 Hey you guys, welcome back to the vlog. So today I'm going to update all of you on our whole COVID situation. Yes, we are home with COVID for the next two weeks. So if you want to skip all of the COVID stuff and just hang out with me today at home, you can skip on over to like 12 o'clock, 12 minutes, 13 minutes in this video and it will skip right on over to the whole day in the life portion. I am at home and it is because we have COVID in our house. I'll just say it, announce it from the rooftops. Somebody in this home has the Rona. And I'm gonna give you guys a quick walkthrough of how everything happened. So I'm going to multitask because our life is a little bit crazy right now and I need some coffee. So I'm gonna kind of talk you guys through this while I prepare my pumpkin or my pepkin, my peppermint mocha from home, which is just never the same, but you know, we do what we can. Okay, so let's rewind to last week. So I have my calendar here because it all happened so quickly, but it's all based on a timeline. Everything with COVID is all based on a timeline. How many days this, how many days that? And so I'm just gonna kind of do my best to explain how everything happened in days. So last, not last Friday, the Friday before last, November 20th, we got a text message from our son's daycare director telling us that one of the teachers had tested positive for COVID. Her last day of school was Monday the 16th. So she had been out from the 16th all the way to the 20th. Her last day of school with students was 16th. She was sent home with symptoms, tested positive. We found out Friday, the 20th, one teacher. After we found that out, we then found out that a few other teachers were out sick with symptoms and we're gonna be tested and we would find out in the next few days how many of them would come back positive. So on Friday, the 20th, Scott and I kind of talked about, okay, well, are we gonna still go to Prescott and be with my family for Thanksgiving? They're kind of older. Yes, they're healthy, but do we want to chance taking cash up there and something happens? So we decided that kind of weekend of the 20th, 21st, that we probably weren't gonna be going to Prescott for Thanksgiving, that we would just kind of see how things go. So Scott and I both went to work on the 23rd and 24th, that was Monday, Tuesday. On Tuesday, we found out that five more teachers tested positive from Cache's school. So, luckily for me and for Scott, our last day of work was that Tuesday, the 24th, we did not have to report to work Wednesday. So we decided to keep Cache home from school that Wednesday and we decided to go ahead and self-isolate. Just because we're both public service workers and at school, if I'm exposed to somebody, technically I'm supposed to report that and then I'm supposed to wait a few days, get tested, report the results. If everything's good, I go back to work. If not, here we are. So Wednesday, we did not go anywhere. We kind of started self-isolating that Tuesday night. So we decided we're not gonna go anywhere. We're not gonna see anyone. We're gonna stay home. If we do have to pick up groceries, we'll do the fries pick up so that we can just drive up and pick it up. We'll do door dash if we wanna order out. We're gonna stay home. Plain and simple. We wanted to be responsible. So Thursday was Thanksgiving. We self-isolated. It was just the three of us. You guys saw on Instagram, we didn't go anywhere. We didn't see anyone. The only people that we did see were our next door neighbors because we see them almost every day. And then we also saw Brittany who works with Scott who if you guys follow us on our family channel, you guys know who Brittany is. Brittany and Ashley came over Thanksgiving evening because Scott works with Brittany. They share a car sometimes and we figured we'd already been in contact with them. So we asked them if they felt comfortable, they did. And so we saw our neighbors and Brittany and Ashley. Friday morning, we woke up kind of sniffily, a little bit runny nose. Could have been anything. Could have been the change of the weather. It's now cold here. So it's kind of not as normal for us to start feeling like sniffly and sorry, I have a hair. Sniffly and runny nosey and things like that. Allergy season kind of deal. But Scott started coughing, which is not normal for like allergies. Saturday morning, we woke up, we felt worse. So we decided to go get some tests done. So we went to our local testing site, got the quick little nose swab. By the way, it did not hurt that bad. I think that the technology has changed a bit. They didn't go all the way up into our brains. They just kind of swabbed around right up in here and it was totally fine. It didn't hurt at all. We did not have cash tested because they said, one, he's pretty young, two, he'll probably hate me. And three, if the two of you have it, he has to stay home anyway. So we figured we'll just wait, not have him tested unless he starts having severe symptoms and then we'll talk. So Saturday we got tested, our results came Monday. Saturday I texted my principal and all my other administrators, let them know what was going on. I put in for a sub for Monday, Tuesday because the tests were gonna take like three to five days. So Monday, we actually got our test results. Scott came back positive, I came back negative. So because we live in the same household and we've been in contact, I have to isolate while he quarantines. So however long he quarantines, I have to isolate. Basically for 14 days. Which coincidentally is the rest of the school period before winter break. We literally only had two weeks left. Then we have a three week winter break. So I am literally missing the last two weeks of school with my students until January. And I'm praying to God that they don't shut us all down before then because then I will not have been able to say goodbye to them and I'll be so mad. So anyway, how are we feeling? I'm feeling fine. I have a little bit of a runny nose, a little congestion, basically like allergies like we mentioned, the whole change of the season. That's probably what I'm going through. But Scott, on the other hand, he's not miserable. He's coughing a little bit. It's not like constant coughing though. Like he only coughs like, I don't know, maybe once an hour, every couple of hours. Like he's not hacking. He does have some chest congestion. He says that's his worst symptom. He had a really bad fever Saturday, see. Saturday night through Sunday. He had a fever. No, sorry, yes, no. Saturday or Sunday? I don't remember. It was either Saturday night or Sunday. Maybe Sunday night and Monday morning. He did have a fever, it did spike at 103. We took Tylenol, we did Popsicles, we did the whole cold on the head. Got it all dealt with. And so we have been home in isolation for now seven days since the Wednesday before Thanksgiving all the way till now. And so we do have, I have to stay home until December. I think ninth is possibly the day they'll let me come back. But that would give me two days left of the grading period. So I don't think they're gonna let me come back before then. I think she said I'm out the rest of the year but my absence is only marked until the ninth, which is great. So that would be cool if I could go those last two days before winter break. Scott's department is very different. They will allow someone to come back as long as they've been symptom-free for three days, which to me is weird. But police department different. We're not dealing with children. We're not dealing with the school district. So I don't know, very different. Both of us had to fill out some forms that proved that we had to send our test results in and we had to say that yes, we were either positive with it or yes, I'm exposed, directly exposed to someone who has it so that they could instate our coronavirus safety, whatever it's called. Basically saying that neither of us are going to be deducted pay for this extended period of time. My sick days will be used and then reimbursed. What, baby? You want more yogurt? All I have is cherry. All I have is cherry. And so that is really nice. My big question is, if our school system can reimburse me for having COVID, why can't they reimburse me for having a baby? I just don't understand the whole logic. It is what it is. I'm glad I'm gonna be getting paid through this whole thing. It just sucks. Yes, baby. I'll find out. So anyway, 10 minutes of me rambling about coronavirus, I'm over it. So our neighbors have been super amazing. They've delivered us groceries. They've delivered us items. Vanessa, my friend here on Instagram and YouTube and in real life, Vanessa and Nicole both have been so amazing. Vanessa brought me some little activity books for cash. They're like the little dry erase books that he can trace letters and stuff with because we want to still engage him in learning while he's not in school. And so all of our friends have been amazing. Our family, same thing, but we're not allowing them to come see us, none of that. We are self-isolating. Everything is exchanged at the front door so people just leave things and then we grab them. What baby? Daddy's still sick? Yeah. And I am still working. So every day I do get onto Google Meet in the morning with my students. So the first 10 minutes of the class period, I do log in and I just talk to them. I talk them through the instructions for the day. If they have any questions or need any help, they stay on, I stay on. And then I am still sending, preparing and getting lesson plans sent out to my teammates. They print them for the sub. My students are going on a virtual field trip tomorrow. So I need to get that all set up. I'm also going to be joining my team for their meeting today at 11.40, 11.08, 11.08. So in about an hour. And then I will also be in my PLC group today. So everything will be virtual. I will still be participating. And that is partly why they are reimbursing me for my sick dates because I am still working from home. No, I'm not in the classroom teaching full-blown lessons, but there is a substitute that I'm providing lessons for. So it would be different if I was like, okay, just use my emergency plans. I'm out for two weeks. Don't talk to me. That would be different, but I am still actively working. So I think that that's really lovely. And I'm very fortunate to be able to do that. I have my own office here. I have computers. I have iPads. I have anything I would basically need for teaching from home. So I'm going to do it. I also don't feel that it's right to just be like, okay, peace out kids. Like I'll see you later. That's just not in my, I can't physically do that. So I do see my kids every day. I talk to them, they email me. We're on Google Hangouts. I Google meet with them. And so let's see how this pepper and mocha tastes, by the way. Which one? One, two, three or four? Which one? One, two, three or four? You watched number one yesterday. Do you need to go pee? Cash isn't mad about being home all day, are you? Number three? Okay, deal. We usually watch TV in the mornings. And then around lunchtime, we do something outside. We get him working on these little activity books. These are super awesome. They're just from Target. Vanessa brought these over. I Venmoed her, but she brought these over. They're just little like dry erase activity books. So this is the alphabet one. He just traces the words or the letters. And then this one's cool. It's tracing. So these are like lines and shapes and then some sorting activities. So this one was really funny. He tried to draw an X around things that have two legs. Kind of funny. But we do something of this nature at some point in the day. And then we make sure the TV is off by seven o'clock. So TV, technology, iPads, all that stuff is off by 10 or 7 p.m. So that we can actually get him to bed at a decent time. As you guys can see, we have decorated for Christmas. So that was kind of something we did on Thanksgiving to kind of boost our morale. And so we did decorate for Christmas. Our house though, you guys is a pigsty just because we're like fully living here like all day, every day. So we just have, you know, stuff everywhere. Clean laundry. You should see our bedroom. Coming in. How are you feeling? You feel better this morning or worse? Same? Yeah, mornings are the worst. That's normal. Ramps in random places. Guys, look at our bedroom. I'm talking to the vlog. I know this one's going on apples and TRs, but I might just post it on both channels. Why not? You know, hi. Hi, sticky pants. So we did transition our bedroom. We moved all of my office stuff out of here. And so now we're just kind of, we need to clean up. I'll show you guys the office though, because it's kind of like my newest project, the office, and then we will fix up the bedroom. Let's just go through here. We had a ton of boxes here a couple of days ago, but we did dump them. So this is my new office. It is a pigsty. I got my new gaming computer in my PC so that I can play Sims and be happy. Wow, I just sounded so materialistic. No, I did get a new PC. It is for gaming. Yes, I'm a nerd and no, I don't care. I play the Sims very avidly and I like to build and create beautiful houses on the Sims. And so I will put all my Sims information in a different video, but I am gaming a lot more now. So I do have some like cool gear I need to set up. I did order a desk. It should be here next week sometime. And I have plans for decorating this room, but we moved all of the gym into the garage, which I'm not gonna show you right now because I am gonna do a workout today, I think, at some point until I'll show you then. But our house is a mess and it's just how it is. This is where Scott parks for the day when he gets up. So, you know, messy. Hi doggies. How do you guys feel about having mom and dad home all day every day, huh? You love it? You hate it. You don't care. Cash, do you like being home with mommy and daddy all day? Do you miss going to school? Yes. You miss Tina? Yeah. Yeah, do you wanna go back to school? Yeah. Yeah, we can go maybe next week, okay? Okay. We just keep telling him, mommy and daddy, we're all sick. So we can't play with other people. We can't see other people, right? We can't see Ronan, right? Why not? You're sick too, yeah. So just as we suspected, this guy brought it home with him. That's okay though, we forgive you. We're just glad he's not sick. Okay, I'm gonna drink my peppermint mocha. I'm gonna go get on my computer and start making some subplans as soon as Scott gets up and out here so that he can watch Cash while I work. And we'll probably make some breakfast. Baby wants some eggs. You, I know you don't want eggs. Does daddy want eggs? Yeah. You want four eggs? The biggest decision that you'll make this whole week in isolation, you guys, is what you're going to eat. It's the worst decision, the hardest one. It's tough to choose what you want to eat. Do you want three eggs or four eggs? No, just three eggs in oatmeal. Yeah, that's my thing. No green eggs in ham? I do not like green eggs in ham. Oh, would you like them in a car? I do not want them in a car. Would you like five guys in a car? I do like five guys, but I do not want them in a car. You want them in your mouth? And all over my face. Five guys? I'm glad if I had to be stuck in a house. It's with you. And, you guys, it was kind of scary at the beginning thinking, wow, I'm going to be stuck in a house with a three-year-old and a sick man. Those of you who are moms and wives, you understand my fear, right? You understand. No offense to all you men out there. But men are babies when they're sick. No, but not. I told this one he wasn't allowed to be a baby. I said, you've got one day, right? Let me work out. No, you can't work out. Stupid. You can work out, but you can only do one work out for every, like, hour. It's the worst part of the whole damn thing. Can't go to the gym. Can't see my friends. Jack says, what am I? Chopped liver. Well, Jack and I, we see each other. So I'm going to go make breakfast. I was getting old. Baby, when I'm done cooking, will you come out and hang with dude so I can do some work? I don't have any dudes here, but I know a cash. That's perfect. Mommy! I'm coming, Betty. Yes, you should have been there. What? There's your chair. My chair. Oh, thank you. Okay. Things I want to get done today are, one, clean the house. Two, work out. You can keep it. You're going to take the chair back to my office? Okay. Watch where you're walking. You're going to step on some stuff. You farted? Yes. Oh, okay. Thank you for that. You are so strong. You are so strong. Hey, you know what? Maybe later, while mommy works in the office, you can sit in the chair and watch something. Put it over by mommy's guitar. Did you see mommy's guitar? Yeah. Right here. Put it right here. Bring it right here. Can you get over that little hump? Oh, got it. You're okay. Right there. Right there. Right. Wow, you're efficient. Thank you. Alice, no, no. Don't hit her. You just tell her no. Okay, guys. So I'm going to make the man some breakfast. And I should probably eat some breakfast, too. Eggs, oatmeal. I'll probably have cottage cheese. We are both feeling very grateful that this all happened now, rather than at Christmas time and or before our trip. So Scott and I's anniversary is actually next weekend and we're going on an anniversary trip to Sedona. So we're actually really fortunate that this happened before our trip to Sedona because that would have had it been canceled. And that would have been really sad. So I ordered my homeroom students pizza today because they earned their 20 class points and 20 class points equals a prize and they chose a pizza day. So I have DoorDash ordered pizza for my students and I just let like our office staff know that it would be coming and to just take it upstairs for them. So they are in for a little surprise. They probably figured, well, she's not coming to school so she's not going to do pizza day. But I make things happen. Just like I'm making these eggs cook up very slowly. You feeling good? Aiden, I'm talking to you. How are you feeling today? Good? Yeah, you gotta take your headphones out. What's up, Cam? Camden. Camden. Camden. Utter failure. Utter failure. Jacob. Then Haley. Then Mackenzie. Got my first Starbucks. That was a good choice. Everybody, Mackenzie got her first Starbucks. Mackenzie got her first Starbucks. Someone's echoing. Okay, go ahead. What type of pizza did you get? I got two pepperoni and two cheese. Okay, because I don't like cheese. Yeah, you can just peel it right off. I got two pepperoni, two cheese. Both of them are from Little Caesars. Okay, guys. So I just got done meeting with my teammates via Google Meet. I also met with my students during their lunchtime, which I loved. It was really nice to see their faces. And so now I'm just kind of doing some work at my desk. I'm getting plans ready for tomorrow for my sub. Tomorrow is a big day because we have a virtual field trip that my sub has to have set up for me. So it's going to be a little weird, but I am getting that set up. And then we have grades that are due Monday, so I need to sit down and finalize those. And then we have some weird scheduling things for next week. So I think I'm going to try to get a head start on plans for next week as well. And fingers crossed, hopefully everything will go well. So I have a lot of things to do today. Luckily though, cash has been very easy to deal with. Because this is how daddy's babysit. I'm just saying this is how dads do their babysitting. He's alive. He hasn't moved since nine o'clock this morning. He's alive. He is alive. Hi, buddy. It's bad. You drink water? Good job. We went pee. I think I'm doing a pretty damn good job. Yeah. I have to still do some more work. Ever watching Toy Story. And I also have a PLC meeting at three, three o'clock I think? I really have to work out of that one. So I'm going to get to work. Okay, friends. So it is now lunch time. I am cooking or heating up some beef stew that I made the other day. I need to stir it. The boys have eaten lunch. Have you eaten lunch, babe? Do you want some beef stew? Okay, I'm heating up beef stew. Cash has eaten lunch. Scott has not. I might just put this on the stove. I just got done typing up all my plans for tomorrow. Friday is easy because their kids are taking a school city test. So I need to make a pump-up video for them to watch first. Or I will Google Meet with them first. And just like I explained, you need to take your time. Like this test is important. Don't just guess. Don't be done in five minutes. I can tell how long you took, all that whole spiel. And then I can start plans for next week. Next week is going to be pretty simple. I have quite a few students that are done with their reports, their projects. I'm going to just give them some activities to do on their own. Kind of like some fun review games and stuff like that. And then that's it. So I do have a PLC at 3 o'clock today. So I think I'm going to take a break from work until then. Cash is going to take a nap at like 1.30. Maybe I'll play The Sims. I don't know. We'll see. Okay guys. So I just finished my workout. I didn't film any of it because I was FaceTiming Nicole and Vanessa, my workout buddies, while we were working out. So I did not get any of it. But here is the gym. I did chest biceps and triceps today. So just upper body. And now I'm going to go inside and enjoy my last few minutes of peace before Cash wakes up. We're taking all the tiny organisms in our house for a walk. Cash is insisting on walking Jack, but is getting mad when he pulls him. Scott's got Alice. And we're looking at Christmas lights. Oh yeah, I got Peepers. Yeah, let's have to go. Oh man. Alice, Peep, come on. Oh, it's moving. We have to pick that up. Give me the baggie. Give me the bag. Give mom the bag. Here, let me have a bag. I'm not going to be one of those people on the Facebook page that gets called out because their dog's crap on them. We try to do this every day, every night when there's not a lot of people out. Because Scott can walk without interacting with it. Look at all the lights. Come on. Hey, you guys. So I just realized that I did not close the vlog from yesterday. So it is now Thursday and I am just getting cash situated. He's playing games. I just finished a whole bunch of work. I did a bunch of grading. I did a bunch of planning for my sub for tomorrow. And now I'm going to finish my protein coffee and go outside and play with the boys. And so I'm going to end this vlog here, you guys. I would like to do another day in a life of a quarantined teacher. We will see. All right, guys. We'll see you in the next one. Cheers.