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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 279: JB’s developed a hacking cough this weekend that’s sounding worse each night. We already did an at-home COVID test but I’ve scheduled a PCR (hopefully...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 286: The first Monday back after winter break, whew. PAINFUL. Someday Smol Acrobat will start sleeping through the night, every night. Or most nights....
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 293: It’s a holiday Monday, but not a day off work for me, so we were going to do a bit of juggling today. PiC was going to take the kids to play somewhere...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 300: A thunderstorm roared through last night. We would have slept right through it like cozy babies but Sera needed a quick outing at midnight to make sure...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 307: JB has the day off so they are running errands with me and having a second tutoring session with the second of two teachers I booked to try to help...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 314: I’ll do a full write-up later. Our power is still out today, internet is still down, my phone’s data connectivity is next to nothing. The kids are...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 321: (TMI for those of you who don’t track your pets’ every movement, literally.) Sera and I had the weirdest morning walk that we’ve ever had. She was...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 328: This day’s theme: It’s all a LOT. Reading up on what Sera might have (probably has) and getting to this part has me wanting to yell cusses: “This is a...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 335: Monday, we meet again. PiC has been taking the brunt of the rougher parenting times: covering JB’s week off of school and all the overnights with Smol...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 342: I’ve moved the toothpaste well away from the lotion on the vanity. Just to be sure. This week has to be an early out the door week. Last week needed to...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 349: A Monday after a time change plus almost a full night of insomnia as I try to fight off Smol’s virus: things could be better. Insomnia meant that I got...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 356: Nothing like avoiding any Sunday scaries by being so completely exhausted that you can’t even think ahead to Monday. We overdid it on the weekend and...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 4, Day 363: Yesterday was exhausting. We had to entertain people in three shifts, PiC took the middle one so I could get Smol down for a nap. This morning, I...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 5, Day 5: Taking a moment to reflect on the fact that I really didn’t expect to still be writing my weekly posts into Year 5 of COVID and, since we’re going to...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 5, Day 12: I was in a terrible mood yesterday and woke up on the precipice of that terrible mood again today. That, my utter lack of patience for anyone’s...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 5, Day 19: My OB’s covering person is being really thorough. She’s approving routine prescription refill requests, and emailed me to follow up on health issues I...
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(Saved from drafts purgatory: I started writing this last summer and ran out of energy and brain cells.) A few weeks ago, I guiltily texted a friend to check in and make plans to meet up. I was about 7...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 5, Day 26: Last week, I was eagerly anticipating the arrival of my seeds today for planting the front yard and the garden. Not only are they still in Florida...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 5, Day 33: My first morning of a work week without Sera. We didn’t start the day with our morning walk. No one’s watching me water the plants or waiting for me to...
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Year 4 of COVID in the Bay Area. Year 5, Day 40: Infuriating. This is the second time I’ve filed a Dependent Care claim for FSA redemption on our daycare expenses and, once again, their website has...
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