We’ve been pondering starting a blog for ages and been encouraged to do so for even longer. The name alone, we’ve had for something like 3 years!

But, alas, Life.

Starting a blog is a daunting task. Above all else was the question of what exactly our introduction to the world should be, as well as how to keep up with posting.

Then, suddenly (like much of the United States …and world), we were both granted two weeks off from work because Covid-19 was spreading rapidly across the county we both work in (more than double that of the the rest of our state). Oddly, our own own county has barely any cases, and our city has zero.

In the course of a week we went from being told all daycares and schools were closed (so Katie was out of her job as a preschool substitute teacher), to our gym shutting down (we were there when they got the call), to the closing of the spa where Tim works as a massage therapist. With that last one came the order for all non-essential businesses to close and for everyone to stay at home as much as possible and remain 6 feet apart from each other when going out. Suddenly going anywhere was filled with empty shelves, people donning gloves and masks, and wide berths being given in between individuals.

#socialdistancing <—the world’s new slogan

We’ve been lucky in the fact that we are still allowed to go for walks around the neighborhood. The government encourages it and says it’s for fitness purposes, provided we practice our #socialdistancing, which makes us feel like we’re living through the propaganda of World War 2.

Even prior to this, we would go for walks daily, but in a lot of ways these strolls now feel like walking into our childhoods in the 1990’s: bikes being parked outside homes, kids running around their yards, random sports being played in driveways (by parents and kids alike). We even spotted a jump roper yesterday (Jump Rope for Heart, anyone?).

For our part, we’ve seen the dishes for several consecutive days be completely finished (which never happens because we don’t have dishwasher -yay saving $100 on rent?). We’ve shifted from accomplishing things on our “need to do” list and have moved on to our “should do” list. Which isn’t quite our “want to do” list. Though, starting our blog was on that last one, so clearly there are no laws regulating our lists anymore

…much like our sleep schedule.