January 12, 2022

 So much has changed since I last posted 2 years ago. Where do I start? Let's see, two months after my last post in 2020 we were out for Spring Break which famously turned to what Sean loved to call "Spring Break Forever 2020" because of a world wide pandemic. CoVid-19. 

Covid.

It changed everything. Everything changed. People changed. Life Changed. The world changed. 

Just thinking about it I get overwhelmed. Where do I start? Schools closing? Quarantines? Masks?  Toilet paper shortages? What the HECK was THAT even about?? Diarrhea was NOT even a symptom of Covid. Why were people stockpiling toilet paper? Murder hornets? <<<Yes, these were real not a joke. Australia on fire? Califorina and Washington on fire? This is Not even the tip of the iceberg. So many things happened. To even try to write it down would be like beginning to write a novel. Maybe I'll come back to this topic. 

We actually ended 2020 contracting the dreaded virus. Daneilla came home for Thanksgiving. She slept for 18 hours and was fine. We thought it was just fatigue on her part since she didn't show any "signs" we were suppose to be looking for. Week and a half later Sean came down with what we thought was a cold that lasted 4 days. Again he showed none of the virus' signs we were told to look for. That week I lost my sense of smell (one of the actual signs) as did Ian. We tested and sure enough we were positive. Luckly Ian never got "sick". He had the virus but, for the most part felt fine. I on the other hand had the whole Covid experience for 7-10 days. It sucked.

But, so much other things have happened too. Sean graduated from high school (May 2021) and started CDA Technical Institute in Florida (September 2021) to become an underwater welder and now in 16 days will be graduating!

Ian started 7th grade in September 2021 and started playing football! He actually caught on and after a few games was moved up to play on the "A" team. 

As Covid is still around you know 2021 was also a shit show after 2020. We had a freeze that caused power outages that lasted for two weeks!! Thank goodness we had some solar panel power in the green house and two gas power generators from 2018 Hurricane Harvey hitting us! People turned on Dr. Suess! It's no wonder that we look to 2022 with so much hope.....

Well, today got me writing in my blog that has been neglected since 2020. Why do I now have time for this? Oh, because Ian and I are on day 3 of quarantine! Yes, we've contracted the latest strand of Covid. Omicron. Again, Ian is fine. Positive but, hasn't slowed him down one bit. As for me, just allergy/cold like symptoms which last then change every 24-36 hours. The only one that was a nuisance was the sore throat Saturday. It hurt so bad to swallow I couldn't eat or drink anything. By the end of the day I was STARVING!!!

Okay now, I'm just babbling. Time to wrap this up. Till next time.....