Homeliving

We got official notice last Thursday that all schools in New Mexico are closed until April 6. That same day, our priest notified us that all church activities, including Mass, are suspended until further notice.

That pretty much eliminated all of our outside social and work obligations in one fell swoop.

So here we are, at home.

I suspect this is not as disconcerting to us as it is for most people, as we are perfectly accustomed and willing to manage on our own. We go weeks at a time without going anywhere but church and school, anyway, so it's not as if our routines depend on getting to a store or sports events or music lessons or, well, anything.

My brother joked that we practiced social distancing before social distancing was cool, and I think there's a lot of truth to that.

We are very lucky in that A. already does his main work remotely, we have no medical conditions of any kind in our family, and we never have to worry about running out of food or supplies because we always buy them in large quantities. Or, you know, grow and make them.

This morning we did church at home. I read the readings for the day and A. explained them to the kids. Then they had their post-church waffles as usual.

Tomorrow the older ones will be required to do some school-ish things (handwriting practice, reading history books or the encyclopedia, Spanish lessons online), but I'm not going to force them to do, like, actual lessons related to the math they were working on at school or whatever.

But otherwise? We'll just be here, tending our garden (the arugula is almost big enough to eat and I'M SO EXCITED), shearing sheep (a shearer is coming tomorrow, and A. is excited about that), and generally living our lives in a more or less normal fashion.

Keeping calm and carrying on is the order of the day. I hope it's the same for you.

Over and out.