COVID -19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome. It was first identified in China and has since spread globally, resulting in an ongoing pandemic. The virus affects the elderly and those with weakened immune symptoms worse. Some people will test positive for the virus and have not issues, while others could be hospitalized and even die from it.
Unfortunately this virus has come and affected everyone's life in one way or another, because pretty much the whole world has shut down or at least slowed down. Schools closed, high school sports were canceled, many jobs closed or people had to work from home, hospital and medical/dental services were limited, gatherings were limited to small groups of no more than 10, church services shut down, public parks and recreation places were closed, there were runs on items at the grocery stores which caused shortages and limits to what people could purchase, people stayed home more than usual (in some places they didn't have no choice as it was enforced), restaurants closed and starting offering curbside pickup only or offered nothing at all, hair salons closed, people starting wearing masks in public to protect themselves, and the list goes on and on.
There are varying opinions and data as to whether or not the pandemic was as bad as it was made out to be, but despite anything the fact is, is that everyone was affected in some way.

Here are some of the ways our family was directly affected...
Our kids didn't go to school for 2 months, and finished up their school year online.
I worked from home the best I could teaching students online (kind of hard when they are special needs students).
Landon moved his office to the house and worked from home at least partially.
Luckily we both still had jobs (both considered essential I guess).
Chloe lost her Sophomore Season of Softball.
We had to cancel our anniversary trip to Hawaii (so sad we had waited 20 years for that trip)
Our RV (which we rent out) had lots of cancellations.

I'm sure there are a lot more, but this is some of it.
This is for sure a crazy time in the world. We are optimistic and have faith that things will get better..let's hope.