Hey all you cool cats and kittens, Natalie here. And we’re bringing the blog back early. There’s a world-wide pandemic. Unprecedented. Yesterday, the governor enacted a “shelter in place” order which means that schools have shut down, people are working from home, and basically everything (malls, restaurants, parks, public spaces, the NBA, casinos, etc) is closed down. Pretty much the only time you are supposed to leave your house is to get groceries.
This actually started about 3 weeks ago. It seemed like every day, they shut something else down. Nate has continued to go to his office every day. I had surgery on March 6, and was already working from home/recovering for 6 weeks. Our daycare has remained open through all of this. Nate and I have been sending the boys to school every day. I’ve been very conflicted- on the one hand wanting to keep our lives normal and on the other, being afraid that we were putting the boys (and us) at risk of getting sick. But a lot of people are still working and sending their kids to daycare, so we have continued as well.
We decided that we would keep them home from school once the “shelter in place” order was enacted. And on Friday, it was. I have been working from home on Fridays since Xander was born, and now it’s the weekend, so technically these last few days have been normal. Monday will begin our life as stay-at-home+work-from-home mom with 2 boys.
This is historic and unprecedented time period and there will be books and movies written for years to come. But I figured it was time to bring the blog back, to keep a record of our day to day life while we are living through this. Someday Xander and Augustus will look back and be able to read about our life during this time.
On Friday, the boys and I walked to the bakery down the street. The bakery is one of the few places left that is still open and so we walked over to get donuts. When we got there, I told them not to touch anything, and that we would just go in, order, and then go home to have treats. I turned my back to pay and when I turned back, Augustus’s tongue was pressed against the glass display case. I gasped. He never touched anything with his hands, so perhaps next time I just need to be more specific about NOT LICKING ANYTHING. This is going to be a wild ride…
