So I haven't shared this with the public yet, but after 370 days of living during the Covid-19 pandemic and daily dealing with the public (more on that in a bit), I finally became sick and tested positive for the virus on March 20. I would like to think that in general, Covid-19 took it fairly easy on me. I suffered from a pretty rough sounding and at times painful cough. I never had a fever but did experience chills and body aches. I had head congestion originally that moved into my chest, hence the eventual painful coughing that made my chest and abdominal muscles (the few I have ;-) very sore. I had a complete loss of energy and stamina to do much more than walk across the room for several days. It was not fun and is seriously not something I want anyone else to have to deal with (insert PSA for getting the vaccine and wearing your mask and social distancing in public...and that is not a political statement, just a caring for m...
So...its been a minute since I last posted, sorry about that if you were concerned. Life has just been life. hectic, busy, etc. My kids are now 20, 17, and 7, and that alone is enough to make me tired, but add work and extra-curricular, preparing my second to head off to college and my oldest to continue with college, at home or at school...mix in an energetic 1st grader who thinks she's a teenager and life is moving at the speed of light. So, needless to say we are busy around here, but that's not what I want to 'chat' about in this post. 2020, huh? It has been a year of 'all of the above', right? Challenging and stressful, inspiring and frustrating, historical and new all at the same time. It has also been an extreme amount of change for everyone. Changing how we live our daily lives. How we communicate with each other. How we get along with each other. How we work,...