The Quarantine Diaries

I feel that we have not even been living reality. It’s like a movie, an event in history, or what you watch on the news. 
It’s so hard to wrap my mind around it all. 

As everyone in the world knows, we have been living in quarantine because of corona. 
This is something I never expected to happen in my entire life! 

School has been crazy. We had just a few days to put material online for our kids. There were many days were
I have been up till 4:00 in the morning trying to get it all put together.

Then Utah had an earthquake soon after the quarantine was put in place. It scored a 5.7! I didn't feel it because I
was up till 4:00, so I was dead asleep, but how does this all happen all at once? 

Andrew & I started working from home.

We've been going on a lot of walks. 

This is how our faces look in public now.

We started refinishing an old piece of furniture of my grandparents.

Krispy Kream gave all graduates of 2020 a dozen box of donuts.
Since Andrew and I both had our graduations cancelled due to Covid we each got a box. And we did share those. 

A lot of places have been offering free drive in movies and we have been taking full advantage. 

We sure do love our CRV. 

We have been spending a lot of time grilling.

And upping our tennis game. 

The elementary school I work at did a drive by parade. The teachers stood on the curb and the students were in
their cars and drove by. It was a lot of fun to see people again!

And look at Andrew's hair! Since everything has been closed, including hair salons and barber shops, there was
no way to cut his hair (and I don't have the skill level to even attempt).
This was the day before he finally got it it cut. 

I miss going to work and seeing my students and coworkers. I miss going to the gym (we were able to get a
stationary exercise bike which has been super helpful). I miss friends and family. I miss not worrying about getting
too close to people! We've had events cancelled (like both of our graduations, and Andrew had two international
trips) but quarantine life has also been pretty good to us. 

I love having meals together. In all seriousness, we had more meals in the first two weeks of quarantine
than we have had in the past two years- not exaggerating.

Andrew has gotten me hooked on the show, "Last Ship." It's so good. On a few occasions we have watched
4 episodes in a row. It's on Hulu and it's a MUST WATCH!

We have been doing outdoor workouts and having game nights with each other. 

We have been working on projects that never seem to get done like organizing photos and videos
and updating my journal. 

When life returns to normal, I hope we get to keep some things from our quarantined life.