Coronavirus Day 24 — Catching-up
The best thing that happened to me today was catching-up with Jennifer Anne on my walk to the beach. And Raven on my walk back.
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Coronavirus Day 23 — Yard
Jacob and I are in a strongly committed reading relationship. Every morning and every night we read stories and it is so very special. According to my iPad library, we’ve read 51 books since we moved to SLO in June of 2016. We’re currently reading the latest in the Rick Riordan series…
Coronavirus Day 22 — Bonkers
Last night was a Nate night. He’s got a low tolerance for cabin fever. Generally the first one to start acting loopy. He dances around. He can’t seem to focus. The potty talk’s up. The listening is down. His mood swings are steeper than a bad Coronavirus curve. Too soon? So last…
Coronavirus Day 21 — Craf-tay
All of this time at home has brought back crafty James– the one who teaches himself latte art, screen prints original designs, makes his own wine and kombucha, and once sewed a pair of kid-sized jeans. James continues building out his e-commerce offerings. After selling multiple felt banners, and possibly…
Coronavirus Day 20 — Ninja
It’s finally Saturday. Nate and I went to Pacheco and played soccer while James and Jake went to Home Depot. We enjoyed a sunny day of yard work including the installation of some new house numbers, ripping out non-native ice plant, and propagating wildflowers. Before we returned home, Nate stayed…
Coronavirus Day 19 — Two Days
One video. Two days. Three emails. Hundreds changed. Leadership. Back-to-back. Unknown colleagues in shock. FAQs. Packets. Docusign. Pay4us. Broken hearts, broken teams. Could I still come back someday? Emotionally spent. Bob Jones paved in tears.
Coronavirus Day 18 — Black Thursday
On Thursday I woke-up in the 5am hour, anticipating a work email that would set into motion just about the hardest week of my career. I made some coffee and looked across our front yard in the early morning light. Not only do I see a cat I’ve never seen before, ever. But…
Coronavirus Day 17 — Insecure
This week on one of my calls, my work buddy, Thomas, brought some much needed humor to my day. 2020 is clearly trying too hard. I mean really, she already had brand recognition going for her. And the Olympics. And a long awaited presidential election. She was already special as…
Coronavirus Day 16 — Tiger King
Today is Tuesday. It’s March 31st. We’re a few days into Week 3 of house arrest. And it doesn’t look like this is ending anytime soon. Every morning during our team check-in Zoom, we do a roundtable. A few days ago I started adding a new question to the update,…
Coronavirus Day 15 — Camp
On Saturday, in one of our dozen daily ParentSquare notifications, a little gem came through announcing that school is definitely closed until May first. Gone are the days when I couldn’t imagine three weeks without public education. Oh how I wistfully look back on those March days with such fondness.…