Pandemic Week 111: Transitioning to Living with COVID

As the U.S. moves to living with COVID, it seems our own family updates have changed.  After all, we seem to have mostly moved on.  Oh sure, we get daily COVID case updates from the school with higher numbers than we've ever seen (proof that masks are effective) and there is the fact that both Joe and his sister Mary are suffering from long haul COVID cases, so really it is just a different phase.  We are living with the impacts of COVID.

In the meantime, we continue to live our lives.  Highlights from the week included the following:

  • We took advantage of the beautiful Saturday weather for some yardwork, including mowing and mulching.  Anna is mastering the lawn mower.
  • Theresa completed the second week of the "new work schedule" with folks returning to the office for at least one day a week.  It was nice to meet many new co-workers in person.  Like school, there has also been an uptick of COVID cases at the office.  Hmmm...
  • Anna and Theresa enjoyed the Madison High School musical - The 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on Saturday night.  It was a great student-run production.
  • Anna's team won their soccer games for the weekend.  They are now at the top of the league.  We have noted that high school girls' soccer is much more physical than junior high.  Anna's friend Petra, who she has played with for years and was known for apologizing when she ran into another player is now throwing body blocks.
  • Anna and Theresa did some spring clothes shopping on Sunday.  Theresa is very thankful for the good variety and reasonable prices at Nordstrom's rack and even more thankful that Anna picked out clothes with appropriate coverage.

Happy May!

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