There had been multiple times when I thought about blogging. But then the child asks for a snack, and the dog wants to go out and play. And then I forgot all about it. And then another few years (!) passed and I've now officially had not blogged in years!
For the past couple of months we've been mostly staying at home to help "flattening the curve" of COVID-19. For some reason I felt things got busier around the house during this time, especially with Alex's learning "adventures." We had realized when Alex attended preschool (a wonderful parent-child class provided by the Salt Lake School District) that we might need to homeschool the child when it was time for him to start school. (Details to possibly follow in a future post. Possibly.) Alex is, in theory, in Kindergarten this year, and we had been doing mostly music, reading, and math, and museum visits (until the pandemic guidelines came about), and just free play. We also were able to visit my parents in Taiwan and that helped peak Alex's interest in learning Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese. So staying at home for "schooling" during the pandemic was fine for us. I've noticed how more "focused" both Alex and I can be because there was not much distractions or we-need-to-go-out temptations. And his violin and group lessons via Whereby and Zoom have worked wonderfully for him. We even managed to have a solo recital via Zoom.
Oh and we adopted a rescued Akita puppy at the beginning of March, and he's keeping us all pretty busy during this time.
Today is the first day our shop reopens after 2 months of temporary closure per our city's guidelines. For the past couple of months John's still been roasting and sending (and sometimes delivering) coffee beans, but he's probably glad to go back to the shop to bust out awesome coffee and espresso for people after 2 months of almost-constantly-being-requested-to-entertain-the-kid-and-the-dog. We've been preparing the shop for the reopen. I've tested, adjusted, and made quite a few face masks for John, and stayed up until the middle of the night quite a few nights just to snatch a bottle of hand sanitizer, cleaning alcohol, and disposable gloves online. John's been going in to clean and sanitize almost every day this past week, and plans seating and business procedures to comply with the city health guidelines. All and all it's keeping us quite busy and I know he looks forward to seeing his friends and customers.
Anyhow. I'm glad I got to blog a bit today. A few moments ago the child got up so I guess I will go and attend him now. And the dog. It's gonna be another fun and busy day.
