We are two full months into quarantine. It's hard to believe that it's only June. I've joked that I'd planned to retire from being a classroom teacher this year, but didn't intend to become a shut-in this quickly. Thankfully, I adopted a cat in February, not knowing that she and I would be home together all this time. Chris and his wife are enjoying spending time with their daughter, who is home due to her college closing temporarily. My youngest nephew and his girlfriend have moved home from New York with two semesters left to go in culinary school for the same reason. We are in that age group with a foot in each world. Elderly parents on one side and young family members working hard to get ahead and start a career on the other.
Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by this crisis. There is so much uncertainty, and no one thrives when their lives are in an uproar. This crisis won't last forever though. Things will get back to some kind of normal eventually and I'm concentrating on spending this time getting ready for good times to come. Our school seniors had a belated graduation last weekend and I bought myself a retirement cake. The daughter and the nephew are working jobs and staying busy until they can go back to school. Chris and I have had the honor of coaching three groups of prospective college students preparing for the ACT this summer. Once this Zoom bootcamp ends we will be gearing up for one last bootcamp this summer, just before the July ACT. Chris will be going back in the classroom when schools reopen in August and I will be devoting myself to ACT prep. Ladybug the cat will continue to work on becoming my full-time assistant. We hope to see you on Zoom!
Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by this crisis. There is so much uncertainty, and no one thrives when their lives are in an uproar. This crisis won't last forever though. Things will get back to some kind of normal eventually and I'm concentrating on spending this time getting ready for good times to come. Our school seniors had a belated graduation last weekend and I bought myself a retirement cake. The daughter and the nephew are working jobs and staying busy until they can go back to school. Chris and I have had the honor of coaching three groups of prospective college students preparing for the ACT this summer. Once this Zoom bootcamp ends we will be gearing up for one last bootcamp this summer, just before the July ACT. Chris will be going back in the classroom when schools reopen in August and I will be devoting myself to ACT prep. Ladybug the cat will continue to work on becoming my full-time assistant. We hope to see you on Zoom!