We’ve all watched the news and we are ALL greatly impacted by the coronavirus that is running rampant in our world. If you’re like me, you are feeling a lot of stress and anxiety. Schools are closed, grocery stores are jam-packed with people and barren of food and paper products. We are being told that what we do NOW will potentially change the course of this viral pandemic.

So, what are we, your Winey Parent team, doing during this pandemic? We are following orders and trying our best to practice social distancing. I still talk to neighbors, but we stand on opposite sides of the street. We will still go outside and play or take walks, but we will stay away from other people by at least 6 feet. We will develop some sort of regular schooling schedule while we are home because I suspect this 2-week school closure could go on for much longer. Despite the fact that we could really use extra money, we’re not going to watch other peoples’ kids. This is really tough, since I know there are parents that still have to work.

Okay, I know that was a bit of a rant. My anxiety is shining through in my writing. We are still in the early days of this pandemic and social distancing period. But here are my actual, real-time plans for the weeks off from school.