It's been a while, life changed pretty quickly and I had to figure out this new normal. Our schools closed March 13th and I've been working from home since. I had brought my laptop home on the 12th to test out my VPN and the 13th I texted my manager to ask if she wanted me to take the time off or work from home. At first, I was VERY overwhelmed and didn't know if I could settle into working from home while having my son with me. I work in telecommunications and as you can imagine, we had an influx of demands. I was pretty stressed out those first few weeks, I will admit. Most businesses were closed shortly after schools closed and my husband was laid off, we had to work through unemployment while so many others were also applying. My husband was called back to work two weeks after as an essential worker. His company is now working with minimal staff. So that's where we are currently regarding work. 

Overall, I will say I'm doing pretty good. I know that if we self isolate as much as possible, that's how we can keep this under control. We have to do this for the overall good of Canada. My province has the highest amount of cases, and my city has the most cases overall. So, we're hunkering down as much as possible. I'm able to have our groceries delivered, and I called my local butcher to put in a bundle order and that has worked out for us. I've always been well-stocked food-wise but now I'm always trying to stay ahead on items that are still hard to get a hold of. It seems like flour, toilet paper, hand soap are still hard to find. I ordered a pound of yeast, just when this started and I'm so glad I did because that's also something hard to find. 

My son has adjusted but it's hard to see him missing school, his friends and his extracurricular activities. It is what it is but this new normal is very different from what were use to. Even our hometown which is 10 hours away has roadblocks and it's difficult to think that we couldn't go if we chose to. We do homeschooling in the evening after work, my son is 6 and in Kindergarten so every little bit helps. We are both working so we need to be realistic about how much we can work on school work.

I did break down and cry the other night. Just thinking about how long this new normal will last, how different our new world will be. Life as we know if has changed. We just don't know and we have to take it day by day. I check in with the news daily but I don't listen to the daily press conferences anymore. It became too much for me. I really felt like I was in survival mode trying to figure out what we will need and how to get it. I'm asthmatic and only left the house 3 times since March 13th.  

I haven't been wanting to read much and when I do I want feel-good books. I've also been watching Ozark on Netflix with my husband in the evenings. I'm baking more which I do enjoy. My basset hound is one happy dog with us home all the time. My cat couldn't be bothered with us all day. At this point, I try not to think too much ahead, but I do hope we get to visit our hometown this summer. I know we're in a very good spot. We're healthy, we have more than enough food, financially we didn't have to worry even when my husband was laid off. You need to see the positive when it's in front of you- even when your vision is blurry. The world is facing this virus and we're not alone in this fight.