Life in the Time of Corona (Days 28-34)

I must admit, I am losing my mojo with these life documentation posts. Maybe because our lives do not seem all that interesting right now. Will try to do better next week.

4.13.20 (Monday):

n had his first Zoom meeting to earn a virtual merit badge for Boy Scouts. He is learning about mammals. I think it is pretty cool that they are offering it online, although it is sad how how so many of his Boy Scout activities have been cancelled.

4.14.20 (Tuesday):

We watched the first half of Remembering the Titans. I cannot believe D had never watched this movie before!

4.15.20 (Wednesday):

n had his second Merit Badge meeting. Unfortunately, he will not be going to Boy Scout summer camp this year. I want to start planning some sort of trip for the summer, but things still seem too uncertain.

We finished Remembering the Titans.

4.16.20 (Thursday):

Today we found out that the kids will not receive grades for this grading period. Instead, they will be receiving teacher comments. I guess it is not too big of a deal since grades do not really matter at this point in their academic careers. We still have a month and a half of online school to go!

We watched the Disney Family Sing along on ABC. It was weirdly comforting to watch a live broadcast show, knowing that thousands of other families were watching at the same time. It has been a while since we have watched something other than Hulu or Disney Plus, etc.

4.17.20 (Friday):

Today is our 16th wedding anniversary.

I was going to go to Costco, but my car wouldn’t start! The last time we had driven it was exactly a week prior. After a call to the Mazda service center, D was able to jumpstart it using our other car. We told the kids to hop in so we could take a short joy ride. It was the first time they had left our gated community in car in weeks! PSA: make sure you drive your car every 4-5 days so you do not end up with a dead battery!

D had a lot of work to do, and worked into the night. Not such a great anniversary, eh?

4.18.20 (Saturday):

I became weirdly obsessed with making drawer liners for all of the drawers in our house. It is still a work in progress.

We watched part of the One World special. The Keith Urban song was our favorite.

4.19.20 (Sunday):

We watched our church’s Sunday service online.

D donated blood for a blood drive set up by one of his co-workers.

For dinner, we did takeout from The Habit: 4 cheeseburgers, 4 fries, and garden salad for $25. We had a lot of leftover fries, but it was a nice treat.

We watched the first two episodes of A Diary of a Future President. It brings up some good (and somewhat uncomfortable) talking points about middle school.