School is done! All three of my older kids have completed their schoolwork for the year.
Accepting Isolation
We’ve been doing great, accepting ever-more-stringent isolation rules as they are announced. But it was all bound to come to a head eventually.
Lending a hand in Nepal
In December of 2018, Max, Maya and a few of their friends traveled to Chitwan, Nepal to participate in a volunteer project at various hospitals there.
Egypt
One of the best things about living here and homeschooling is that we are able to take trips to visit some of the countries we are learning about.
Maya’s Quinceañera
One of the things we’ve missed out on by living in the UAE for the better part of my kids’ lives is a connection to Mexico.
Cheese!
I have discovered a cheese I can eat! I am lactose intolerant and while I don’t mind missing out on milk, having to avoid cheese is killing me.
Isolation Day 10
We’re on day 10 of social distancing today. Well, it’s only the fourth day that Nabil has worked from home, so I guess it wasn’t full social distancing. But we basically suspended all our outside activities on March 15.
CV-19 food
So, now that CV-19 is threatening, we’ve made a conscious effort not to hoard. But also, we feel like we should really limit our visits to the grocery store.
Our new normal
We’re all still trying to process what’s going on in the world. Nabil and I watched Contagion the other night, and it was so weird how it seemed so outlandish when the movie first came out, but it all is now real life.
Paris
Since we are housebound now due to the coronavirus, I will take the next few days to post about the trips we’ve taken since moving to Abu Dhabi, starting with our latest one to Paris.