I’m a little late posting this week because we had an unwelcome visitor over Thanksgiving. My husband tested positive for COVID on Saturday after getting tested Friday because of a lingering week long cough. He didn’t have any other symptoms to speak of, but we’ve been sending our kids to school this year so we had him tested out of an abundance of caution and surprise, COVID.
We are honestly confused about how he got it because aside from the kids going to school, we have had minimal outside of the house contact with anyone since March. Nonetheless, it’s here and we are in quarantine until December 14. The kids and I get tested on Friday and weirdly right now I hope that we are positive and asymptomatic because it would be a comfort to know we have a few months of immunity. Above all else, we just feel very fortunate that it’s a mild case. We feel that is due to us masking whenever we are outside the home and because we have largely stayed away from anyone outside our house since March, except with the kids in school. Masks don’t give you 100% protection but they absolutely reduce the viral load you have if you get infected, lessening symptoms greatly. Thank goodness for that.
All this to say, there’s been a lot of adapting and adjusting the past few days while we settle into quarantine. We are fortunate to be able to afford grocery delivery so we’ve taken full advantage of that. Bless the people who work for Instacart and every person working at the grocery store. And thankfully, we want for very little so we’ve been hunkering down safely and comfortably. We recognize our huge privilege in being able to safely stay at home and not worry about meeting our needs.
The kids miss school but know that we are keeping ourselves and our community safe so they are handling the whole thing so well. My son’s school and his teacher have been amazing providing assignments for him to complete at home to stay on task. His teacher is in class with her other students teaching and set up Google meets with him twice a day so she can work on math and reading with him. I cannot say enough wonderful things about teachers, not just this year but all the time. Please please please thank a teacher today and if you are able, hop on Donor’s Choose and help out a classroom today. I promise you they will appreciate it so much.
Next, I’d like to talk about asking for help. I used to suck at this, frankly. I had it in my head that I had to be perfect and perfect people figure out how to do everything themselves so asking for help means you don’t know what you’re doing and you’ve failed. I know, it sounds even more messed up writing it out than it does in my head now. That mindset is all the way wrong and thankfully, since having kids I’ve gotten a lot better asking for help. We are so fortunate here to have a full on village of friends who have offered up anything and everything to help out while we are hanging at home and I could not be more grateful. At the drop of a hat, we had a friend deliver medicine and a pulse oximeter because her family went through COVID this summer and she wanted to make sure we had everything we needed to feel safe. She also brought me some surprise M&Ms 🙂 My kids were running low on craft supplies (I am terrible at crafting but they love it so pipe cleaners and beads for everyone) and I asked a friend if she wouldn’t mind bringing some of her extras by and she showed up with a whole bag full of goodies.
My point being, asking for help is necessary when you are going through anything uncharted or difficult. I’ve learned over the years that if I’m the smartest, most competent person in the room, something is very wrong. Because of this, I’ve surrounded myself with people who have strengths in areas far beyond my capabilities and who know so much more than me about a ton of topics. Everyone in my village inspires me and teaches me and that is just so awesome. These days, I ask for help all the time, be it about issues I am less educated on or with crafts because y’all I am always on the crafting struggle bus. Again, shout out to the teachers on this one, particularly the preschool teachers who let my kids use glitter. You all send the pretty creations home and my floors aren’t covered in glitter. That’s actual magic right there and I am so so much going to miss all the holiday crafts and creations since the kids are missing out on these extra festive weeks of school this month.
If you’ve read this far, thanks a whole bunch. I’m in serious rambling mode because I miss talking to anyone outside our home. While I am so very glad we are safe and can do our part to keep others safe, it’s definitely isolating knowing that we won’t be leaving the house for the next 12 days or so. Thanks for reading and happy Wednesday! I would love to hear from you over on Instagram if you have any fun quarantine tips to pass the time!! Have a great day!
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