On top of doing hybrid learning (every other day in and out of school) with my students the entire month of January, we also did not have daycare through Jan 15th. Since we were looking at having to take time off to stay home with Olivia anyway, we decided to "stay home" with her in Florida where we could enjoy the beach and warm weather. We pretty much stuck to ourselves, enjoying the beach (I read, Seth swam with Olivia) and some fantastic seafood.
It was a nice break from the constant chaos at home. February or March would have been preferable (it was too cold for me to brave the water at all), but this worked out. We left January 6th just as the capitol riots were at their worst, so we boarded the plane not knowing what to expect by the time we arrived. Fortunately things had settled down by the evening (at least temporarily).
Upon landing our phones both started dinging like crazy - alerting us that we would not have daycare until Feb 1st AND that Seth's dad had tested positive for COVID. We narrowly missed having been close contacts with him. If we had been, I'm not sure what we would have done. The possibility of getting sick in Florida and having to quarantine there dawned on me right after we bought our tickets. Had I thought of it a day sooner, I think I would have insisted on staying.
Staying in Florida to quarantine for 2 weeks and leaving our 4 kids with Seth's sister would have been a nightmare - especially if they had all had to quarantine, too. Olivia would have hated it - I was surprised how much she missed her siblings. When we tried facetiming with them on the 2nd day, Olivia started crying and went to stand by the door, wanting to go home. Fortunately she enjoyed the beach enough to make bringing her down worth it!
Seth's parents are recovering well. We are looking forward to seeing them again after their quarantine!
And now for pictures:
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