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March 16, 2020

First Weekend of Isolation

First Weekend of Isolation this !

What a weekend. We went from concerned to nervous to totally isolated in just a matter of days.

On Wednesday Thomas and I went on a date to Alley Light. We had the rare chance that our sitter offered to come back that evening and so we snuck out. During our dinner we thought: “Could this be our last meal out for a very long time?” Yes, yes it was.

First Weekend of Isolation

The next day (I think) they cancelled school Monday. All 3 of our soccer leagues cancelled games and practices until at least mid April. I went to the gym for the last time Thursday morning. The day after that the Governor of Virginia cancelled school indefinitely and one by one businesses closed. On Friday when Mazen got off the school bus I took the boys out for an ice cream cone. “We’ll stay outside and keep our distance. Our only contact will be the cone.” There were surprisingly many people on the Downtown Mall, enjoying meals and conversing.

ice cream cone

We had beautiful weather on Friday which helped ease everyone’s tension. It was our first real warm. spring day, and I was comforted by the thought that quarantine doesn’t mean INSIDE. Nature will give us strength to get through this.

We played water blasters, sidewalk chalk, and bubbles. It was a glorious day.

First Weekend of Isolation

On Friday night we enjoyed our porch!!! We had taco night in the warm air. Again, I was so grateful to be outside. Side note: our new table fromWest Elm (sold out) and chairs from Article are AWESOME!

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First Weekend of Isolation

On Friday night Birch was randomly awake from 1:30 – 5. I am not sure why – molars?  It was not fun, and we were all very tired on Saturday morning.

We had biscuits and bacon and eggs to wake up.

We spent most of the day like this:

First Weekend of Isolation

I had a Splendid Spoon smoothie (LOVED the green one!) and a short nap for lunch.

splendid smoothie

In the afternoon we got back out to nature for a family walk to the park. I’m not so bad at football!

And finally, a simple homemade pizza dinner! (As yucky weather moved in.).

homemade pizza dinner!

Birch slept great on Saturday night and I woke up to the smell of cinnamon french toast! That Thomas is something else <3

cinnamon french toast

I am so glad we have a treadmill at home. It’s going to get a lot of use. I have a post about home workouts coming because we’ll be doing them a lot.

For lunch I had a leftover taco burrito:

Birchie and I took a walk while Thomas worked on the yard. Mazen went to Matt’s for the night. We had Mona Lisa stuffed shells and zucchini with mushrooms for an easy dinner.

Mona Lisa stuffed shells and zucchini with mushrooms

I truly hope for the best for you all. While I’m trying to look for the silver lining in all of this, I also know for those of you in hospitality, health care, small businesses, grocery stores, pharmacies, and more, this is going to be super tough. We’re doing our part to isolate and support those industries we can from afar. We’ve never experienced anything like this, and I think the scariest part is the unknown.

<3 <3 <3

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  1. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    March 16, 2020 at 8:20 am

    Hope you guys are doing well! Thanks for sharing your weekend – looks fun! 🙂

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
    http://charmainenyw.com

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  2. Melissa says

    March 16, 2020 at 4:08 pm

    The scariest part is definitely the unknown. My husband is an emergency physician and he and I are both feeling pretty nervous. We need to send thoughts and prayers to all the healthcare workers and their families. Isolation is not an option for my husband and he is putting himself at risk every day that he helps others.

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    • Kath Younger says

      March 16, 2020 at 5:31 pm

      My neighbor is an ER Doctor as well. Very scary and heroic of them.

      Reply

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