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title: The Obligatory COVID-19 Post
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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!