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Wanderlust During Quarantine
We promised our kids Vietnam, but it’s not my dream trip.
In week 2 or 3 of homeschool, the teachers realized the parents were losing it. Maybe it was the 700 emails a day; perhaps it was that half the kids on the morning Zoom call were still in their PJs sulking and eating cheerios, crunching in defiance of groundhog day.
We got an email from the Principal stating that effective immediately, we would be transitioning to a 4-day school week, and Fridays would be virtual field trips and catchup days for the entire school. Um, awesome. Can we do that next year too?
Week 1 was Australia. My lucky little bunch has been there, so they were enthusiastic and earned extra credit.
Week 2 was Greece, which is one of my favorite destinations of all time, so it gave me an excuse to reminisce and tell funny stories about daddy nearly driving mama off a cliff on an ATV.
Week 3 was Vietnam. We’ve never been, and we only know one other couple that has, so it’s pretty unknown…
