Copper Country Living

Some moms are homeschool moms. They take great joy in teaching their kids from the dining room table and spending all day every day with their little ones. I am NOT a homeschool mom. If you're like me, the 9 to 5 working mom lifestyle is what you're familiar with. The kids spend 8 hours or more with a babysitter, at daycare, etc. You get a break from being the go-to person for the little ones and get to converse with adult humans. I enjoy conversing with the adult humans. But this week has been a new challenge as I navigate the new-found role of Mom in my life. Sure, I've been home since my little guy was born in early February, but life has taken a few curves since then. We did not expect an extra week of parenting time with the older kiddos, and there's all sorts of pressure to make sure the kids are still filling their minds and learning new stuff. In an attempt to get some of my regular work done and keep the kids busy, we've been embracing homeschool

COVID-19 It's all the media is talking about. It's all my friends on social media are talking about... heck, one of my mommy friends even called me to make sure we were okay. I was already in a self-imposed quarantine. My little guy is not even 2 months old yet, and we've been holed up at home avoiding the crappy late winter weather (is it snowing or raining? why not both?!) and the regular seasonal flu. The ones who have stopped by were sure to be healthy, but really the only person besides the baby that I've interacted with is my husband. The media has made COVID-19 sound like a plague. News reports are all dire doom and gloom. The memes have been great, and Hubby shares them avidly on social media. Neither of us is particularly panicky in nature, and our daily life hasn't changed much. We're both introverts who rather only interact with fewer than 10 people at a time anyway. Baby could contract all sorts of things that he hasn't been vaccinated