{"id":1116,"date":"2020-05-04T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/erin\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2020-05-04T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:13:38","slug":"working-from-home-with-kids-7-weeks-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/working-from-home-with-kids-7-weeks-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Working From Home with Kids: 7 Weeks In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been meaning to write a follow up post to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/working-from-homewith-kids\/\">original<\/a> to discuss what life is REALLY like during quarantine.\u00a0 I re-read my original post and then starting writing, but after about two pages realized it was more a journal entry than an informative post.\u00a0 I decided to pivot, and just create a list of things I\u2019ve noticed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We\u2019re still operating on a loose schedule. There are general bed times (e.g. 9 or 9:30 for the 13-year old, so she\u2019s up by 9 or 9:30 for school) and general wake up times.\u00a0 Everyone handles their own schedule.<\/li>\n<li>I haven\u2019t set an alarm clock since this started. I do not miss waking up anyone else.<\/li>\n<li>I also do not miss making school lunches, and since my kids can feed themselves, it\u2019s great. They still haven\u2019t learned how to properly rinse dishes and load them into the dishwasher.\u00a0 We\u2019re working on it.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve done better with giving them chores to do around the house. The 15-year old needs explicit instructions, the 13-year old loves mopping.\u00a0 Happy to let her have that task.\u00a0 No one likes laundry.<\/li>\n<li>The kids are handling their school work really well. They spend most of their day working in their rooms (they each have a desk and a laptop), coming out for lunch or breaks.\u00a0 I found this sign on my daughter\u2019s door this morning:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1117\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/room2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/room2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"School Work From Home Messages\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/room2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/room2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/room2.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School WFH Messages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>They still have meltdowns about school. These are mostly related to school work and less related to social issues, which I\u2019ll take.<\/li>\n<li>After the first week of online school, my 13-year old informed me that she hates sitting at a computer all day. (I\u2019ve heard similar from my friends who are teachers.)<\/li>\n<li>I try to start each morning with time sitting outside, a work out, and then I shower and get dressed. That routine has always worked for me, and I wear jeans most days, as does the 15-year old.<\/li>\n<li>After dinner we are still working on family time. With the nice weather we\u2019ve been going to an area of the Metroparks where the road is closed to ride bikes, skateboard, and walk.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve had some Zoom meetings with family, some meetings with friends, and the 13-year old is great at FaceTime and Google Meet with her friends. They have class meetings, too.\u00a0 The 15-year old is not great at initiating friend time \u2013 sometimes I think we\u2019re still arranging play dates for a toddler.\u00a0 My husband had him play catch with a friend the other day, which did a world of good for his outlook.\u00a0 Introverts need friend time too!<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve done a couple socially distanced hang outs with friends. Those will get easier as it gets warmer, and we have plenty of room to spread out on our porch and in our yard.<\/li>\n<li>Work has not been too different. I get a few more interruptions than usual, but no more than I would when the kids are home during the summer.\u00a0 I expect this might change in a few weeks, when they wrap up school.<\/li>\n<li>Screen time is higher than I would like (for all of us), but it&#8217;s not awful.<\/li>\n<li>Animal Crossing is a great game.\u00a0 I am not the most frequent player in our house, which is good because the island would still have a tent for a museum and no bridges.\u00a0 I think my house has cockroaches.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve finished one puzzle, which was 500 pieces.\u00a0 I am slow at puzzles.\u00a0 I have a 1000 piece one I need to start.<\/li>\n<li>Yard work has been great therapy, but I don&#8217;t like weeding.\u00a0 I figure, whatever works right now is enough.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone now realizes what a distraction\/annoyance the dogs can be since they can be loud and want to go outside frequently. For this reason, Mittens was named Quarantine Employee of the Month for April (thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMtwo\">Andy Mallon<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMtwo\/status\/1255988827681849344?s=20\">inspiration<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1118\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mittens.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mittens-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stellato Home Office Quarantine Employee of the Month for April: Mittens\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mittens-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mittens-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mittens.jpg 1458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stellato Home Office Quarantine Employee of the Month for April: Mittens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All in all, we\u2019re doing well.\u00a0 I enjoy not having to rush for anything after dinner or on the weekend.\u00a0 I\u2019ve lost count of the number of trips and events that have been cancelled, and there are only a couple \u201conce in a lifetime\u201d things that make me sad (the 15-year old was headed to the state theater competition, which won\u2019t be rescheduled).\u00a0 If there were milestones we were missing, like graduation, this would be much harder.\u00a0 I feel for the seniors, and for anyone graduating at this time.\u00a0 And I am tired from constantly living in a state of concern, and not knowing what will happen next.\u00a0 It\u2019s exhausting.\u00a0 The best we can do it take it one day at a time, and focus on the little things that bring joy.\u00a0 Keep at it friends, we\u2019ll get through this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been meaning to write a follow up post to my original to discuss what life is REALLY like during quarantine.\u00a0 I re-read my original post and then starting writing, but after about two pages realized it was more a journal entry than an informative post.\u00a0 I decided to pivot, and just create a list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - 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