Life in group isolation Chez Tomlinson

Living in group quarantine is doable. Here’s what’s working for us.

Does anyone else’s living room look like this?

The neighborhood feels quieter than it did even a week ago. People are more cautious, more afraid. But no matter how seriously you take this, you have to laugh when you see certain things. “You laugh, but you will see,” said Hugh.

We are grateful to have a yard, that’s for sure. And a trampoline. Kevin has been on the trampoline (thanks Brooks!) twice this week, winded after 5 minutes. We have to be creative with our exercise these days.

We’re also trying more online activities, including YouTube yoga, chess.com for Poppy and Finn, online piano lessons and gymnastics practice, morning group sessions for Finn, and online youth group and livestreamed church. And creative selfies take awhile.

We are grateful for the puppy, but she has started chasing toilet paper. Not the precious toilet paper, anything but the toilet paper!

There are plenty of creative fun and weird moments to be had, and all the less fun moments, well, they just don’t get captured on camera.

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