The signs were all there.Slippers getting worn more than real shoes. Weeks, months going by wearing only pants with an elastic waistband. Binging so much TV you can’t even think of what show to watch next.In our efforts to social distance, my family had officially...
The signs were all there.Slippers getting worn more than real shoes. Weeks, months going by wearing only pants with an elastic waistband. Binging so much TV you can’t even think of what show to watch next.In our efforts to social distance, my family had officially...
COVID decision fatigue could have killed me this morning. Okay, I’m being a bit dramatic, but hear me out. Quick maneuvers are the new running skill I’ve acquired in the COVID times. Moving several steps to the left or right a moment before...
Fun fact about me and my dad: his first day of retirement was my first day as a working lawyer. The timing wasn’t an accident. With 3 kids, he wanted to make sure at least 2 of us were off the payroll before he...
Getting a pedicure at my local nail salon has become a law school hypothetical.To celebrate the end of my tenure as homeschool teacher, I treated myself to a pedicure at my favorite local nail salon. Yes, save parties, concerts, and other large gatherings,...
Pandemic. COVID-19. Social distancing. Aerosols. Face masks to protect us from other people’s germs. Face masks to keep our germs to ourselves. Gloves. Frequent hand washing. Hand sanitizer.Businesses closing. Work hours cut. Jobs lost.No school. No playdates. No friends. No sports. No birthday...
A Happy Meal almost got me killed the other day.I was pulling out of a McDonalds drive-thru having procured Happy Meals as the bribe, I mean reward, for my kids completion of their daily e-learning assignments, when I almost got broadsided by a...
Quarantine fatigue has set in big time at our house.Tempers are short and quick. Hair is long and unruly. The breakfast room a one-room schoolhouse run by an unqualified teacher whose stock response to any question is “Google it.”And the kids never leave...
How many times a day should you check your email?No clue. But on Monday I will be checking it like an addict.Why? 2 words–summer camp.My girls (and there are 4 of them, by the way) spend 1 week every summer at sleep-away camp....
I’ve always been a play by the rules kind of gal.No speeding tickets since the ’90s. Truthful about my age (45 years young). Wait for everyone at the table to get their food before I start eating.And then COVID-19 and the stay-at-home orders...
It took a global pandemic to get me to budge on our house electronics rules.My 9th grader? She’s been pleading her case for social media access for months. Friends who aren’t allowed to roam the mall sans parents, but can post selfies on...
Remember the classic 80s arcade game Frogger, where you had to direct frogs to their homes one by one by crossing a busy street?That’s what my morning run has turned into, a freaking game of Frogger.Thanks to the rules of social distancing, which...
After 10 or so years of working alone at home, I finally have co-workers.5 to be precise.Thanks to the COVID-19 social distancing mandates, my 4 girls will be finishing out the school year at home. Their classrooms have been traded for our breakfast...
