We’re going through the worst pandemic of my life. When we first heard of Covid in Jan 2020 I thought it’s another virus that happens to other countries, other people. When it became obvious the whole world will be affected, sometime in March, I thought it will be 2 horrible months of isolation. It’s pretty clear now it won’t be over soon.
We’ve had amazing vacations planned and canceled. We spent the summer at home, working and talking walks. So many visits to natural preserves. We headed to the beach a couple of times, just to be constantly worried that along with the salty ocean breeze I’m inhaling the virus. For Labor Day weekend we went camping. The only outing farther than 2 hours away from home, the only time we did not sleep home. It was wonderful and relaxing and very short. We came back, Catalina started virtual schooling. Amelia continued staying home with me and watching too much YouTube videos. We’re fine, but not really. This is taking a serious toll on our mental balance.
To look at the good things. Catalina became an amazing baker. From pandispan, cookies of all sorts, pies of all sorts, to chicken pot pie! Amelia is showing her funny side all the time. Today , after being especially difficult Marius tells her” stop being so...sucita ( twisted up in Romanian). She looks at him and tells him: I can’t stop. That’s how I am.
Maybe I’ll write again soon. Let’s hope we stay healthy. That’s all we can hope for now. Maybe my sweet grandma is watching over us and we just need to be strong like she was. 2020 did turn out to be as bad as that terrible January 18 announced it to be.
