Feeling Chatty

I have been more aware of my own attitude and my family's temperament now that we are all sheltering in.  Personally, the only thing that is different for my day-to-day is that the house is full 24/7.  Beyond the obvious, it isn't much different than the weekend.  I'm still cooking, cleaning, and getting stuff done.  The kids are also keeping themselves occupied.  We spent the summer working on the basement, so the kids are even more self-sufficient and are able to take care of their own lunch and snacks and entertainment.  We are refereeing squabbles still, but they are fewer than to be expected.  

During the week, we are learning to be more mindful of Roy working in the basement.  Though, there are times when Eric doesn't want my help and searches for Roy.  

Yesterday, I put together a homeschool schedule and purchased a year subscription of IXL for the kids to do online lessons.  It isn't hard to get them motivated to work through the material.  

Over the years, we've tailored our emergency supplies and have maintained well-stocked supplies that that rotate as part of our daily routine.  Various "emergency" events haven't really caused a grocery store panic like we see and hear around the neighborhood.  We learned to try to avoid the stores when snow storms are on the horizon.  A few weeks ago, while people started buying hand sanitizer (we already had a large bottle to top off from a start of school purchase), I decided to pick up some more cold medicine, vitamin C gummies, cool mist humidifiers for the bedrooms, and restocked dishwasher tablets (at Trader Joes, there was another guy in the aisle who overheard me tell Roy to look at all the toilet paper stocked, that I didn't need that, but turned and pointed to the dishwasher tablets and said, that is what I really need, supplies to keep the dishes clean - I was amused because the guy turned to look at what I said I really needed).  I haven't bought toilet paper in 3 months because we have a subscription and are well supplied.     

Our milk and produce delivery are still on schedule.  So for now, we still have fresh groceries coming to the house.

We also have plenty of entertainment, books, games, computers, each other.... I don't think anyone has even said that they are bored yet.

Amie on the other hand, is using more than her fair share of the cleaning supplies because she is having difficulty using the litter box.  

The part that feels weird, is that we are prepared, in fact, we have been preparing for this, well not quite this, more like Seattle = earthquakes; but still, we are going through the motions.  At the end of the day, I'm not stressed and unsure if it is okay to say, but kind of relaxed.  I think most of my stress came from having to drive the kids around to their various activities, busy schedules and traffic are not missed.  So, unless some new development changes things, we can keep on track for quite some time and will survive this.  This 6-person party makes quite a team.

The city is going to start working to repair the water main break damage from a few weeks ago.  It could be disruptive and if it takes long, work could be impacted if the virus spreads to the road crew.  I'm debating if the night before the work begins, if it is a good idea to fill the 100 gallon bathtub bladder just in case they turn off the water and are unable to turn it back on again....  It would suck to have to find someplace while social distancing if there isn't water at the house.