The governor issued a directive that we are to "Stay home." It wasn't an order like Summit County and soon-to-be Salt Lake County, but he is strongly asking us to not go anywhere unless vitally important. And he also suggested we eat out three times a week to help keep the economy going. I guess the economy is somewhat important so we obliged and instead of our traditional homemade pizza, we got Hometown Pizza takeout, a local mom and pop small business.
Erik is quarantined, and about half of the missionary force is going home to their native lands. Erik is feeling the loss of a lot of his mission friends who are headed home due to hitting their 21 month mark (missions have been shortened to 21 months in the US and Canada to make room for missionaries coming home and accepting calls) or for medical reasons related to the virus. He's going to be drastically needed when this thing calms down and seasoned missionaries are needed to get the work rolling again.
I held my first class meeting via Zoom, a web/video conferencing platform. My students absolutely loved it! They loved seeing their classmates and sharing what they've been up to.
Tyler and I are also keeping up with our Master Gardeners class through Zoom.
We had a big spring snowstorm that left several inches on the ground. Thankfully it didn't hang around.
And these guys on the roof . . . I kept waiting for one of them to careen to the ground.
A few more aftershocks have hit this week, but none I've really noticed. Tyler felt a few of them at work which is closer to the epicenter. Yes, he is still going in to work at least for a few more weeks.
Me and my other fellow Willow Elementary teachers did a parade through the neighborhoods to see our students. We put signs on our cars and made a lot of honking noises.
This is our classroom away from school. Alex and Nate have been reading up a storm, and Ash has been a crazy chef in the kitchen thanks to her Foods class. Someone is also practicing guitar.
This is Alex's stack he's read in 2 weeks.
The governor's plan of action has three phases: urgent, stabilization, and recovery. We are in the urgent phase which could last another 6 to 8 weeks. This thing isn't going to wind down anytime soon, but how we respond to this urgent phase will tell us how long we'll be in the other two. I personally don't see us getting back to any sense of normalcy before September. Maybe.
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