Yeah, I bought one for each member of my family and only one of the four of us is actually able to wear them. They don’t fit the rest of us at all. It was a bummer. We use the Old Navy masks with ear adjusters and I added nose pieces to all of them.

Dh and I had our weekly take out breakfast in the car this morning. There were so many other people near us eating in their cars just like us. We’re going to keep getting take out and having some time away from home/dc. It’s important for our sanity. I’m not at all concerned by take out food or grocery pick up/delivery anymore, so I’m going to keep doing my best to give them business. None of us work outside the home, the only place we go indoors is for doctor visits, and the dc see relatively few friends here and there. I think we all have to do what’s best for us in our current situations. I mean, I’m being super careful compared to everyone else I know IRL so it’s weird to come here and feel like one of the not careful people. My family and friends thinks we’re completely ridiculous with how careful we are compared to all of them.

I’ve only known two people who have had it and they are both college students. They got it through one of their boyfriends who has to works outside the home everyday. They are both fine. I think they’ve all been rather careful. They do get together here and there but I think it’s important for them not to feel too isolated. I know it’s been very important for my dc to still have small get togethers with their friends. It’s a balance and I think they’ve found a healthy one. I actually have a lot of family that has continued to travel and go out quite often through all of this, including my mom who works in our largest hospital here. I feel like I was really judgmental in the beginning, but I’ve let that go. I do worry about them more, though.

I mask up in my car if I’ll be walking into a building but I don’t even carry a mask when dh and I go on neighborhood walks. It’s easy to just walk across the street when we encounter the few people that we do. When we’ve walked around dc’s college campus we mask, because that is the rule and all students do as well. When we walk around downtown, we carry a mask to put on when other people get close. So, it varies.

This thread has had me looking at so many subscription boxes today! I actually found one for my 20 year old writer! I ordered a 3 month subscription box to Scribbler. Dh has asked me to stop looking for more stuff to buy. 🤣

My dc’s uni added the flu vaccine as mandatory this year so I would assume they will do the same for Covid. I hope everyone who can get the vaccine will do so and I’m honestly not sure what I will think of those who choose not to.

I had never heard of Universal Yums until this thread but I did purchase just the holiday box for us this year. It will definitely be something new to look forward to.

My 18 year old has enjoyed Sketchbox for years. I usually get a subscription in November for 3-6 months every year.

My artist loved a set very similar to this that she was given many years ago and asked for another this year. She loves the watercolor pens and that it’s a watercolor set that can be taken wherever she goes. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07YJ1DT6L?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title She’s also always really enjoyed the smaller sketchbooks and pencil cases that, again, she can carry around easy and take wherever.

My dc are actually both young adults now and they seem to be excited about a Christmas with just the four of us. It’s how it used to be when we didn’t live near family and I guess they were missing it. We picked up Nutcrakers and we’re each going to paint and decorate one. I got lots of neat decorations at Michael’s. They also wanted a few new board games and jigsaw puzzles. I’ve been slowly ordering them since the summer. Lots of baking requests! We’re doing a gingerbread house this year for the first time in a long while. We’re also making one for the dog. We’ve each been creating our own Christmas movie list and there’s lots of them that we haven’t watched in a while. We also go around looking at Christmas lights every year and have a certain tin of cookies we always eat while doing so. And the dc take turns picking out the music which is always interesting. Oh, and we ordered all the stuff to make those hot chocolate bombs everyone is talking about this year! That’s going to be fun to see everyone’s concoction.

I didn’t read the sticky about updating passwords today and realized my account was tied to an old email account. When I entered my current one, it showed me as having registered that email two years ago but never used it. I guess I was locked out at some point and thought I needed a new one but was able to get my original Joker account fixed. So, I’m now Joker 2 but I’ve actually been here for years.

I just hope college students are able to get it by next fall. This has been especially rough for my youngest, a college freshman, this year. I really hope she can be on campus and involved. Oldest will be a college senior next fall and I really hope he can finish on campus as well. I’m hopeful!