Well, it would appear that I have hit yet another roadblock and by roadblock, I mean the mother of all roadblocks, which, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, I’m sure you’ll have heard of it… May 10, 2021 Not too long after last week’s update, my day took a sudden swerve. My son’s daycare was closing due to a new positive case of COVID. However, this time, it was one of the children. I had to rush in and pick him up. The next day we found out that his best friend had been confirmed…
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