Day 54

We are on day 54 of this craziness and the world is starting to re-open slowly. Death tolls are rising but the rate of cases is dramatically increasing which isn't a bad thing. The more cases increase and the rate of deaths stays steady that means less overall are dying from it. There is so much new data everyday and it's hard to sort out fact from hearsay. Texas opened up some restaurants, retail and other businesses with 25% capacity last week. I was allowed to start working again staying 6' away from clients which was a huge win for my sanity! Ady's school ended last week so she's watching a kinder camp on Facebook for an hour everyday along with doing her workbooks for school. Drew has 2.5 more weeks of school and has been a rockstar at completing his projects. Will is just craving attention and needs entertaining from time to time but overall he's pretty good and thankfully still napping 1.5 hours a day. At this point we have NO clue how summer will look. We cancelled our 15 year anniversary trip to Ireland that we had fully booked and will hope to take that next year. We booked a short getaway to a nearby lake with Gramma and Poppa to get away for a few days. Can't wait for a change in scenery. Jogging, walking and biking these paths every day has gotten mundane and I'm over these streets so much. We have friends who are getting babysitters and going out and already having playdates. And then we have other friends who haven't changed much and are still be uber cautious like we are. To me there are just still too many unknowns to risk that much exposure. Ady with her asthma and my parents both being high risk are our obligations to continue to shelter and minimize interaction. Boy do I miss it though. I'm a VERY social person and not being able to get out with my girlfriends is hard. Very hard. But we're still doing driveway dates to help. We have no clue if the pool will be open this summer or if any camps will happen. It's as if our entire lives are up in the air and in a waiting game. It's hard. The unknowns are very hard. I'm quite frankly just ready for 2020 to be over. It's not going to be a normal year by any means and there is mention of school being very different this fall. Can we just fast forward to the end of this pandemic and forget this all happened? Yes I'm very thankful for our house and all the entertainment we have here. I'm thankful for our health and the way Derek and I have been working out and eating right. I'm thankful for how our kiddos have powered through this. But I'm still ready for 2021. Like, now.