5 weeks in

We've been at home for 5 weeks now. What am I going to want to remember about this time?

5 weeks in, and I feel like I'm watching Molly turn into a tween / teen right before my eyes. But in a good way. She's mostly happy. Sometimes bored. Sometimes stressed. Pretty independent when it comes to eLearning. Almost always sweet. Occasionally helpful. A total slob. We give her a LOT of freedom on her iPad to play games and chat with her friends. I really think she needs it, so we're not really worried about screen time limits. We can deal with that later. Especially since she's still getting outside with us for walks and working out with me in the basement. She still wants to hang out with us -- to cook, to play Monopoly, Yahtzee, and Clue, or to watch a movie. These are happy days. They're a gift. A total gift.

5 weeks in, and Jason and I are still 2 peas in a pod. We walk Riley together for at least an hour every day. It's not just one of us taking her out. It's just something we do together. We don't always talk. Sometimes we don't stop talking. It depends. He's my person and we're in this together.

5 weeks in and we've learned a thing or two about how to stock our fridge and pantry. I never knew we could successfully freeze and re-heat so many things. We've been fine on food, only needing to order groceries once every week or two (before this, it seemed like we were picking something up from the store almost every day). I really only stress about making sure I have access to coffee (and half and half).

So what's a typical day like? Just in case I want to remember what things were like ... Here's a work day. They go fast. We're definitely not bored here, just sick of our surroundings!

• 7:30 am: Alarm goes off
• 7:50 am: Struggle out of bed and make the coffee
• 8:15-9:00 am: Walk Riley
• 9:00 am-noon: Work. We're all pretty good about just powering through the morning. No one really talks. We just all do our thing and get stuff done. Molly has been working from a bean bag chair next to my desk. It's nice to have her with me.
• Noon-1:00 pm (ish): Eat lunch and walk Riley ... Our lunch "hour" may shift from day to day depending on calls, etc. Sometimes it only lasts 15 min, taking Riley to the park to run around, and then eating food at our desks. 
• 1:00-3:00 pm: More work. All of us. We're busy people. Though Molly usually starts to get more restless after lunch so I can expect a few interruptions with questions. 
• 3:00-3:30 pm: Short break. Molly and I will usually squeeze in a quick workout together. We started with "alphabet" workouts - each letter is assigned an exercise (e.g., A=40 jumping jacks) and you spell a few different words or names to create a workout. Now we're using the FitOn app. I love it!
• 3:30-5:30 pm: Finish up all the things. By this point, Molly has usually moved on to chatting with friends or watching episodes of The Simpsons. But sometimes, she is still finishing up her school work at 5.
• 5:30-6:30 pm: Molly and her BFF have their standing 5:30 pm video chat. Jason and I walk Riley and do the chores (put away laundry or the dishes, whatever needs to be done).
• 6:30-7:30 pm (ish): Cook, listen to music, have dinner. Sometimes one of us has a Zoom happy hour. Usually there are at least 2 of us hanging out in the kitchen.
• 7:30-9:00 pm: Family time. Sometimes we play a game. Sometimes we watch a movie. We try to play games during the week and watch movies on the weekend, but it depends. Gotta mix things up to keep it interesting. We're on a Star Wars kick right now, so those take up some time.
• 9:00-11:00 pm: Maggie and Jason time. Usually involves a glass or two of wine and some TV. Hopefully when it gets nicer outside, we can trade TV for evenings out on the porch!

Sleep ... repeat. We're 5 weeks in ... hopefully we only have 5 more weeks to go!