Thursday: back to school

Isaac went back to school today.  

He thought a rapid test before school would be a good idea, and so we did it.  It came back positive...and that threw us for a loop.  In the past I was pretty sure you needed a negative test before going back, but now there are two options...1) it is not recommended to take a rapid test - just mask. 2) Continue to quarantine or not at your convenience.  So we sent him to school.  This seems foolish, but here we are.

Joshua did fine by "himself".  He started his school work before I had even left for work at 7am.

Wednesday: home

 The day went well.  The craziness at the end of the day involved fighting with balloons.  It didn't involve hitting me, so it was mostly ok.

It's Isaac's last day home, so tomorrow the dynamics will change a lot.  Tomorrow is rather busy with trying to get everybody and everything in the right place at the right time.

Tuesday: mean parents

Today was a snow day.  Ben and I didn't tell the children.  You see, they were already going to stay at home.  Ben had to work while at home.  So they still needed some structure.

Ben did say they got more screen time than normal though, so even though they didn't know it was a snow day they still got some of the benefits.  Isaac was rather surprised that his teacher never posted any work on Google Classroom though. :)

Joshua got a bit camera happy while emptying the dishwasher.

Monday: positive

I woke up to Joshua's PCR results: negative.  Let's be honest though, I didn't really believe it.  So we subjected Joshua to yet another nasal swab for a rapid test and that clearly turned positive.

The day was fine, but by the end of the day I was done.  The kids did all their work without complaint, but they were bouncing off the walls by the end of the day and I was ...not.  They did some of their coding activities for a while and that helped...Horizon trapped me on the couch during that time so I had no choice but to read.

Sunday: normal day

Today was a pretty normal day, other than people wearing masks.  No one was sick.  

We're still waiting on Joshua's PCR results, but even if he gets a negative I will hesitate to send him to school.  It'll involve another rapid test and possibly a call to the doctor.

Saturday: fever

Joshua woke up today with a fever.  His rapid test came back negative, but we really doubt that it is negative so we brought him in for a PCR too.  The fever was gone for most of the afternoon (without fever reducers) but returned at night.

My PCR test came back negative.  I had 15 minutes of a runny nose and a few weird muscle aches.  Probably just due to it being cold outside and not getting enough sleep Wednesday night.  I'm just hyper-sensitive to anything that's wrong.

Friday: continuing on

Joshua's bed: 

Giraffe got a mask:

We skied on the lake.  Isaac enjoyed going down the tiny hill right before the lake, but not so much the hill next to our house.