Welcome to our first day of home school! Professor Papa is in the house.
Mondays are Mike's day to have the kids. I had the whole day cloistered away in my new home office:
Ok,well, hopefully a desk is coming soon. I spend the day updating google classrooms, creating assignments, meeting (via google) with my department, answering emails from students and parents, google chatting (text only, no video allowed yet) with students, and catching up on grading past assignments from "real" school the past few weeks. It was productive!
The kids spent the day working on their work from their elementary school teachers. They did quiet reading, math, watching some Mystery Science videos, listened to a music video sent from the music teacher, zoom conference with their AMAZING teachers (they are so great!) and did a google hangout with cousins in Colorado. Mike was a rock star. I overheard him running a morning meeting. He gave the kids name tags for their first day, had them all introduce themselves to the "class", and as I headed up the stairs was saying, "Here is our chore wheel. Who knows what a chore is? Raise your hand. E can you tell us what a chore is?" Amazing. I don't think I will do so well tomorrow, lol.
I made baked ziti for dinner. Pretty much I just want to eat all the things, all the time. And I have chosen to focus my stress on garlic. I have two heads of garlic left! I bought 2 pounds from my CSA farmer in December, and it almost gone. The local supermarket hasn't had garlic in weeks. I emailed my farmer and they are out too. How can I cook without garlic? Also, raw garlic is a proven antiviral (and antimicrobial and anti-fungal) and is my go-to remedy when I get sick. These are the things I like to stress about, maybe because it feels easier than stressing about real things.
Right now Mike is having tough conversations with his business partner. How much longer can they keep the company open? If needed, how will unemployment work for their employees? What will unemployment look like for him? These are conversations I imagine many business owners all over the country are having. We are speculating that we are only days away from a "shelter in place" anyway, but trying to plan in this climate of uncertainty is tough. Things are going to get tougher. Cases skyrocketed in the US, today and climbing fast in Vermont, too.
I'm on home school duty tomorrow, wish me luck!
US cases: 43,901
Vermont Cases: 75
Mondays are Mike's day to have the kids. I had the whole day cloistered away in my new home office:
Ok,well, hopefully a desk is coming soon. I spend the day updating google classrooms, creating assignments, meeting (via google) with my department, answering emails from students and parents, google chatting (text only, no video allowed yet) with students, and catching up on grading past assignments from "real" school the past few weeks. It was productive!
The kids spent the day working on their work from their elementary school teachers. They did quiet reading, math, watching some Mystery Science videos, listened to a music video sent from the music teacher, zoom conference with their AMAZING teachers (they are so great!) and did a google hangout with cousins in Colorado. Mike was a rock star. I overheard him running a morning meeting. He gave the kids name tags for their first day, had them all introduce themselves to the "class", and as I headed up the stairs was saying, "Here is our chore wheel. Who knows what a chore is? Raise your hand. E can you tell us what a chore is?" Amazing. I don't think I will do so well tomorrow, lol.
I made baked ziti for dinner. Pretty much I just want to eat all the things, all the time. And I have chosen to focus my stress on garlic. I have two heads of garlic left! I bought 2 pounds from my CSA farmer in December, and it almost gone. The local supermarket hasn't had garlic in weeks. I emailed my farmer and they are out too. How can I cook without garlic? Also, raw garlic is a proven antiviral (and antimicrobial and anti-fungal) and is my go-to remedy when I get sick. These are the things I like to stress about, maybe because it feels easier than stressing about real things.
Right now Mike is having tough conversations with his business partner. How much longer can they keep the company open? If needed, how will unemployment work for their employees? What will unemployment look like for him? These are conversations I imagine many business owners all over the country are having. We are speculating that we are only days away from a "shelter in place" anyway, but trying to plan in this climate of uncertainty is tough. Things are going to get tougher. Cases skyrocketed in the US, today and climbing fast in Vermont, too.
I'm on home school duty tomorrow, wish me luck!
US cases: 43,901
Vermont Cases: 75
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