It's like... "OhmyGod the days are craaaaaaawling by... and... Holy cow it's December already!!"
It's a really strange feeling isn't it!! I just hope that the time continues to move briskly...until we can all get vaccinated and living again!
Really? Is that above red? (That's where we are, and it sounds pretty much exactly like your restrictions.)
Confusing isn't it?? LOL. Yes, grey is above red, but it's a half assed grey lockdown lol. It's so funny because they do these ads on the radio where they say "Do your part. Stay home. Go out only for exercise, work, essential services, health care.....and on and on" to so many things that they want you to go out for. Oh and don't shop or eat out but shop local and support businesses, but don't go out. Ugh. And so far, it's done absolutely nothing for our covid numbers so I don't know what will happen next, other than just trying to survive until the general public is eligible for vaccines.
I presume he'll be returning to school 2 weeks early to quarantine there for 2 weeks? Or is it different over there?
Yeah, it's a weird system. But he will be home until Jan 24 which is a long time. I guess allowing for 2 weeks of quarantine at home before Christmas (where we're not really supposed to do anything anyway....) then we have xmas and New Years...and then another 3 weeks before he returns. When he went in September, they allowed for a week of quarantine and a staggered arrival for all students. But they tested everyone as they arrived and made sure they were negative before allowing anyone to go to class/sports etc, and of course for school itself it's all masking and social distancing and cohorts. I've been really impressed with the way his school has handled things, I think other schools could learn from this. But they are lucky that they had some kind of connection for getting access to so many rapid testing supplies etc that may not be feasible everywhere.
For his March break though that will be a different story. They only have a 2 week break, so if things are not radically different by then, it won't make any sense to have him come home and have to quarantine for his whole break. The school is looking at some options for kids for whom it isn't practical to go home and we'll see what they come up with. My mom who is 80 years old, is an extreme optimist who thinks that she may be vaccinated by then and might be able to travel to the US to spend the break with her grandson but....I'm not holding my breath on that one!
Hmmm... same app as everyone else is being asked to download or is it a different one? (If you know.)
No this is a different one. I think it's called ArriveCAN or CanArrive? It somehow checks in with you or you check in with them and they still call you to double check you are in quarantine but I don't think as often as if you don't use the app.
You pretty much summed up exactly how we are feeling. Bill's sister lives on her own in Mississagua and I don't want her spending Christmas by herself. Jack comes home from university next Wednesday.....luckily he is at Trent where cases have been very low and he is extremely careful. Then Jamie's girlfriend lives in Newmarket and he hasn't seen her in two months. I work in the public school system so am exposed to god only knows what. So we are trying to figure out what to do. I want to have some semblance of Christmas but I don't want to put anyone at risk.
Good luck with getting C through quarantine!
Yup, it's a tough call about the holidays. Everyone has their tolerances for risk and what is worth taking that risk on. I worry that my parents are getting old and while it is risky to see them for holidays, we also don't know how many christmases they will be with us and don't want to miss spending time with them. I think we'll be doing a "distanced" dinner with them and spend time with them, just maybe less than normal.