Family and Friends

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day. Mike and the kids woke me up with breakfast in bed, handmade cards, and lots of love and snuggles. We FaceTimed Mike’s mom up in the Bay Area and we had a socially-distant lunch with my mom in my parents’ yard. Not a typical Mother’s Day,…

Well. Another Sunday, another week in quarantine. I feel like we were just going through the motions this week. The kids are just OVER IT. We’ve been doing as much as we can to help them with this whole thing – FaceTiming friends, doing drive-bys so they can see each other – but nothing compares…

Hi, everyone. Thanks to all who sent emails and left comments about the anniversary of Maddie’s passing. It was eerie this year…she died the Tuesday before Easter, and this year April 7 fell on…the Tuesday before Easter. So between that and quarantine, I’ve been laying reeeeeally low. One of the things that’s so hard about…

Will any of you be surprised to hear I had a complication with my oral surgery? Of course you won’t be. That kind of thing always happens to me! I developed something called a “dry socket,” which has required me to go to the surgeon’s office three times this week for treatment and packing. So,…

I hope all of you had a manageable week. It’s just about impossible to not feel stress right now, so I hope you all are hanging in there and being kind to yourselves. I had a FAR more interesting week than I expected or wanted. On Thursday, I had to see my dentist for an…

So. How are you all holding up? California implemented a state-wide “Stay at Home” order on Thursday, and I am really hoping people take it seriously. We’ve been staying in for over a week now, only leaving to go to the grocery store or to walk around our neighborhood. The kids are prepping for distance-learning…

So…how are we all doing? Does anyone else feel like they’re in the Twilight Zone? I love watching movies about this kind of thing but I don’t like living in one. I hope everyone is staying home when they can so the ones who CAN’T aren’t exposed to more people. I can’t handle the people…