Good for you, JenP!
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dylan went back to in-person school today for the first time since last March, and I thought I'd prepared myself for all possible reactions, but the first thing he said when I asked how it went was "I'm taller than all the teachers now."
but the first thing he said when I asked how it went was "I'm taller than all the teachers now."
Ha!
Matilda won't be on her school campus at all this year. But her friend Mia (down in San Bruno, a half hour south of SF) will be, and now Matilda is worried that she can't see Mia because her cohort is too big. And...I don't know really know how to parse the risk there.
David - keep meetings outside (as long as the weather allows this)?
That is very cool, JenP!
Ugh, David. That is tough. It is much easier as adults to deal with the concept of this too shall pass.
Springtime: [link]
dcp, so evocative... of something.
David, that's hard. Bleh. I don't have anything useful. Just sorry for the kids.
I have a lot to do today, and I'm starting off verrryyyy slowly. OK. half an hour working on the website before 10:30a meeting. That is my challenge to me, and you are my witnesses. Go!
April is the cruellest month. BTW, nice tag, dcp
Matilda won't be on her school campus at all this year. But her friend Mia (down in San Bruno, a half hour south of SF) will be, and now Matilda is worried that she can't see Mia because her cohort is too big. And...I don't know really know how to parse the risk there.
Ugh, that's a tough one. I guess it depends on how seriously the school takes masking/distancing protocols?
Only one of Dylan's close friends is in the in-person cohort, and they don't have any classes together, or the same lunch/recess period, which is disappointing. I mean, he's not seeing any *less* of his friends than he was last week when they were all remote, but I was hoping he would at least have someone to eat with and talk to during the day.
Random possible good sign? I've been doing moderation type stuff for my NextDoor group for some time and there were a few months there where it was a constant battle deleting the nasty political posts. I noticed today that I hadn't had a notification in some time and went in to look and zero reported posts. I'm hoping that means the vitriol is calming down.