when possible.

still eating all the yummy foods

Day 32 April 14 - Lots of school work today and it was pretty cold outside, so a bit of a double whammy for the kids.  We made it through with only mild upsets and no tears, so let's count it as another good day.

math facts stairs

studying planets

Day 33 April 15 - On what was going to be tax day (we filed well before), we received our stimulus deposit - I mention this only for the historical value for whoever reads this in the future.  We had another full day of school today and the baby birds in our door wreath hatched.

Day 34 April 16 - We received a big bag of art supplies from Ella's teacher and among them is a nearly intact June 1959 edition of Women's Day.  This is an incredible gift because Ella and I have been watching Mad Men which is set in the same period and having this authentic old magazine allows us to study the period a bit more, to discuss media messaging for women/girls then and now, and to learn some interesting tidbits from 61 years ago.  Indian take-out for dinner - yum.  And we had a sweet surprise on our front door to boot.

Day 35 April 17 - Today was a no good day, dark and rainy, with too ambitious professional goals and quickly withering educational ones.  Leftovers and a successful weekly grocery trip to a well stocked store were the saving grace.  I gave in to Gilmore Girls reruns at 4:00.  The end.

This and that from Week 5:

*The mild and sunny weather needs to return ASAP for mental health purposes.
*So many lovely gestures of support being traded on our little street.
*No lime tortilla chips at the store and we can't find a kite to buy either.
*I finished my second book of quarantine - I know that's not really an accomplishment for most, but since becoming a mom almost nine years ago it's been hard to find the time, space and quiet for reading.  Often I don't even have the energy for my beloved pastime and choose sleep instead.