Vacation Week 2020

Well, we were supposed to have four days last week at the Dreamore Resort and check out Dollywood. I cancelled that early on during the pandemic 😢

And you know what you do for vacation during a pandemic with two kids? Not much. 

Monday morning last week we hit the Cincinnati Nature Center down the road. It was beautiful and in the upper 60s. Tim, Nora and I wore our masks and pulled them up whenever passing someone on the trail. Hannah has a mask, but we haven’t practiced with her yet. 

Finally lost some more! Two in three days.

I got my haircut for the first time in 3 months. Those with short hair understand how long that is. I typically get it cut on average every 7/8 weeks. It was amazing taking a drive and being on my own for about an hour or so. The salon was taking all precautions and I everyone wears a mask at all time. No hairwashing and very little blowdrying. The hardest part were the hair clippings that were stuck in my mask. It does feel great to have a fresh cut again. 

We met up with another pandemic-conservative family at a park and creek-stomped with them. 

We visited both Grandparents and did enter homes - it has just become too hot. 

We also spent a lot of time outdoors - we are now the owners of four - yes four - blow up pools and one large splashpad. Hannah now stays pretty occupied with the water table and pool by simple transferring water from Point A to Point B. And Tim and I can sit! That’s pretty nice. 

We accomplished a LOT of painting; the entryway had been a “Tuscan Gold” and we went medium gray from the entry, up the stairwell, and into the 2nd floor hall. We still have enough paint to do the stairwell to the 3rd floor! 

We bought paint from Sherwin Williams because I refuse to go into Lowes - too crowded and too many people flexing their “freedom” to not wear a mask. I knew we would pay more for the paint, but it was worth being the only person in the shop. 

I had a friend over whose son has DS - we had a drink on the back deck. It was so nice to see a friend face-to-face.  

My friend made a good point - with a pandemic in place and many vacations cancelled, there’s nothing to look forward to! I’m already looking at cabins for Fall Break (in October) just to have some sort of getaway this year.