Quad

 Since I last wrote, our family has grown to a family of four. We are going through the newborn trenches, and every day gets a little bit easier as J very slowly adjusts to some semblance of a schedule, and is now able to sleep in his crib. Thank goodness for DC paid family leave, even though applying for it is unnecessarily complicated (compared to applying for paid parental leave in Australia).

What even is time anymore? There's never enough. Or sleep? Also, never enough. Everything is a little topsy turvy for a while. 

It finally happened...

After three years of dodging, I finally caught COVID. I was the last one in my immediate family, it's the third time we have had to deal with it as a household, and after more than half the people I know have had it. Thankfully, we are all already vaccinated and boosted. Still, it has been no walk in the park. It knocked me down for two days, and today being my third day, I'm starting to feel better again. 

 Now that we have all had it, and dealt with it a few times, there is some relief. This once-feared and deadly disease has been reduced over time and mutations. We have adapted and the public has adapted. While I'm missing some work, everything isn't grinding to a halt like it did in the early pandemic days. Mike and Penny continue to test negative, so their lives were only minorly disrupted. I now know that I am "safe" for the next three months and won't have be quite as vigilant about masking and seeing people. Although it doesn't feel like lucky timing, it actually might be.