It's Corona Time!

Today is March 19, 2020.  I haven't blogged in years but now have the time as our world is in the middle of a pandemic.  The Corona Virus hit China and has spread to all countries around the world.  China and Italy has been hit very hard.  This virus attacks the lungs and is very dangerous for the elderly and those with asthma or don't have a good immune system. Thousands of people are dying and this disease is very contagious.  Many people are carrying it but are asymptomatic.  The kids school has closed for 3 weeks, but we're anticipating that it will most likely close the rest of the school year.  They will be doing online learning from home starting March 30th.

Corey recently left his job at Robson Forensic.  His last day was Friday, March 13th. He will be starting his new job at the end of the month.  It's a terrible time to start a new job as most businesses are closed and everyone is working from home at this point.  He will be working in the oil industry which is tanking as we speak; but our entire economy will tank due to this.  We've never seen anything like it - Disney World is closed, all restaurants are closed - they can only do carry out or delivery, all hair salons, spas, nail salons, barbershops are all closed.  We've never seen anything like it.  You can't find toilet paper, hand sanitizer and disinfectants on the store shelves.  They are all sold out.  It's such a crazy time.

This was our spring break, but our trip to Boyne Mountain to go skiing was cancelled as they closed the resort due to the Corona Virus.  The kids were really sad about it and we were, too.  With all this time, I was able to go back and read all the blogs that I would post.  It made me really sad because I was so good at posting everything.  Things the kids would say, and all the fun things we would do.  I am going to commit to writing back on this blog again as a keepsake for the kids.  I'm also going to have them write in their journals, too.

Our neighbor had the idea on St. Patrick's Day to put a four leaf clover on the door and the kids could do a scavenger hunt and find the homes that had a four leaf clover.  We ended up going for a bike ride and doing that.  Then, she had the idea to hang hearts on windows in honor of all the doctors, nurses, grocery workers and everyone on the front lines during this pandemic.  #showyourhearts