Rice and beans, day 4
Fortunately, Friday was emotionally smoother than Thursday, although I still struggled to focus at work.
Note to self: In the future, try to avoid putting a work trip with a fair bit of post-trip effort, a significant change in responsibilities (hello, learning curve!, hello, new team members!), and a global pandemic in the same two weeks.
Thursday, the cascade of cancellations marked a clear Before and After. Like the fall of the Berlin Wall, or 9/11. Or, I wonder, the London Blitz? Except instead of coming together as a community, we have to stay 6 feet away from each other.
Friday, things had settled down a bit, perhaps because, with school officially cancelled, WriterMan home, and me working from home until further notice, I was not obsessively checking the news every 5 minutes.
We are slowly figuring out the rules of this new life.
For example, Youngest Kid needs to be up and dressed by 8:30 each weekday morning. An hour of reading a day is mandatory. And as long as the weather permits (and this is San Francisco, so it almost always does), everyone needs to get out of the house for a walk every day.
Which is not the same as saying we need to go on a walk together every day.
Saturday, we all walked along the marina, strolled through the Palace of Fine Arts, and then walked home via the Lyon Street Steps. Today, we took separate walks, listening to music or podcasts.
It's a small apartment, and some alone time is nice.
I attended church this morning on the couch via Facebook Live, with a BYOCAS (Bring Your Own Coffee And Snacks) via Zoom afterwards. Church is not always a thin place for me, but it was today at several points, including at the end, when we said the Prayer for a Birthday for all of us:
Watch over thy children, O Lord, as their days increase; bless and
guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when they
stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise
them up if they fall; and in their hearts may thy peace which
passeth understanding abide all the days of their lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Amen indeed.
Note to self: In the future, try to avoid putting a work trip with a fair bit of post-trip effort, a significant change in responsibilities (hello, learning curve!, hello, new team members!), and a global pandemic in the same two weeks.
Thursday, the cascade of cancellations marked a clear Before and After. Like the fall of the Berlin Wall, or 9/11. Or, I wonder, the London Blitz? Except instead of coming together as a community, we have to stay 6 feet away from each other.
Friday, things had settled down a bit, perhaps because, with school officially cancelled, WriterMan home, and me working from home until further notice, I was not obsessively checking the news every 5 minutes.
We are slowly figuring out the rules of this new life.
For example, Youngest Kid needs to be up and dressed by 8:30 each weekday morning. An hour of reading a day is mandatory. And as long as the weather permits (and this is San Francisco, so it almost always does), everyone needs to get out of the house for a walk every day.
Which is not the same as saying we need to go on a walk together every day.
Saturday, we all walked along the marina, strolled through the Palace of Fine Arts, and then walked home via the Lyon Street Steps. Today, we took separate walks, listening to music or podcasts.
It's a small apartment, and some alone time is nice.
I attended church this morning on the couch via Facebook Live, with a BYOCAS (Bring Your Own Coffee And Snacks) via Zoom afterwards. Church is not always a thin place for me, but it was today at several points, including at the end, when we said the Prayer for a Birthday for all of us:
Watch over thy children, O Lord, as their days increase; bless and
guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when they
stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise
them up if they fall; and in their hearts may thy peace which
passeth understanding abide all the days of their lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Amen indeed.
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