This has been an unusual week. Not surprising, however. It’s hard to be surprised by much anymore. Trying to carve out some time to write has been nearly impossible. Even the interruptions have had interruptions! March 22, 2021 I’m going to try my hardest to keep this post fairly positive and as such will be just writing the opposite of what actually happened to me… Just kidding. It has, however, been fairly stressful. I’m not going to lie. We discovered on Sunday that my youngest son’s daycare was going to be closed for fourteen days because of a confirmed COVID…
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