Episode 2:9 - Adjusting to Everyone at Home (Covid 19)

In this episode find out how Darren & Paige handle the first week of having everyone home in a "Shelter in Place" order by the state of California due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Are we going to grow closer together or drive each other crazy?

Adjusting to the New Normal

• Darren is home all of the time now. He used to travel 2 days a week.
• Paige got used to Darren being home all day for a couple weeks. Intel forced work from home.
• Kids' school is canceled and now at home all day long.
• Paige's schedule is completely interrupted because she is focused on keeping the kids on a schedule.
• Uncertainty with the school starting an online school or not. When will school start again?
• External activities are canceled (Swim, Track).
• Dealing with the emotional strain of world uncertainty (Work, Health)
• Darren helping with kids' online stuff adds more stress.

Setting a Schedule

• After a weekend of uncertainty and laying around trying to figure things. Waiting for the school to figure things out. 
• Monday and Tuesday we had a partial schedule for Sam.
• Worked on a more set schedule for the kids when Madeline and David came on Wednesday 
• Stuck to the same 2-2-5-5 schedule.
• Because the school still did not have something planned we looked online.
• We found Khan academy had a schedule and classes for each grade level.
• PE - Sam is leading us in the street in front of our house. The neighbors love it.
• Math - Khan academy
• History - Khan Academy
• Grammar and Writing - Prompts available from several sources.
• Lunch - Lunch lady with the hair net changes between Darren and Paige. 
• Science - Biology on Khan Academy and Science experiments in the back yard
• Enrichment learning - Language learning with duo lingo (Japanese and German) sign language for Madeline. and practice the piano.

Tips and Tricks

• Find some time to be alone or talk with a friend
• Zoom is your friend. (Socially connect with your friends even if you cannot be with them)
• Set a schedule and stick to it. The kids do much better with a schedule.
• Get outside and walk or exercise (PE and a couple of outside activities per day)
• Shower and get dressed every day. 
• Stop reading the news all day long. Find something uplifting to read. Nothing is really going to change in 3 hours.
• Find someone you can help. Get out of your own self/bubble and help someone. 

Links

• Khan academy