I'm coming for ya MAY

It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to cancel appointments for the month of April in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.  I'll contact everyone on my April schedule personally to prioritize you for my May schedule.  Some have reached out and changed their appointments already and I thank you for that! I am still available for a chat / FaceTime / text / advice!  I'm still well stocked with products and I would love to help you determine if this would be a good time to try something new or restock something you're running low on.  I can send invoices via quickbooks and mail straight from home so no contact. I've even been delivering to mailboxes just to get a little quiet time. I've been taking this time to reflect on so many things.  Read below for some ways we've been spending our days. My hope is that you're all doing well and staying as safe as you can.  This is just plain hard for everyone.

I don't know if I've slowed down this much since like I was 5...The love/hate relationship I have with doing nothing is fading.  I've enjoyed the extra snuggles with the boys.  We eat every meal together, we watch tv together, we've been cooking together.  Both boys have been doing the peeling and setting the table.  As of today (April 3, 2020) I've been quarantined 10 days only leaving for daily walks before the monon trail gets crowded and occasional trips to the grocery store.  I spent several days in denial this is actually real life, then I became sad and anxious.  Now I'm starting to accept that it just is.  Trying my best to be reflective and not get angry.  Teaching my kids about life not just how to spell.  I would love to hear from you!! Send me an update.  Tell me how you're spending your days. Send me a selfie, tell me your favorite cocktail or guilty pleasure! 

ELearning is in full swing here.  I will not sugar coat: this is just really hard.  We struggle with what to do with Oliver to keep him occupied because Hudson cannot manage alone, one of us has to be involved and sitting with him the entire time. This is typically 5 hours or so.  I am not a teacher. Teaching is really hard and our teachers deserve so much more respect. Our school system did not have any virtual learning system in place and we've all had quite a learning curve.  I must say that our teacher and the school system have made needed adjustments to the original plan at least for the elementary students which has been helpful.  They have shortened the week to 3 instead of 5 and they have shaved off a week in May.  We learned yesterday that the kids will not return to complete this school year.  I still haven't fully absorbed that.  I feel they need some sort of closure as much for the students as for the teachers.  We will never forget this year.  The bright side: I have a much better understanding of how Hudson learns. We are taking time together to learn some life skills like folding sheets and putting laundry away which I always just did because I thought it was just faster/easier.  I think we as a family will be forever closer and have a better understanding of the time little things that we appreciate about each other.