mydarlingdevils

When things are clear except when they aren’t…

9 discussions I never thought I’d have with our boys, but here we are – life in the time of Covid19:

1.
School is cancelled. Probably for the rest of the year but not yet.
Right now it’s cancelled for another 2 weeks – they are cancelling school in 15 day increments so that each time it feels like a brand new cut each time.
Death by a thousand cancellations. Google it – it’s a thing.
You have to make sure you still keep up with your learning.
I’m not going to teach you or help you with your school work, but I will ask you 4 times a day if you did all your online classes for the day. I’ll ask you 3 times a day if you have any homework you need to work on. That’s code for – please leave me the fuck alone.

2.
We must Stay home!!
By staying home we are heroes. That’s what everyone is saying, so let’s just believe them. We are gosh darn heroes (heroes that stay in their pajamas all day).
But in order to make staying at home work, you must go outside so I don’t go crazy.
So, the rule is stay home, but go outside as much as you can.

3.
Mommy and daddy want you to know that you need to be very careful about getting Covid19.
But don’t worry it can’t hurt you. It targets the elderly and people with preexisting conditions. Except when it doesn’t. Then you need to worry. So, don’t worry – but worry a little.

4.
As far getting food, we aren’t going to the grocery stores except when we are. We want to make sure we keep the delivery slots open for the people who really can’t go to the store like the elderly and the people with preexisting conditions we just discussed. It’s true that the store is usually full of mostly elderly people who are not wearing masks. In those cases we will order and not go to the grocery store. But we need to go to the grocery store first to see if going to the grocery store is a good idea.

5.
Another thing about going shopping. We will try not leave the house to go shopping. But if we do leave then we have to wear a mask. But we can’t wear masks all the time because the front line health workers need them and there is a major shortage. So, when there is a shortage, we will wear cloth.
The weaving in cloth are like giant massive holes when compared to the size of the virus, but by wearing cloth, it will make people think you care as opposed to making people think you don’t care. And we do care – which is why we aren’t wearing masks.

6.
Make sure you guys eat so that mommy and daddy don’t need to worry about your breakfast and lunch. We will worry about your dinner, but you will need to worry about your own breakfast and lunch. But, don’t eat too much, because if food starts becoming scarce then we will want to make sure we have enough food. So, eat, but only eat till you aren’t hungry – don’t eat till you are full.

7.
We will all need to clean. You need to do extra chores and really work hard at picking up after yourselves. The housekeeper will not be coming anymore.
Yes we are still paying her and no, I don’t know when she’ll be coming back.
How long will we keep paying her?
I guess we will keep paying her until she quits the job for which she’s getting paid to do nothing.

8.
We DO NOT want you to be on the phone all day. Got it?
Oh, btw – we have a Video Chat with your grandparents today and we also have another one with your aunts, uncles, and cousins, and also with the neighbor’s dog. They all really miss you – and make sure you look happy.

9.
Do I think we have Covid19 or might have already had it?
Ummm…maybe, but really it’s hard to tell. I mean, there is a good chance that we did already have it at some point.
No, we cannot get tested because we don’t think for sure we have it. You can only get tested when you know for sure you have it so that they don’t waste any tests on people that don’t have it.