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+title: The Obligatory COVID-19 Post
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+  - life
+tags: [coronavirus, update, 8 months]
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+published_date: "2020-04-10 02:41:15 +0000"
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+We're alive! All three of us: Amy, Clementine, and myself. We're doing what we
+do best and that is being hermits with zero social contact. That's pretty okay
+by us though because it lets us slow down from all the fast-paced life changes
+we've made in the past few months. 
+
+In January Amy and I bought a house! We couldn't have done it without the
+wonderful help of everyone who gave us wedding gifts. We got a nice little
+standalone place in Suffolk, much closer to where I work and centrally located
+for Amy's tutoring business. We spent all of January painting and prepping for
+the big move. Late January and early February were all moving and unpacking and
+trying to get back in the groove. Since the outbreak, we've been using the
+extra time at home to finish up all the move-in projects we wanted to:
+finishing painting, putting up shelves, hanging pictures, and rewiring
+electrical outlets. 
+
+Amy also finally got the chance to pursue her dream job: she started up her own
+private tutoring business. She's been working hard with clients all over
+Hampton Roads, from college students all the way to first-graders. Business was
+booming before schools closed but I know she'll bring it back once things have
+returned to normal again. No worries though, she's spending this time helping
+William and Mary handle remote operations and students in need. She's also
+[supposed to be] writing her master's thesis so she can graduate in May but you
+know how it is.
+
+We're also working through a family illness, which is benign but difficult
+nonetheless. We expect a speedy recovery and we're really excited for that.
+All-in-all, we're really enjoying our lives as a happily married couple. It's
+been about eight months now and I've enjoyed every minute of it: the glad, the
+slightly stressed, and the overarching worry as the world took a strange turn.
+But we're looking forward to a good Summer now. The weather has turned nice --
+really nice -- and Clementine is forcing us to get outside. She's in love with
+her nice, big fenced-in yard and refuses to come in after catching hoops most
+of the time.
+
+Stay safe!
+
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