Living in Munchkinland

All individuals currently living within Nueces County are  ordered to shelter at their place of residence  effective at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Port A)  Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra signed the order late Wednesday, which will go into effect at 11 p.m. on Thursday and last until 4 a.m. on Friday, April 10. In addition to ordering residents to stay at home except for essential activities and businesses, the order also calls for a curfew between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. daily. (San Marcos) Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday ordered the majority of Colorado’s 5.8 million residents to stay home in the state government’s most forceful attempt yet to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus. The order, which takes effect 6 a.m. Thursday and expires April 11, comes as nearly one in three Americans are now living under some type of stay-at-home order. Leaders nationwide are working to flatten the curve of new coronavirus cases and prevent hospita...

Shortly after I posted 3 weeks ago about getting my mojo back, life changed a lot. Here is the timeline with some significant life events thrown in. March 2nd- Michael flew out of town. Got my x-rays of ribs done and blood work to discover source of stomach pain. Taught in the afternoon. Kids had guitar lessons. March 3rd- Had dr appointment with rib doctor. He said I was healing nicely. Worked in the morning. Sam had gymnastics at Active. March 4th-taught all day-full runthrough of the play. Sam went to Snobahn, Davis did homework. March 5th- packed and cleaned, Michael came home, parent conference for Sam, multiple parent conferences for Davis. Very stressful day. March 6th- No school. Drove to Keystone for months long planned snowboarding weekend. Checked into Hyatt Place. Was told Covid 19 was just diagnosed in Keystone. People were checking out like crazy. While Keystone was still full of people, there were no lines ...

March 12, 2020 I have just finished the school play. "Bedtime stories (as told by our dad) (who messed them up). I was Wally/one of the kids. We were going to do 2 performances, but thanks to the Corona virus we only get to do one. Yah, that sucks.Int he last few days i have gotten my dream trick down...backflip on grass. I have done it without shoes and I'm going to try with them. With the Corona virus we have a 2 week free trial of summer. Yup, school has been put on hold. I have made my lightsaver closer to the starkiller lightsaber for cosplay. March 18/19, 2020 Yeah, so the so called "2 week" thing isn't accurate it could be the rest of the school year, TBD. We took a miserable ride to Texas on the 16th and 17th, but I'll get to that. Let's rewind a bit to the 13th. So we know that school is going to be cancelled due to covid 19 and the only person we can hang out with is Garett. Ok that's good for me, but not so great for D...

I am slowly getting my mojo back. My ribs are healing well. I went to the doctor this week and he said my ribs are healing as they should and I should expect to be released from physical restrictions (within reason) in another two weeks. For another six weeks after that I'm not allowed to fall, lol. I have been having terrible trouble with my stomach, but the doctor thinks that is related to all the meds I took and which probably ate the lining of my stomach. I'm on meds for that, but labs showed up some concerns so I had to get a ultrasound today. I will be so glad when all of this is behind me! However, I am definitely feeling better. I can sleep through the night with way less discomfort. I can walk and go up and down stairs and teach without feeling too slow. It's great. Last weekend was still a bit hard. We went out Friday night for Denver restaurant week with Suzy and Jason at STK downtown and it was absolutely delicious and such good company, but I realized that I...

Kahlil Gibran on Children Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.