Hello @lemouth,
Thank you for stopping by and enjoying my pictures :) Life restarting...won't that be wonderful. School's open for my granddaughter (12th grade!!), but protocols are followed, so there is a good chance the school will stay open. There is less intransigence about vaccination in my school district than in a lot of the U.S, so we have a chance of actually keeping classes open.
Hope you and your family stay well.
Regards,
My big boy is now entering middle school, and the small one primary school. Time is flying and I had the impression to have spent 2 years in one in 2020-2021.... Apart from this, the family is well, and quite busy as you can imagine (September = new academic year = a lot of things to do). How are you? It has been a while!
On my side, the university will be 100% open this year. Everyone will have to wear a mask on-site, and un-vaccinated students in contact with someone COVID-positive will have to quarantine for 7 days. For my boys, they will also have to stay home for 7 days as soon as confirmed COVID cases are found in their class (either 1 or 3, I don't remember exactly and cannot check now), as they are not vaccinated (note that this is impossible for them, as they are below-12 y.o. kids).
(I just voted for my own comment! Still making mistakes on the platform 😄)
Your children are growing so fast! Time does fly.
My daughter works in an elementary school. They got their first positive COVID case today. 2nd day of school! I don't think they are sending kids home, unless they have been in close contact. Really casual attitude. Which probably explains our high infection rate in the U.S.
We (my family) are fine, and I have the same sensation you do of having lost a whole year. It wasn't hard, but where did it go?
Everyone in my family is vaccinated (J&J, Moderna, and Pfizer). Now the CDC is talking about boosters for Moderna and J&J. The secret to surviving, for anyone at any time, I guess, is adapting. So, we adapt.
I hope you and your family get through the year with relatively little discomfort, and certainly in good health.
We indeed need to adapt but most and for all, we need to think collectively, and for the best of our society. Many here in France (however only a minority) cannot do that and have a kind of "me, me, me and myself" vision of life, which adds to the usual set of conspiracy believers). In the US, the situation seems worse, from what I have read online.
I will try to spend some time on HIVE this week and write a new posts summarising my life since March 2020. I am however unsure I will find the time and energy to do it. The last two weeks were again very demanding administration-wise... The following week will be heavy, but hopefully not as heavy as the previous ones.
Anyways, have a nice week-end!