Busy busy busy...

Covid knocked the entire family off our feet... Darn thing knocked entire world off our feet unexpectedly. For more than 1.5 years, I've been busy doing what every mom did, busy handling our business, I'll go into details later.

With covid, the school went into virtual learning mode and work went into virtual office zone. We all ended up being in each other's faces inside our 1200 square foot house. We utilized every part of our property including our backyard for our video conferences. I used to have "me" time when the kids were at school and hubby was at work. No weekly spa or leisure stroll at Target made me so grumpy. I could've sworn they expected food and snacks 24 hours a day with everyone being at home. We used to have an office space -- but how can all 4 of us share a home office space? Within 6 months of covid, we ended up moving into a bigger house. 

The kids and hubby spent most of the time upstairs in front of the computers, ran downstairs for the lunch and stay upstairs till 5pm. When they're done, it's my time to be in front of the computer for Zoom classes (I teach an evening nursing program -- covid forced us to go online). During the daytime, I forced myself to keep busy which entailed many trips to local nurseries. I killed many plants which included so-called hard to kill succulents and cactuses. 

Along with our newly acquired house, we have an awesome pool and hot tub. No -- I can't swim and I refuse to dip in the chlorinated pool. YES -- I'm that fun mom. I keep on rumbling on. BUT anyways, the frustrating thing about covid is --- all the fun things we used to do, no more. I was forced to learn to cook, cut hair, do my own nails - oh lawd. The kids cannot play with their friends, no more spa days for me and definitely no more date nights either. What's worse, they are stuck in front of the computer and cannot socialize (even all celebrations stopped -- no Halloween, no Thanksgiving and definitely, no Christmas). 

How we "handed" out caption during Halloween 2020 (Sanitized hands, applied gloves, attached strings on treats, applied treats to rope.)

Their grades suffer, and the teachers seem to have no mercy. No extra help, homework doesn't seem to stop and I am forced to spend extra time and even with my graduate degree, I can't seem to understand elementary math. :( The teachers didn't like it when I said, "it's ok if my kids fail and repeat their grade level. Technically, no kid ever stuck or be in elementary school forever." I know it sounded bad especially coming from a teacher myself. My family' mental health matters more to me.

How about you? How did you or are you dealing with covid in your household?