Days With the Duerksens

As I write this, Kansas now has over 3,000 cases of Covid-19, with 5 of those in Marion County.  Unfortunately, one of those in our county died yesterday morning.  However, experts seem to think that we will hit our peak soon, and in nearby Sedgwick County, they think they might have seen their peak already.  Stay-at-home orders are set to expire for KS on May 3rd, but time will tell!  Hopefully, businesses can begin reopening slowly in the coming weeks, but I imagine things will look different for quite a while - even after things open back up. The week around here was pretty normal.  We kind of have the same routine - wake up at 5 different times, eat breakfast at 5 different times, start school at 4 different times while Chelan is at work (either at work or at home), and then the rest of the day is for working, playing, eating. . . and eating. . . and eating, it seems! Chelan celebrated his birthday this week, so that was a nice change of pace on Wed.  Even though he doesn't

I felt like the monotony set in this week.  Maybe it was the cooler-than-normal temps, the lack of activity on the farm, or the fact that my schedule is just kind of the same every day.  Whatever the reason, I felt kind of 'blah' all week.  Luckily, the girls seem to enjoy every day - filling it with video chats, schoolwork, time in their room, and when the weather is nice - lots of time on the trampoline.  Caiden continue to work at the golf course a few times a week and is completing schoolwork on time, and Chelan's week got back to normal as he went back to work. Teaching-wise, I was able to keep up a little better with grading during the week so my weekend wouldn't be so full of school stuff.  I had 1 IEP meeting, 1 staff meeting, 3 class meetings, and 1 student check-in.  And one night, I had a dream that I showed up to school without pants on!  Perhaps I've been seeing the top half of everyone on the computer for too long.  In my dream, I actually considered