Day 27 / Day 1 This morning I woke at 5:15 am.  My mind racing.  Filled with questions and ideas.  I grabbed my phone to note some of them down.  I start the mindless scrolling through my social feeds.  Sam whispers “you ok?” and to go back to sleep.  I finally get up with the sun and climb into the hot tub outside.  For reasons unexplained, the temperature is only 91 F.  Cool for the tub.  The sky is grey and I sink into the water trying to keep warm.  It snows gently.  The red buds on the trees are popping against the grey backdrop.  It is beautiful actually.  The…

We are all home either working or doing school online. Day one for online schooling for the kids.  They are in high school and have done some of this type of online schooling before, but not like this.  Not where they are working on figuring out time management as well.  Sorting out their week, due dates and where they should be in their course content.  It is a big responsibility for them and I am trying to encourage them to figure it out, make a plan, stay organized and yet, don’t stress.  This is a hard time for us all.  We are all trying to figure it out! I had…

As I sit here eating peanut butter from a spoon, I am thinking about all the people who were enjoying their holidays, dream vacations, who are now trying to get home and can’t.  I reflect on a CBC story of some Canadians who were trying to find flights home from Morocco and couldn’t. The airlines were, and still are either grounded, or they can’t find connecting fights to get them to Canada.  I usually never feel ready to come home after a week away.  About day 12 I get a little homesick, thinking about my family, my pets and my friends.  I could not imagine the feelings that some of…