Lockdown #6: big emotions, planning, coping, supporting, reaching in, reaching out

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/figcaption></figure>More data was collected, meetings were held, and at 4 pm, the announcement came —community transmission was up to 8! with only 3 mapped to known outbreaks. Snap lockdown to begin at 8 pm.Lockdown in Victoria means there are 5 reasons to leave home: shopping for food, 2 hrs of outdoor exercise, to get a vaccination jab, caring for a family member, essential workers. That’s it.Schools are closed. (We are homeschoolers so, meh.) Restaurants are take-away only. Retail stores are click and collect only (order online and pick up at the door). No meeting up with friends. No inviting friends into our homes. Travel is limited to 5k.Being homeschoolers it is the no contact with friends that is the hardest. <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-is-homeschooling-8f7bfeefb967">Homeschooling is not school at home</a>. We meet up with friends and members of our community multiple times each week for learning through play and excursions, park days and visiting historical estates, geocaching and field trips, science co-op and poetry tea time.This is our 6th lockdown in Victoria and it is hard. Mentally it is hard

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to be in and out of lockdown. How do we make plans? How long will this lockdown last? The announcement said 7 days. I am expecting 14 days. I believe in under promising and over fulfilling.What can I under promise and over fulfill for my daughter this time around? How do I find the magic, again?I have to set aside the heaviness in my own heart and be available to her. I have to be a resource to her. While also taking care of me.Writing is a tool I use for processing and healing, a means of getting it all out, cleaning house. So this morning, I write while daughter sleeps.Within our 5k radius, there are still geocaches to find. We can pick up books we have on reserve at the library. We can do some painting and drawing led by our favourite youtubers. We can meet-up with our friends on zoom for games of hangman and pictionary. We have cats to cuddle and love. We have each other.<figure id="52fd"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*IHrrTK1KB8XK3s8cgnW5oQ.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>Be well, my friends. Take care of you. Get outside to soak up some sun. oxo</article></body>

Big emotions, planning, coping, supporting, turning in, reaching out.

Two days ago, Victoria had a double donut day which is no new cases transmitted in the community and no deaths. Yea! This was reported at 11 am. By evening, there was one community transmission on the boards for the next day and it was at a school which was a significant transmission point a year ago before we went into the 111 day lockdown.

By yesterday, 11 am, the one community transmission was up to six with only three connected to known outbreaks. Yes, you read that correctly, our outbreak here in Victoria is 6! community transmissions. Rumblings of lockdown were being heard but no announcement was included with the 11 am update.

screen shot showing active case numbers, active cases, test results received as reported by the department of health and human services

More data was collected, meetings were held, and at 4 pm, the announcement came —community transmission was up to 8! with only 3 mapped to known outbreaks. Snap lockdown to begin at 8 pm.

Lockdown in Victoria means there are 5 reasons to leave home: shopping for food, 2 hrs of outdoor exercise, to get a vaccination jab, caring for a family member, essential workers. That’s it.

Schools are closed. (We are homeschoolers so, meh.) Restaurants are take-away only. Retail stores are click and collect only (order online and pick up at the door). No meeting up with friends. No inviting friends into our homes. Travel is limited to 5k.

Being homeschoolers it is the no contact with friends that is the hardest. Homeschooling is not school at home. We meet up with friends and members of our community multiple times each week for learning through play and excursions, park days and visiting historical estates, geocaching and field trips, science co-op and poetry tea time.

This is our 6th lockdown in Victoria and it is hard. Mentally it is hard to be in and out of lockdown. How do we make plans? How long will this lockdown last? The announcement said 7 days. I am expecting 14 days. I believe in under promising and over fulfilling.

What can I under promise and over fulfill for my daughter this time around? How do I find the magic, again?

I have to set aside the heaviness in my own heart and be available to her. I have to be a resource to her. While also taking care of me.

Writing is a tool I use for processing and healing, a means of getting it all out, cleaning house. So this morning, I write while daughter sleeps.

Within our 5k radius, there are still geocaches to find. We can pick up books we have on reserve at the library. We can do some painting and drawing led by our favourite youtubers. We can meet-up with our friends on zoom for games of hangman and pictionary. We have cats to cuddle and love. We have each other.

Be well, my friends. Take care of you. Get outside to soak up some sun. oxo