We have survived Husband going on deployment. We have survived a lot of holidays apart. We have entered "the teen years" and the preview isn't promising... Just kidding. No one's teen years are the best.
I am off of Facebook until Easter, so I will just write for the sake of writing instead of sharing the posts to that site.
We are in the midst of social distancing. With COVID-19 and the precautions strongly advised we now have the children home from school until further notice, we have Husband working from home, and my work is incredibly slow as people in the medical field shut down everything but the most crucial to help reduce the spread.
There have been daily walks as often as possible with the weather, there has been a lot of reading. I am grateful for teachers adapting and working to move learning online for everyone.
It has been only a week so far and I think I have cooked supper once in that time. Husband loves to cook and it has been a long time since he has been able to do as much of it as he is now. I help, I do clean-up, but it's mostly him and that's a nice shift.
Because there is no set end date for all of this we are doing our best to have some sort of routine. It is really easy to just say "meh, do whatever", but that is a horrible idea. Weekend rules are a little different than weekday rules, timelines are fluid, as long as some rules are observed everyone is good. Piano still needs to be practiced and chores still need to be done.
So far no one has threatened to murder a family member. So far everyone is going a little stir crazy. I am finding this a good exercise in figuring out how what we can control and what we can't.
"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannnot change, the courage to change the things I can change, and the wisdom to know the difference."
As I was talking Sergeant through some things this morning about feelings of being powerless I reminded him that yes, there is a lot out of our control right now as we listen to leaders (both political leaders and leaders in the field of epidemiology) and follow their advice- we control ourselves and how we choose to do that will affect others. We can do so making the best of the situation or we can be grumpy and bitter about it and lash out at family members. Not always an easy lesson.
