February was a lifetime ago, back when life seemed "normal." We had snow...
We appreciated the scenery of our neighborhood as the days got longer....
And explored new areas of Montana...
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We even did normal things like comparison shop for a new bathroom mirror...
And started pricing out a new couch for our living room...
But then early March came and we had the trauma of Mike nearly losing his thumb in a shop accident...
And then sh*t got real with the coronavirus pandemic. It had been on our radar for awhile, but all of the sudden one weekend it seemed to go from remote possibility to imminent threat: schools closed, travel bans went into effect, and groups of any size ceased to exist. We haven't stood within 6 feet of anyone outside our family for literally weeks.
We are already a family of introverts, so "social distancing" hasn't changed our routines too much. But we are also a family with a super power of worrying, so we've been trying to counteract that by doing everything we can to limit our worries and thus avoid taxing our immune systems into malfunction. We worry about what this pandemic will mean for us, our extended families, other loved ones, and our communities. So for now we are focusing on what is within our control: appreciating each other, spending time outside every day, limiting our media exposure, eating nourishing foods, and getting plenty of rest.
