The Corona Diaries
I can only imagine how many blog posts will be titled this. I'm not very original.
In January, I found out I was pregnant with our fourth child. Through, all children are a blessing, I spent a good few weeks in disbelief and mourning. I mourned the stage of life I began to embark on. To help myself cope with this sudden new unexpected shift, I decided 2020 was the year we'd go all out and spend every moment we could as a family experiencing so many travel adventures.
Paul once again made P-Club and we had planned to leave later this week for a few child free days in Cabo. I took all the necessary precautions and battled the decision to go ahead with this grand adventure because of the risk of Zika virus and pregnancy.
In the end of April, we had planned a week long trip at a very expensive resort in Bermuda to celebrate my mother in law's 75th birthday.
In June, I booked us a week in Florida with a majority of the trip intended to be spent in Disney World and the end of the trip to be at Clearwater Beach. Though, I have not yet made the moves to cancel this trip, I believe it's undeniably cancelled.
In August, Paul is scheduled to ride the PMC and we are planning on cheering him on from the finish line followed by a week long trip on Cape Cod. My fingers are crossed that we can still do this.
We are at the beginning of our second week of social distancing which we've taken very seriously. Friday the 13th was our last day freely out in public... and when I say free, I mean apprehensively trying to coordinate life in solitude with children. Myla, Everly & Bea all went to school and attended their after school program, though I picked them up early. I ran to the grocery to stock up on at least a week's worth of groceries which was difficult but not impossible because stock was very low. And then we began to hunker down.
Last week, we tried to play many roles and failed at almost all of them. I'm struggling to be a Mom, Wife, Teacher, and Employee while still also taking care of myself. I'm falling very short at playing teacher, I'm slipping at being an employee. I'm trying to focus on being a good Mom - which is increasingly challenging as I'm ill equipped to explain the situation we find ourselves in. I'm trying to make this time as painless as possible. The last thing I want for my children is to feel stress. And I think by being the Mom my children need, I'm being a supportive wife because Paul's focus right now is definitely work. So if I'm able to care for the kids, he can work. That said, he's really taken over having them do a few minutes of school work recently.
In January, I found out I was pregnant with our fourth child. Through, all children are a blessing, I spent a good few weeks in disbelief and mourning. I mourned the stage of life I began to embark on. To help myself cope with this sudden new unexpected shift, I decided 2020 was the year we'd go all out and spend every moment we could as a family experiencing so many travel adventures.
Paul once again made P-Club and we had planned to leave later this week for a few child free days in Cabo. I took all the necessary precautions and battled the decision to go ahead with this grand adventure because of the risk of Zika virus and pregnancy.
In the end of April, we had planned a week long trip at a very expensive resort in Bermuda to celebrate my mother in law's 75th birthday.
In June, I booked us a week in Florida with a majority of the trip intended to be spent in Disney World and the end of the trip to be at Clearwater Beach. Though, I have not yet made the moves to cancel this trip, I believe it's undeniably cancelled.
In August, Paul is scheduled to ride the PMC and we are planning on cheering him on from the finish line followed by a week long trip on Cape Cod. My fingers are crossed that we can still do this.
We are at the beginning of our second week of social distancing which we've taken very seriously. Friday the 13th was our last day freely out in public... and when I say free, I mean apprehensively trying to coordinate life in solitude with children. Myla, Everly & Bea all went to school and attended their after school program, though I picked them up early. I ran to the grocery to stock up on at least a week's worth of groceries which was difficult but not impossible because stock was very low. And then we began to hunker down.
Last week, we tried to play many roles and failed at almost all of them. I'm struggling to be a Mom, Wife, Teacher, and Employee while still also taking care of myself. I'm falling very short at playing teacher, I'm slipping at being an employee. I'm trying to focus on being a good Mom - which is increasingly challenging as I'm ill equipped to explain the situation we find ourselves in. I'm trying to make this time as painless as possible. The last thing I want for my children is to feel stress. And I think by being the Mom my children need, I'm being a supportive wife because Paul's focus right now is definitely work. So if I'm able to care for the kids, he can work. That said, he's really taken over having them do a few minutes of school work recently.
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