So, how are you doing since the world stopped March 16, 2020? Did you start a new hobby? Take up ringing? Dancing? Covid social distancing?
As a family we are surviving and thriving. As a mom, I gave in to my 8 year old daughter in April 2020 when she said, “Mom, the ducks are soooo cute. Can we get them, for me? I will take care of them.”
What do you say to your wonderful daughter— “yes, we will get these ducks. And these chickens of course.”
For real, why would any sane person buy ducks when you just walked into the hardware store to get a flashlight. So….we bought and hand raised 4 ducks and 4 chickens. But where did they stay? In our bathtub of course. because that is the perfect place to have ducks and chickens for 8 weeks. And, everyday we had the “walk of the ducks”. In the morning, I directed them outside and they waddled out the door and down the steps. Now when I come home and the ducks hear my voice they squawk and want me to come and play.
We have also done a lot of hiking, biking and camping over the past 7 months. As I’m sure most everyone has. Outside has become an extension of who we are. It is our second home. I am so thankful that Brian bought a camper, it makes going away on the weekends so much easier.
As a teacher, it’s been a bit interesting. I have had to learn a ton of new technology. I have had to buy a ton of new technology. My hours of work have tripled. For a 30 minute online phonics lesson, it often will take me 2 hours to build the powerpoint and jamboard lessons to teach it. I can’t wait to go back completely in person, or rewind to January 2020.
