So we are 33 days into our self quarantine.. we started government issued lock down 31 days ago... at least according to my counting of days.. done manually so forgive me if I am off a day or two.. and we are scheduled for more quarantine time if I believe the news today...
I have to say I am thankful we are here in Argentina. Being away from family is so very hard because the reality is that I won't make it home if someone I love gets ill.. but I am thankful the country is taking the measures needed to make sure our infection numbers are low and we flatten our curve.
School for the girls is completely done online and I am beyond impressed with the dedication of the staff and coaches to make sure the kids feel connected. Zoom calls are a new normal and I think we all are anxious for the day when zooms turns into real coffee dates, but for now, this is all working and thankfully it is working just fine..
I normally only blog for travel and for memories, and even though this time together can sometimes seem like pure torture.. the reality is I have only a few more years until my girls are off at University.. should I not look at this maybe as a gift.. the gift of time and being together.. it isn't a girls trip, it isn't all great, it is real and raw and sometimes we cuss, but maybe this is just a gift.. but I feel like the last 33 days have taught me some things and we have taken too many really bad pictures to not share.. and mostly my blogs are just pictures anyway..
so I present you the top 10 pictures.. for now of life in quarantine, in absolutely no actual order because basically the days are a blur anyway...
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| so sometimes we are like newlyweds and sometimes its like we are married 47.5 years and counting.. I am going to let you all decide how it was going in this picture! but even in times of me being so frustrated or overwhelmed...well at the end of the day there is this boy.. who allows me to boil over, get frustrated and still says at the end of it all "do you need a snack?" Spoiler: usually I need a snack.. |
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| our 'new normal' when we go out.. masks for everyone, 6 ft apart and in quickly and out quickly.. wash hands, don't sneeze on someone and don't you dare cough... the fogging of the glasses get me, but mostly I am thankful for the masks that arrived in time and keep me safe when I need to go and run for groceries or medicine |
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| 4,000 pieces.. not sure what we were thinking when we bought this, but let's just say we are a bit further now than we were when I took this photo.. oh and just so you know the whole sky.. WHITE.. like 1,000 pieces of WHITE... just WHITE!!! |
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| ahhhhhh.. day like 1 of quarantine when we could still go for a walk in the barrio.. but soon that came to an end and yoga classes and the times I feel coordinated enough to hop on OULA are now the exercise of choice. |
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A brilliant mom, Alice, in our school came up with this idea to have photos of ourselves with rainbows of hope and then she coordinated them in frames of windows made to look like we were all at our school.. This is what we need more of.. positive light and happiness.. I keep my rainbow as a reminder of better days ahead and of my sweet friend (so glad she likes me enough to be my friend) who so selflessly gives of herself to bring others joy..
also.. I want it noted my family said my rainbow did not look happy.. I was perplexed.. it is happy...... |
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| yeah.. we have made alot of meals.. Salmon Cakes on a Salad was this winner!! but thanks for great friends who share new and exciting recipes I have had added some new meals to our rotation.. gnocchi with brussell sprouts, stuffed eggplant, stews and soups... I may even try my hand at sour dough bread.. though it seems challenging... I made British Flap Jacks.. they weren't a total mess... and lots of that good ole banana bread.. :) |
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| The best part of the days for me are lunches.. we eat together.. this was from today day like 97856 of quarantine.. we ate outside and laughed and sipped coffee and while taking this Nola gave me the international sign for "i love you mom, please take more photos"..... |
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| I miss the school... these are the guards that take care of us each and every day we are at school.. I had to ask a favor of them and they sent me this photo saying they missed the Gibson Family.. Nola and I sent a photo back.. I cried.. they are so much more than just people who work at school.. they are extended family.. we can't wait to see them again.. |
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| So even in the suckiness of it all I am trying to journal and find the good in the days, even if they are bad days.. there is always a lesson to be learned, a take away.. something good.... this day and many days during this I have been consistently thankful for the women in my orbit here.. they are funny, sassy, true, loving, caring, kind and I strive to be a better human everyday because they are such examples of the best humans I know.. I am not worthy enough.. I have so many points of love and light.. so many rays of sunshine.. my snap chats with Vanessa to my Marco Polos with Rose & Stacy.. I have book club zooms, grandma dinner zooms and so much more.. I am lucky.. and I am thankful |
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| Even in all of the trying to find joy out of this all, there is this sense of sadness.. someone sent this to me on a day I was particularly angry.. angry about dishes never being done by anyone but me, and so many other trivial things and it hit me.. I am going through grief.. of things that I thought would happen.. of things I can't control.. of people who are leaving and that I cant hug.. I remember this old friend from when my dad died and I think back to the times when I was angry.. and didn't know it was part of the process of letting go, of grieving the loss of things that mean too much.. but I am older and wiser now.... so I am trying to navigate the anger differently.. realizing it is just a part of me saying goodbye to the normal and adjusting to the changes and the "new normal".. and that is ok... |
