April Fools! You get a 7 year old!
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garnigalWe both took yesterday off to focus on Vv's birthday. We had Zoom calls, and FaceTime calls and a curbside to front porch chat with a best friend and a phone call from another friend.
It definitely wasn't what she wanted, but it was memorable.
It began with an April Fools - a doorway that was covered with crepe paper ribbon. I'd hoped for a headlong rush, but got a cautious crawl.
First thing was to open gifts from us - a dress, an egg decorating kit and Frozen II DVD. Then down to the basement for a Zoom call with the Garniss cousins. Lunch was a picnic on the floor of the music room, then watching the movie.
There was a pre-dinner zoom call with Grandma & Poppa (my parents), Aunt Mary Edith (my dad's sister), and Mah Mah (Derek's mom). Then our sushi order arrived and thank god it was bedtime, because a full day of focusing on a 7 year old is freaking exhausting.
We are still doing well; VV still won't stop talking (some days we yearn for the future and a potential taciturn teenager), we're both working from home. We haven't been great at getting outside, but hopefully nicer weather will help.
VV's teacher called on the 31st to set us up on the school board portal. Hopefully that gives us a few more tools to structure the day and provide learning opportunities. I'm grateful she's only in grade 1 - as long as she doesn't forget how to read, she's fine for grade 2. A bit younger and I don't know how I would manage her neediness, and a bit older and there would be some very real worries about her lack of educational progress.
So we are ticking along. My brother and sister-in-law are continuing life as normal; being on the farm they don't see anyone anyway. Adam says the older people are the most likely to fail at social distancing, and both he and dad have done the social distancing dance with people who don't quite get it.
Mom and Dad did have to go to the cancer clinic in London - mom's doctor was a bit worried about her tremor post-stem cell transplant. No sign of a stroke, they think it's just stress and anxiety. It also was an opportunity for them to do blood work, and mom was pleased to report no sign of myeloma cells in her system! Her bone marrow hasn't come back as quickly as hoped, so the lack of cancer cells is extra good, as it gives her a bit more time to recover before starting the maintenance chemo (2 years of pills with much fewer complications/side effects). The measures in place at the cancer clinic were interesting, apparently. It is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in the region, and was always full. Mom joked she saw someone from home every time she went down. Not any more. They removed half the chairs, patients only (no family members), and yet she still waited over 2 hours to see the doctor. Dad went for a walk, and said the streets were much quieter than in their little town. Wingham is definitely counting on the fact that no one goes there to protect them.
It definitely wasn't what she wanted, but it was memorable.
It began with an April Fools - a doorway that was covered with crepe paper ribbon. I'd hoped for a headlong rush, but got a cautious crawl.
First thing was to open gifts from us - a dress, an egg decorating kit and Frozen II DVD. Then down to the basement for a Zoom call with the Garniss cousins. Lunch was a picnic on the floor of the music room, then watching the movie.
There was a pre-dinner zoom call with Grandma & Poppa (my parents), Aunt Mary Edith (my dad's sister), and Mah Mah (Derek's mom). Then our sushi order arrived and thank god it was bedtime, because a full day of focusing on a 7 year old is freaking exhausting.
We are still doing well; VV still won't stop talking (some days we yearn for the future and a potential taciturn teenager), we're both working from home. We haven't been great at getting outside, but hopefully nicer weather will help.
VV's teacher called on the 31st to set us up on the school board portal. Hopefully that gives us a few more tools to structure the day and provide learning opportunities. I'm grateful she's only in grade 1 - as long as she doesn't forget how to read, she's fine for grade 2. A bit younger and I don't know how I would manage her neediness, and a bit older and there would be some very real worries about her lack of educational progress.
So we are ticking along. My brother and sister-in-law are continuing life as normal; being on the farm they don't see anyone anyway. Adam says the older people are the most likely to fail at social distancing, and both he and dad have done the social distancing dance with people who don't quite get it.
Mom and Dad did have to go to the cancer clinic in London - mom's doctor was a bit worried about her tremor post-stem cell transplant. No sign of a stroke, they think it's just stress and anxiety. It also was an opportunity for them to do blood work, and mom was pleased to report no sign of myeloma cells in her system! Her bone marrow hasn't come back as quickly as hoped, so the lack of cancer cells is extra good, as it gives her a bit more time to recover before starting the maintenance chemo (2 years of pills with much fewer complications/side effects). The measures in place at the cancer clinic were interesting, apparently. It is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in the region, and was always full. Mom joked she saw someone from home every time she went down. Not any more. They removed half the chairs, patients only (no family members), and yet she still waited over 2 hours to see the doctor. Dad went for a walk, and said the streets were much quieter than in their little town. Wingham is definitely counting on the fact that no one goes there to protect them.
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