Well, with cases climbing in a big way again, we're back to holing up at home. Not that we really did a whole lot through the summer, but we did eat outside at restaurants a couple times, had a small " bubble" with another household or two, and our families helped with childcare (masked, distanced).…
I had planned to skip today’s post like I had Monday and Wednesday this week due to the election, but like writing through Covid, I decided that I wanted to put down my thoughts while I’m actually living it right now. Someday, I may want to go back and read these words and remember (HA)…
Four days until the 2020 Presidential Election. We have a new member of the SCOTUS. The United States has now hit new highs for COVID-19 infections, and tomorrow is Halloween, with too many people with party plans. 2020 is certainly planning to finish out with a bang. We will be trick or treating on our…
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Or something like that. Gratitude is hard to come by these days, but I'm working on looking for the good. Especially as the days get shorter and the weather gets colder and wetter, 2020 feels extra bleak. Here's to hoping things look brighter…
Well, I supposed we've made it through another week. I don't often wish time away, because I know time is precious, but I think I'd like to skip forward to next spring at this point. I'm not sure if I have much else to say this week. Again, I almost skipped this post, but I…
Thirty two weeks into our experience here in Kirkland, Washington, the one time hotspot in the United States when cases of COVID-19 first arrived here in the United States. Thirty two weeks, and I'm certain we're in it for at least another thirty two, which feels long and hard. I'm not sure how long I'll…
Another week, another Friday post that starts with “I’m tired.” I’m simply brain tired, exhausted, emotionally spent. I’m not sure exactly why these past few weeks have been particularly hard, but they have been. If you’re feeling it too, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, I’m not sure that feeling is going to change in the next…
This was a hard, hard week. Just when the air quality finally cleared up and we could venture back outside, the news broke that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. May her memory be a blessing. Add that to continued pandemic stress and concern over the elections, life just feels hard. I almost skipped this…
We spent the week indoors due to the wildfire smoke that hung around all week long. While thankfully we were never in the 500+ AQI range as much of Oregon was, 200-300 was still pretty awful, and meant that the only time spent outdoors was spent in an N95 mask, and even then, I ended…
By the time this post gets published, we should be back fully immersed in smoky air, though we are the lucky ones. There are historic wildfires raging all up and down the west coast, including one less than forty miles from us. For the Puget Sound metro area, that is unprecedented by itself, and Washington,…