28 March 2020

Isolation Day 6:⁣
Saturday. The weekend. And we definitely had weekend vibes. Firstly, it was nice to have Sean around the whole day. He’s been working at the hospital, as you’d expect. I’ve been navigating the challenging trifecta (parenting, homeschooling, and working) of these days on my own. So it’s been great having Sean home to help me keep perspective, to find the humor in these weird and ominous times, and to remind me to ignore the kids when they’re being primal cave beasts and to not take their outbursts or sass as personal attacks. Except that time that Thora tried to wrestle me. That was kind of attack-y. But anyway, it’s good to have an adult ally in the bubble! ⁣
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Auric and I started session one of a 4 week running plan. We were quite stoked when it was over — hence the smiles. (3 minutes of hard running is hard!) ⁣
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The kids did some school work, even though technically we’re in school holidays. But none of us know what day it is, so school work happens when it happens. ⁣
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I had some alone time (a whole 3 meters away from my kids for entire 30 second intervals) with my current crochet project, accompanied by a coffee and a very amusing comedy/history podcast called The Dollop (on Spotify). If you’re keen, start with episode 3 on competitive tickling. ⁣
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The kids numbed out with Rush Hour. Ummm... if you don’t want to remember how much this script relies on racism, perhaps avoid this trip down racist nostalgia lane. ⁣

I included the “before” of the "before" and “after” of my pantry clean out. Tomorrow’s job for sure! ⁣
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Then after a dinner of Cleaning Out the Fridge, we started a new (old) series with the kids with Veronica Mars, and then topped that off with a Wallace & Grommet and another Monty Python. ⁣
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Thora’s hair is remarkable in that it is a nest of wild curls and dread locks. ⁣

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But I raked my fingers through the fern branches of one of my favorite plant babies so I feel like a good mom. ⁣
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And lastly, Zorro, our beloved but independent and hardly-photographed fur baby in our nightly cuddle session. ⁣
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Night night all. Stay safe. Stay home. Keep being awesome by stopping the spread. ⁣