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Re: How is everyone?

 

Jenny,
I¡¯m sorry to hear about your parents. Yes, it is very difficult to deal with parents who are adamant in doing certain things. We had that with my MIL and fortunately, my mother was wise enough to make the move when they were young and could adjust. That is why my father is here and we are able to manage. I am now doing all his medical appointments and healthcare work. Fortunately he is in good health but I can see that as his health degrades, things are going to become more involved and busy. I hope things work out well for them.?

My kids are fine. They are all working from home and staying put as much as possible. DD does socialize with a friend and has a room-mate. She is dealing with higher infection rates in CA. DS¡¯s uni has opened fully and is being very casual about testing so he and his wife are also staying home and working from home, which they have been doing since March.?

So far no one we know has fallen ill. Our area had some bad rates in Apri/May due to the fact that we have a lot of NYC people who live here - weekend homes, commuters, etc. But now things are in very good shape - unlimited testing, infection rate at or slightly lower than 1%. So a lot of things are fairly normal with precautions but indoor capacity is limited to 50% and one can¡¯t go and hang around at the library or other places.?

We are being very careful still due to my father who is 92 (will be 93 this year) and is really afraid of catching it. My sister - who has been living in her weekend home here since March - has been visiting him outdoors for brief periods every couple of weeks. They are going back to NYC tomorrow as schools are opening in person with a hybrid model for her son.?

Nothing much is going on here - my garden is in good shape this year as I have been home to tend it. We are planting a few more things this fall to replace plants that died years ago. I can baby them through next spring so I feel confident they¡¯ll survive. Doing quite a bit of crafting of various kind - spinning, weaving, knitting

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 10:52 AM Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:

I¡¯d love to hear how? people are doing. Between virus, floods, fires, storms (locusts?) it has not been a great year. Are we all making lemonade with our lemons?

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I¡¯m struggling a bit, with one daughter trapped in Scotland for many months and now just got out to see her dad in Switzerland only to be caught by the new quarantine regs for people coming from Switzerland back to the UK. One daughter still shielding with a very vulnerable young husband. My DH? stuck out in Geneva ¨C we managed two good meetings over the summer but now every time I go out I¡¯ll have to do 2 weeks quarantine on return (great excuse for more knitting time?)¡­¡­

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Meanwhile my mother fell over their elderly tomcat and broke her leg and detached her calf muscle. Two weeks in hospital, now home but not complying with instructions for full recovery. Didn¡¯t do the cat much good either, and I had to take him and his elderly sister to the vet for their final farewells. Between us siblings, we managed to have someone in London with my dad for the two weeks until Mum came home, but with everyone at work this is not viable long term. Both parents clearly failing badly, lockdown has I think accelerated this. I seem to spend half of every day in communication with docs, optician, carers, social services, assessors of various kinds ¨C and Mum herself who calls multiple times sometimes quite rationally but often not.? My current daily average of calls from or about parents is ten ¨C excluding whatever the four siblings generate.

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They are now trapped in a? 3 storey house with stairs neither can safely climb, but still flatly refuse to relocate. We tried so often to tempt them to do the move some time over the last 8 years while they were still hale and hearty ¨C but of course they wanted to wait until they ¡°needed to¡±. Which was their right.

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I¡¯m trying to knit on, as they say. Garter stitch is about all I can manage but there are so many clever patterns using this in interesting shapes and colour changes. At least I have plenty of yarn on hand ?

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How are all the kids of school and college age coping? In many ways I think it is hardest for them.

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Very best of wishes to everyone

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Jenny









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