Thoughts from self-isolation (Day 21)
Day 21 counting from March 13 but...since we're restarting this for another 30 days I guess it's more like day 4. I think. All of this self-isolation has highlighted a few stark and startling realities for me (some funny and some not so much). First, if you do not have children this is a very different experience for you. You may actually catch up on TV more than normal, you may workout more, you may establish some new routines. For this crew the kiddos may be watching a little more TV than normal (well, some of them...Jamesey doesn't watch TV), working out more - well, suffice to say I'm getting my steps in chasing the rascals, new routines - not so much. We have kiddos that benefit from and miss their routines. Now that we're finding newish normals they're starting to adjust but you can believe they miss their schedules. Second, I'm pretty confident that we're coming out of this with some better habits than we went in - whether we planned it or ...