Wow, I'm way behind - again - on posting. Big group hug to all! I did have every intention of posting yesterday, but then my stress level put me over the edge. I ended up sitting on the sofa, crying, all day in the dark. I did manage to watch 2 of my recorded Hallmark/Lifetime movies, though - Journey Back to Christmas and A Christmas Wish. Of course, I recorded 3 others, so now I'm even more behind...
I tried to take Josh's Christmas photos, as I like to order Christmas cards around Thanksgiving (I've noticed that a lot of sites have issues with orders from Thanksgiving through Christmas). We went outside to first do his PE homework, it was 11 a.m. and our house faces west, so the sun wasn't in his eyes. So he decided it was a good time to do the photos, we went inside and he quickly changed his clothes, then we went back out...and he squinted in every single photo because "it's too bright!"
We went back inside and I got ONE decent photo in front of our (fake) fireplace. I thought there were a few from outside that weren't too bad, but my mother didn't like any of them.
Today was our first day of full remote learning and it's even worse than hybrid. The biggest problem is that I think the bandwidth can't handle all these people being on at the same time - the teacher, and everything she was trying to show them, was blurry. Some wise guy kept muting the PE teacher, who repeatedly said that he wasn't sure how to use the iPad. Our morning meeting and math, which is usually only about 20 minutes, lasted over an hour because EVERYONE wanted to share something, so by the time the teacher got through them, they all had something else they wanted to share. Hopefully tomorrow will be better, as they won't have library or PE, so the day should be a bit shorter.
DH received a text from his sister late this afternoon. Her partner was "in close proximity" last Tuesday with a coworker who tested positive for COVID on Wednesday. So she's freaking out and they are going for tests tomorrow. She didn't specify what "in close proximity" meant, but she did say they were both outside and wearing masks, so fingers crossed. Still, they are now quarantining and have canceled going over to my in-laws' house to have Thanksgiving dinner with them (which stinks, because they have a freshly-processed-just-this-weekend 25-lb. turkey that they're cooking). We only have a 3-lb. turkey breast, so we're hoping that my BIL will pony up some turkey from his dinner, but we can take over potatoes, stuffing, my MIL's favorite corn casserole, and some cranberry sauce.
DH and I have had the discussions regarding buying things for each other. I am very lucky that he listens and doesn't spend a lot on me. I do have a shelf full of books about Doctor Who, Star Trek, Neil Gaiman, etc. (I don't know if I should tell him that I don't yet have one of the Shakespeare's Star Wars books
). I did ask him for the new Ernest Cline book, Ready Player Two - Ready Player One is my FAVORITE book, I read it about 3x a year (and the movie is completely different, just FYI). But this morning we talked for a moment and decided to save our money to buy a new mattress. The one we have will be 20 years old next year and we're both starting to wake up in a lot of pain. Probably why I don't sleep well either. I will try to turn it for now, but I think we really need a new one - and I'm not keen on going somewhere to choose one in the first place, let alone having people in our house to deliver it and remove the old one.
I use an app called Let's Meditate. There are several free downloadable meditations, I usually do the guided one.
Easy put up and take down.
We watched it together. I still cry when mean Miss Gulch tries to take Toto away! 
(She would’ve had to pry him out of my cold, dead hands! 
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