Well it has been ENTIRELY too long since I posted on here. . . not even sure if anyone will still check it! But, for our memories sake I think the most doable option at this time is to post the past few months as “monthly recaps.” Ain’t nobody got time to sit down and do 500 different blog posts! haha

February was when this country officially went on lockdown because of Covid-19. Even though it was probably already all of the world by that point, all of the focus of the news was here. . . Honestly, I think it was handled really well here. The govt. required everyone to wear masks when going out (and everyone did). There were mask shortages everywhere so I posted some pics of peoples’ ingenuity You were to avoid going out for risk of exposure unless it was an emergency. Everything was shut down and NO ONE was out (for 3 months it was a ghost town) – – this was so strange since we are used to crowds everywhere in a country with such a large population. There was no chaos. No shortages of items in the stores. . . Even though our initial decision to stay carried a tad bit of fear from the unknown of how people would react during an epidemic and possible food shortages, we didn’t experience any of that. Very VERY thankful we stayed put or we would be uprooted from our life and routine for an unspecified amount of time since the borders are now closed for foreigners to come in.

We did a lot of homeschool, got super creative (since we decided a while ago not to have a TV or let our kids play with devices – I always tell my kids, “It’s good to be bored – being bored brings creativity!”), planted a garden, raised some new pets (3 hamsters and 5 ducks), and went to some remote mountains (in our city of course or we would have to quarantine) for fresh air and exercise. Covid-19 forced extended quality family time, and we met so many neighbors playing outside – with our masks of course (all being home all the time). So, while it has wreaked fear and havoc all over the world. . . it has also brought some good. I hope you have experienced some of the good too!

(This first pic of kids back at school was actually from April after 3 months of strict lockdown and no new cases in our city for over month)