Thankfully, results seem to be coming in pretty quickly right now--a little over a day, so I'm glad about that. I don't know how it will be over the weekend though, so I may have to wait until Monday.

Appointment is tomorrow.

If I had any say in getting the mildest case possible, I'd say let's get it and take care of this! Alas, I don't.

Supervisor is positive.

I have an appointment to be tested tomorrow. Heard that two others in my workplace have same symptoms; one tested negative, and I don't know if the other is being tested or not.

I'm not around many people in my job, so I don't normally mask at work. My office is rather isolated. But when one person is around one other person who is around another person--well, it can still spread.😕 ETA: And sadly, this is an area where people think hoax or similar, so even with people starting to get sick, "we aren't going to get sick, and we aren't going to die," and "you shouldn't be tested unless you have symptoms," etc. 😞 The reactions and comments of some today have me still fuming.

I'm glad they have recovered. That sounds awful. And thank you for the well wishes.

Yes. Headache, nausea, mild fatigue (but I'm under some unrelated stress that has caused some sleep disturbances). That's it. The nausea feels like morning sickness type (I'm way past that possibility) with no diarrhea or vomiting (so far). It waxes and wanes, and so far has been in the afternoons. The only other cause I can think of might be a sensitivity to the stevia I'm putting in my tea.

Thank you, Catwoman! (good to see you here again) I checked our onions when the recall came out, and they are from a different area/farm.

He should know by tomorrow or Friday, so I would still be in the window. If my symptoms get worse, I'll go ahead and test whether he has results back in or not.

I know this has been mentioned in some of the longer threads, but finding what I'm looking for might take more effort than I want to expend right now. It looks very much like the virus is about to explode in my workplace. I have felt mildly nauseous the past couple of afternoons, but then it went away . This afternoon, I have a headache (not unusual) and the nausea is getting worse as the afternoon goes on. No vomiting or diarrhea so far. My supervisor just found out he was exposed on Sunday, and went for a test and will quarantine until results are in (only a little tiredness). I will wait to see what his test results are, probably, before I get tested, in part because of the timing window. Somewhere earlier on, I remember reading that gastro results usually meant more severe cases. Then just now when doing a search, it said it usually meant milder. I know this virus is unpredictable, but what do you all know about this?

Yeah, I don't want it. I do wish the folks around here would lean a bit more in the "we're all gonna' die" direction so they'd take some precautions! I haven't seen that extreme IRL, just in some things I've read. OTOH, I'm seeing a whole lot of "it's no big deal" here.

I was thinking more generally, I suppose. I am not too fond of the all or nothing thinking that I'm seeing a lot these days. Either "we're all gonna' die" or "it's no big deal." I'm too tired tonight to follow it further now.

I know what you mean. I don't like seeing all this stuff, and it is disappointing to see who believes what. But knowing that so-and-so is believing random posts on _____ without doing further research, or seeing the inconsistencies--well, it feels like it is being aware of possible danger spots. And really, I'm not just talking about one side of things either. When friends go off on either extreme it is concerning to me.

I know Saxon gets a bad rap sometimes for being boring, but it was the first spiral approach I had ever seen (it was a long time ago). It was the first math program that worked for my oldest. He could understand concepts long before he could remember the facts, but the lack of memory of the facts slowed him down. The mastery approach didn't work for him, because in the time he was working on something new, he forgot the former thing. It was so frustrating. So...this particular thing depends on your kid. But the spark? So much fun! Almost as much fun as going to sleep with an unsolvable algebra problem on my brain, only to wake up and find I'd figured it out!

This is exactly why our youngest is in ps. I did get him as grounded as I could in the basics, so that he could read well (dyslexia). Math--well, I tried. But when we moved early in his 7th grade year and were in walking distance of a school, we gave him the option. I didn't want to stop homeschooling him, but it was absolutely the best choice for him--and for our relationship. He has continued to ramp it up higher and higher as he has matured--for his ps teachers.

S/O on writing: On Writing Well is such a great book (for nonfiction writing). I discovered it about ten years ago, and had my last homeschooler read it as a high schooler. Really, such a good book. And interesting. You know if a book about the act of writing is interesting, the author must have something to share! If I had found this earlier, I believe I would have incorporated the principles into my older kids' instruction as well. I use the principles quite often, myself. https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=on+writing+well&qid=1596981614&sr=8-2

We did dedicate a shelf or two of a bookcase for the books/resources we used together. It needed to be convenient to our work area.

Exactly! One year I bought them plastic boxes for smaller school supplies (pencils, scissors, markers, ruler, etc.), plus stickers to decorate them with. They worked great. They each had one of those plastic crates that are put out for college students in the fall, and it was easy to transport their school books from room to room or when we travelled. Either the kitchen table or a coffee table was used when a hard surface was needed, and the couch or floor otherwise. I'm not sure any of my kids actually used a desk until high school. We never decorated an area just for school, though we used maps and our globe a lot. ETA: I understand some people really do work better in a designated area that is more formally set up for schoolwork. It just never was important to my crew.

Yes, I was the Queen of Tweaks.

I've been thinking through this all day. I am going to take a day and type some things out, and then I will PM you. I did such a variety of things over the years, but the composite ended up rich and solid. It may be more than you want to hear, lol.

Headed to work, so I can't answer fully. Short answer is simplicity, excellence, and considering the child's personal bent.

Our school district--Masks required by everyone on campus from (I think?) 4th grade up. Options are on-campus, blended, or virtual. Lots of protocols for different scenarios. I'm very pleased at the proactiveness, because this is not in an area where people are generally acting like the virus is important at all.

Well, seeing as how each one of our six kids took somewhat different schooling paths... There has always been something new, one way or another--often more substantial than just tweaking. I will say that by the time oldest was about 5th grade (the year I finally found something that seemed to work for him for math), I was pretty comfortable with my style and our philosophy. It is apparently somewhat unique as compared to everybody else's style wherever we were at the time. But it seems to have worked well for us. Others have never seemed very interested--after they asked, and I started explaining, they lost interest because it must not have fit their narratives. But our kids have done well (four are college grads, one has a master's and is working on licensure, another almost done with a master's from an Ivy League; one is in college with a 4.0, and one in high school). and all seem to be lifelong learners, and able to continue to pull out of books and other resources the things they want and need to enrich their lives and skills.

My nephew and his wife met in an online sports chatroom. They've been married 18 years or so, are a strong family-oriented couple with a shared faith, and three beautiful sports-crazy kids. 😄 (They also happen to be a very handsome, very beautiful pair!) Her mother was so nervous when they actually decided to meet in person, but obviously, it all worked out. They did live in reasonable proximity to each other, so actual dating wasn't too complicated once it started happening.