Covid update

I honestly don't even know how long it's been since all this Covid stuff started. It feels like months. But we've settled into our new life and it's going well.

I certainly have good days and bad. Overall, I'd say my mental state is pretty stable. Most days I'm staying distracted with the girls and our homeschooling and just normal stay-at-home-mom stuff (i.e. cleaning, laundry, cooking, etc.) I have had several very difficult days as well. Days where I sit and wonder what on earth this means for our future, for Josh's job, for this baby joining our family in a few months, I could go on. There's just so much uncertainty right now, and that's what's so difficult.

School is going pretty well. Elliott is actually really enjoying "homeschool". I can't truly call this homeschool, because I know if I was committing to full-time homeschool, our day would be so much more organized and structured and full, to be honest. Right now, we're using what the school has provided and filling in gaps with lots of games and play and time together. Elliott asks for more work and has been kind of a dream to work with, which I never imagined. I don't know that it will last forever, but for now, we're enjoying it. The hardest part has been coming up with material to entertain Piper and Scout. They're typically very independent, but with Elliott doing school, they both want to do school too, and I wasn't prepared for that. Right now, Piper is practicing writing and beginning to read, but I can tell she wants more.

Josh is still working, and will likely work through this entire ordeal. While it makes me anxious, I am just thankful that his job is relatively low risk and that he isn't working in the medical field.

I bought an embroidery starter kit on amazon, which has been fun. And I might have started downloading SIMS today...I might regret that. Ha! But it sounds fun right now. Especially on nights when Josh has video games with his guy friends or online church meetings.

Still no church, no in-person meetings, temples are completely closed, missionaries are coming home from their missions, the world is basically shutting down. It's just insane to even think about. But I have to remind myself that this is not our new normal. This is temporary. It will end and our life will go back to normal. And honestly, this is teaching me a lot about what I wish was different in our "normal" life and what I might want to keep doing after this all comes to an end.