Both kids back at school, after a slow start since M was still coughing and had to miss the first of this two days a week. But imagine the happiness when the time finally came. Never has (near) normality been such a thrill.We had friends over for dinner. Well, drinks that turned into dinner. It's always… Continue reading Ups, downs and dead ends: 5 things 25.5.20
Not normal quite yet: just 3 things 12.5.20
Just dispatched Claudia to school for the first time in two months. She hasn't been this happy to head off since the start of first grade. Unfortunately Max doesn't get to go in because he is still coughing – just once or twice a day, and it's probably not the plague, but clearly now is… Continue reading Not normal quite yet: just 3 things 12.5.20
Real life threatens to return: 5 things 6.5.20
State of quarantine: filing my nails now counts as an achievement, but to be fair, it kind of always felt that way. This post is coming to you two days late, partly because Monday sort of slipped by me (I mean who the hell knows what day it is any more) and partly because I've… Continue reading Real life threatens to return: 5 things 6.5.20
Freedom Day?* 5 things 27.4.2020
Stage of quarantine: A and I have rediscovered long neglected creative projects. Kids have rediscovered old favourite movies (Ponyo, Totoro, the entire Tinkerbell oeuvre). They have also rediscovered Art and gone through an entire all-media sketchbook in a week, so it's just as well some shops are reopening; Coop Bau & Hobby has an ok… Continue reading Freedom Day?* 5 things 27.4.2020
That productivity thing: 5 things 20.4.20
Stage of quarantine: Got mad at my sourdough starter. (It's ok. We made up.) A deep cleaned the fridge and the shower and cleared his desk (a very Big Deal). I did a mountain of mending. C has not yet rearranged her room again, but she really really needs to. Oh, and although I've been… Continue reading That productivity thing: 5 things 20.4.20
Mood swings, mood roundabouts: 5 things 14.4.20
Stage of cabin fever: alternating between smug satisfaction at cooking/baking efforts and extreme grump at having to cook ALL THE DAMN TIME. Similarly, C alternates between randomly declaring "I'M BORED" and "I LOVE MY FAMILY" (and has rearranged her room twice more, with at least one more effort planned). She has also opened a "restaurant"… Continue reading Mood swings, mood roundabouts: 5 things 14.4.20
Talking ’bout a revolution: 5 things 6.4.2020
Cabin fever status: day drinking (and bedtime boozing). Sourdough, like everybody else. Experimenting with eyeshadow like I'm 13 again. Oh, and C has rearranged her furniture three times. And, amazingly enough, the kids seem to have settled into a mellow mode for mockdown,* in which they (sometimes) hang out together and (mostly) nobody winds up… Continue reading Talking ’bout a revolution: 5 things 6.4.2020
