Mama of 2 P's in a Pod

 Well here we are in almost mid November. We are in school as "hybrid" students. That means the girls are in the building two days a week. Well, sometimes. We allow them to work remote as much as possible because they both feel like they get more done from home. Thankfully, we have a great family doctor who has given us a note for this, since the district likes to count them as absent if we chose to keep them home. Such an odd time. For the most part, I am so grateful for the time we have been gifted. If things were normal, we'd be so busy we would have missed some pretty important things that have came up over COVID time. I know in a few short years, life will change forever with college, and kids coming and going as adults. I am trying to remember this and cherish this time. I do worry though about the long term effects of all of this. Our already introverted girls are even more so. Will they get to experience any of the normal high school fun? Or will they rock this pa...

We just got a survey from the school district on what our thoughts or plans are for our students this upcoming school year. That just made things a little more real again. I know of several families who are pulling their kids out of our district to do a local town's virtual school. I'm not on board with that yet. Our youngest made the cheer squad, her coach told us to NOT order anymore uniform needs. Sigh. I'm torn on sending them or not. But how do we find normal? Will we ever be normal again?

Life is just weird now. There is no other way to put it. I'm tired of the news, tired of Facebook and tired of the ugly. I do stay informed, the conversations with the girls make it so it is necessary. I let them lead with their feelings, their thoughts and we go over the facts we know. But it's weird. All of it. Normally we are in the midst of softball tournament time. Weekends usually filled with trips to KC or Wichita or wherever the ball teams take us. Our house often times is a drop off, and we stopped eating at the kitchen table much a long time ago. Then COVID 19 happened. And we cleared the table off. We eat there several times a week, sometimes several times a day. It just depends on work schedules etc. So I guess not all of the weird is bad persay. P1 started her new job. She umpired last year and it wasn't really that first job kind of feel. I think this will be a good change of pace for her. Still at the ballfields, only on the other side. Cleaning, helpin...

I've been working from home for a month today. The girls have been doing school from home since March 30th. P1 a little earlier with her College Spanish class. Kris has been working as normal. A little less with his part-time job as people don't have as many reasons to take off work for him to fill in. Each shift he comes home, I look for signs. I ask questions about patients. I wait. I'm sure I am annoying. I got to see my mom yesterday. We met at a local coffee shop that my friend and her partner opened up March 17th. A horrible time to open a new business, but thankfully, the East Siders seem to be giving them some love. I ordered our coffee, and backed my SUV up to line up with mom's window. We chatted in our vehicles for about an hour. It was good to see her. The girls and I did a drive by her house last week to say hi. She went into the hospital March 12th, right as the governor declared school pushed out two weeks. When she left the hospital, school was c...