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I guess this is life now

Posted on March 24, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

Yesterday the governor of Virginia closed the schools for the rest of the school year. Not only that, but they closed ALL businesses where you cannot maintain a distance of six feet – basically all personal care businesses – salons, dentists, chiropractors, etc. It seems utterly insane to do this without an economic plan in place for these people.

Also, we live in a poor rural area of the state. I imagine that the schools being shut down is extremely difficult for people who are more well-off, but I cannot imagine how this is going to affect those in my community who depend on the schools to teach, feed, and watch their children while they are at work.

It is really hard for me to wrap my head around all of the implications of this move. I know we aren’t the only state who is doing this.

Where is all this extra time? People keep talking about all of the extra time we will all be having. What extra time? My extra time is my kids being in school. Right now I’ve got four children who need some sort of school-type guidance. Living in a poor rural area with dismal internet accessibility means that online schooling is going to be a no-go. It will almost all be on me to continue keeping my kids going.

If I think about this too hard, I get all panicky.

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Apparently I am a vanilla sock knitter. This one i Apparently I am a vanilla sock knitter. This one is flying off the needles. At this rate I might get a pair a month out of our homeschool time

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Making Sweet and Sour Eggplant Caponata (a surpris Making Sweet and Sour Eggplant Caponata (a surprise hit last month for all 4 kids!) from the amazing @tanseyclaire I just love the colors and the taste is amazing 🤩 #sweetandsourcaponata #clairetansey #dinneruncomplicated
Twinning! New sock cast on matches my mug and our Twinning! New sock cast on matches my mug and our lesson on “The Lungs”. This colorway seems very spring to me, a welcome relief this year. 

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Sexy man modeling my seamless raglan sweater that Sexy man modeling my seamless raglan sweater that I finished back in November. Thanks @markshaneck for being such a good sport and bringing that smolder 🥰

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After months of sloggy knitting I finally finished After months of sloggy knitting I finally finished two things in one day! I saw someone’s socks on ig years ago and was inspired to make my own version which is these windowpane socks. (I finished the first sock in 2018!) I made myself a sockhead cowl (designed by @bohoknits ) using @blueskinyarns and some minis from @unplannedpeacock just in time for some more icy weather. The socks were made with #westyorkshirespinners and #huntingtonyarn 

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