[Women] greetings

[laura cejka]

Greeting from the Cejka family (Laura, Owen, and Elsie)
We are doing well all things considered. I feel the days pass more quickly
without our normal routines. The kids are close to the climbing the walls
stage. I have started allowing more screen time to occupy them and have to
bargain to get them to get out and play.
We havent really done much of anything to show for our time together. Maybe
I'll get on that to be more inspiring. We still have a couple mandatory
things to go out for like Owens physical therapy and I've also been helping
get meals and school work for some kids we know besides ourselves. I've
thought about volunteering but am wary of risking my own family. Other than
that we have built pillow forts, watched many movies, done daily check in
on updates around the world, called family, eaten more than our fair share
of junk food, and made our house a bigger mess than usual.
Elsie is her usual quirky self and has been loving all the dress up time.
She has taken to teaching herself ballet and I can actually see her getting
more fluid and flexible despite it being play.
Owen has been trying to delay boredom with schoolwork, reading, a new
sewing project and playing games on the tablet.
My silver lining is some of the long chats Owen and I have had about things
we don't normally discuss. Having this chance to step away from the
everyday and really connect with this beautiful creation of a child who is
really blossoming into a young adult has me feeling extra blessed and more
prepared for the next stages that will come for him.





On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 9:58 PM Dawn Hewitt via Women <women at fuusm.org> wrote:

> Hi friends,
>
> I’ve enjoyed reading your reports. Mine is different. I’m working from
> home, and I’m working hard, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, as
> usual. Only the location has changed. Bored? Not at all! My job keeps me
> busy all day long, and for the most part, it’s intellectually stimulating,
> and obviously, involves something I care deeply about.
>
> It’s been easy for me to self-quarantine! My colleagues and I use Google
> Hangouts (which is something like Zoom) to converse throughout the day.
> We’re still a collaborative team. So far, so good.
>
> My problem is that after sitting at this desk, typing on this computer all
> day, doing the same thing in the evening has lost its appeal: working on
> the Sustainability Forum, or the Green Sanctuary Committee projects, or
> Citizen’s Climate Lobby, or anything else that involves typing on the
> computer—I just don’t want to sit in the same place for 12 hours a day!
>
> When i was working in the office, I didn’t mind spending a few hours most
> evenings here. Now, GET ME OUTTA HERE!!
>
> Grateful for the weekend: I went to farmers market, went birding, gardened
> a little, cleaned the house a bit. Did not enter this room!
>
> I’m grateful for Facebook so that I can stay in touch with my friends and
> family. I’m grateful for Tim, who tries so hard to stay out of my hair
> during the day (and often fails). And I’m grateful for my FUUSM friends—who
> care about me. I look forward to face-to-face interactions and real hugs
> with you again one of these days.
>
> Please be safe and careful, and stay healthy.
>
> Love,
>
> Dawn H.
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