Today I woke up and decided to take a daylight drive past the apartments I didn't rule out when I got home from driving around in the dark last night. I know. I live a very exciting life. BUT! I was able to cross several of them off my list based on daylight perspective and I have 8 potential contenders.
Not that that matters anymore. My county has been given an order to shelter in place for the next couple of weeks. I hope people start to take this seriously because it really won't be successful until people start to adhere to these rules. Do I love them? No. But am I following the rules? I'm definitely doing my best. It drives me crazy being at home all the time. I have a ton to do but I don't want to do it. I will because...whatever...adulting but I don't want to.
Since it goes into effect tomorrow I ran out to grab a few things I need (like packing tape!) and foil (I want to cook salmon and a few other things this week because...adulting) and two flavors of Monster I said I wouldn't knock until I tried. I swear, the things I do for.the.children! I was at Kroger and realized I needed more bagels. The problem is...Kroger bagels are utter trash. So I finished up there and went to Tom Thumb. As I walked around the store figuring out what else I needed this is what unfolded (as told through a social media comment):
I saw a guy at Kroger who smiled at me. Duh. I'm cute. Then I saw the same guy at Tom Thumb 15 minutes later. He's all, "Were you just at Kroger?" and I'm all, "Yep, but then I had to come here because Kroger's bagels are trash." He starts laughing way harder than polite laughter. I look in his cart. Bagels. It was funny. The guy with him just shook his head and walked away.
Because...story of my life. At least it wasn't a firefighter this time.
Anyway. I finished packing up my son's room tonight and, now that I have packing tape, I can keep moving ahead tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'll be able to move but I do know, with this order in place, I should have more time to pack because nobody should be coming to look at my house while I'm working from home to mold the minds of students.
Speaking of: I sent them a video blast today in pink, polka dot pajamas where I yelled at myself for touching my face about 6 times during the video and kept saying "it's fine." One of the girls suggested I start a YouTube channel so she could laugh all the time. Several others responded to a rainbow heart check-in I sent out today where they responded with the color heart they were feeling (each color means something different ranging from "I'm great!" to "I'm not okay. I need someone to reach out now." There were lots of points of contact and that made my teacher and mama heart super happy.
Tomorrow is our last day of Spring Break before we transition to digital learning. I don't know what's coming or what to expect but I'm excited to get back in a new, albeit weird, routine with my kids.
Aubs
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