So I thought I would document what we are going through on this blog. Today is day one of shutdown. We are technically not in lockdown yet but it is very similar. On Sunday night (2 nights ago) Daniel Andrews our state leader, went against the advise of PM Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy and made the call to close all schools in Victoria and non essential businesses. So Monday was our last day of school and work for me. It was very strange knowing that we may not be back for some time. The million dollar question is how long for? We have 3 weeks until school holidays finish, however it seems we won't be physically going back to school/work. The schools have prepared as best as they can, under pressure and time constraints to put together online learning protocols, home learning packs and are gearing up to learn from home. The kids will essentially won't be doing homeschooling, but they will be doing a form of home work.
These times are unprecedented and we are in the middle of a world wide pandemic. We are all in the same boat. Yes we are in school holidays, however we are literally stuck at home. Normally we would be out most day, away, camping, catching up with friends, playdates. but now we are confined to our house.
So today marked Day 1 of shutdown.
We are trying to stick to a stick schedule of breakfast/dressed/recess/lunch/afternoon tea/dinner.
everything else in between new each day.
Today we made posters of things we can do at home. We all came up with loads of ideas.
We decorated the house for Easter.
Holly had a bit of a meltdown this morning when reality actually hit her and she understood what lockdown truly meant. No friends, no sport, no friends.
Aunty Ricci got us through that one on a nice long FaceTime call and helped her through it.
Harry and Lucy spent the better part of the day outside using power drills. They found loads of off cut timber and drilled away for hours, they even made a working windmill!
We facetimed Belinda in LA for an hour, they are in total lock down there, only allowed to go out for essentials.
We walked Macy down to the local coffee shop, who are open only for take aways for coffee and milkshakes and Holly found a hairdresser open who agreed to cut her hair!
The kids Facetimed Chilli and Ivy which they have committed to doing daily.
We had dinner and now a movie - Tomorrowland. All in all a successful first day ... although i am fully aware it is still a novelty and shit is bound to get real in a week or so!
On a more sombre note, the number of cases in Australia has surpassed 2000 today and 8 people have died. One week ago there were only 290 cases in Australia. Fingers crossed these self isolation measures start to work soon.
