Ours were in one school for three years in elementary and then not again until Kathleen was a freshman in high school. I don’t envy you the driving!
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They’re in 5th/2nd/K this year. Would have been the same school for this year too but ended up keeping him at the private Montessori school an extra year (where he went to preschool).
There’s a middle school that’s 7-8, then the high school. At some point one will be in each. I guess for two years. The high school is right across the street though, so there would be no transportation issue for that one other than “kick them out the front door”.
The main concern I see coming up is that the middle school starts super early in the morning. Way earlier than I like to get up, certainly.
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After dodging it for nearly two years, Corona has hit our house as both kids (3, 6) have tested positive for it. They need to quarantine through Wednesday. So with two working parents, we’re taking it day by day. Luckily my wife can take time off and my boss is flexible with my time.
Kids are hanging strong and we’re hoping we don’t get it, particularly as i had my 3rd shot on Monday.
In notifying the proper people, we’ve found out two of my son’s daycare teachers are not vaxxed. The rules here are harsher for unvaxxed people. They have to quarantine through Wednesday as well meaning the rest of the kids in his group have to stay home as well. Lets just say that the class group chat has been active.
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A friend’s 8yr old got it last fall shortly after getting the first of the two vaccine shots. Kid had to quarantine, never really had any major symptoms, and, in general, was pretty excited about having uninterrupted “screen time.”
Everyone else in the house (three adults and two teens) was fully vaxxed and no one else caught it.
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100% of my kids teachers had it over the winter, and it kind of burned through all the families. We think we had it, but every time we tested we were negative, even though we all had cold symptoms.
One of the biggest disasters of public health messaging was shaming people originally for contracting what ended up being a highly contagious virus.
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WHOA, seriously, they did that? 
We were literally told to put a sign on a door and a note into online order forms if we were self-isolating to make sure people wouldn’t attempt to make physical contact and that it’s nothing to feel ashamed of because it’s so very contagious over and over again.
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Both of my elderly parents caught COVID last month after my father attended a reunion of basketball players whom he coached back in the 1970s at my hometown high school. Thankfully, they both emerged unscathed after a few days of strong cold symptoms.
This has been my worst fear throughout the pandemic, that my parents would catch it. I am always masked during my visits, which were less frequent since COVID hit these shores. My parents, both Fox News devotees, have been far less concerned than I am, and they never stopped going to church and stores (despite my offers to deliver their groceries), although they did have the presence of mind to get vaccinated and boosted.
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I was worried about both my parents and my brother. My dad has had a bad run healthwise over the past few years (getting better now, phew) and has a pre-existing lung condition, so for him it would be seriously bad news, and my brother works in food logistics with a lot of people who are in some way or other involved with the anti-masking, anti-vax, tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist scene (given the geographical vicinity and the general rarity of such views in that part of Germany, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some of these idiots were acquainted with the non-vaxxed daycare teachers @Willis mentioned), so he had a scary chance of catching it in work. Thank goodness no one in my family did catch it, but my brother ended up with a nervous breakdown, so that wasn’t exactly fun either. Re vaccines, my dad is on his second booster now and would be perfectly happy to get a take ten, get one free loyalty card (they’re free anyway, though, thank goodness). The rest of us are all twice vaxxed, once boostered.
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My main concern was my mom, mainly due to age. She was most worried about me since I work in a library at a university—and we were so close to the initial outbreak in the US. BUT, so far, so good. Me and my immediate family are vaxxed and boosted. My niece caught COVID fall 2020. She’s in college and a D1 athlete and a dance major so she had to be on campus. She quarantined and has had ongoing issues with smell and had to meet with a pulmonologist, so there have been lingering issues.
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Today: It’s Friday. It’s sunny. Not too bad. Considering a quick trip in March, so I’m looking at logistics.
Bought tickets to see Sparks next month. Hopefully we will actually be able to go. Distressed about the mask rollback. And everything else I suppose. Spending tonight falling asleep to Netflix with the cats
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Pointless complaining: I went to a concert in DC last night, and the Metro is still messed up from an issue back in October. Trains running very sporadically, etc. So I drove in, which I normally hate doing. It was indeed as annoying/frustrating as predicted, at least on the way in.
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Was it at least worth the effort, though?
Oh yes, it was good. Guy playing a couple of the Bach cello suites (here’s a video of Yo-Yo Ma playing the prelude from suite 1, the most famous part). But instead of a standard cello the guy at the concert last night was playing something called a “cello da spalla”, which I’d never seen before. It’s played across the shoulder, like a large violin or viola, rather than between the legs like a standard cello. It’s an old design of instrument that fell out of popularity in the 1700s, but just in recent years a few instrument makers and performers have started to try to revive it. So I thought it was pretty cool to see and hear.
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Heading out in a few to see Fran Leibowitz with a friend. That’s as ambitious as I plan on being.
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Sounds good! If you’re into unconventional cello - ever had the good fortune of seeing Rushad Eggleston? Can’t recommend him enough!
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I overdid it at the gym yesterday so taking today off. I ate it on a box jump, and was very much reminded that I’m 42. BUT that means I can take Ada out for breakfast. She has to be gluten free, which limits our spots, and makes it fairly special when we go out. Given the week I had last week and the one coming up, having a blissful no calendar day is nice.
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Well, I am beginning to feel a bit more human again after my ‘incident’ - a fall. Not old lady falling, or tripping over a loose area rug falling, but getting my foot caught in something falling landing right on my face. I think I met my yearly deductible on Tuesday at my primary physician, CT scan/X-ray, Emergency Department, in that order.
I have been lucky all my life to have only broken my baby toes. Well, that went right out the window this past Monday. I have fractures in my face. The swelling is gone and the bruising is going down. Possible surgery in the future. Although, we will see.
I was never unconscious and did not have any of the symptoms that required I take myself directly to the emergency room.
I did have moments where I thought about Bob Saget, though.
That said, I am ready regardless.
Glad to be back to feeling human. It’s a no medication day.
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Yikes! Glad you’re doing better.
I fell several year ago, tripped backwards over a shoe box (Doc Martens, natch). Messed up my wrist and eventually needed surgery.
Hope you heal well and everything works out.
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Yikes too. Sorry to hear that.
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