Very, Very Strange...

This is our Thanksgiving weekend and normally we would get together with our son & his family, our daughter & her family, my sisters, nephews....... This year is going to be so different because we are not allowed to have an indoor gathering with more than ten people. So, we are only having my daughter, son-in-law & their baby girl. They are in our 'bubble' because I am babysitting our granddaughter five days a week. Our son works in construction ( same partner but a different site each day), his wife works in a busy optometrist's office and their three boys attend two different schools so the risk is higher. They are seeing his wife's family. I bought a 6 pound turkey....I didn't know they came that small! One of my sisters is celebrating with her children & grandchildren while another is staying home because her immune system is compromised. Back in March when the pandemic was announced we never imagined that we would still be isolating in October and beyond and we had never heard about 'bubbles' ! Times are still so very, very strange. My daughter says teachers cannot co-mingle at school, children stay with their cohorts the entire day. Washroom breaks are taken as a class so no-one meets in the hallways. Teachers have two-way radios to let others know when their students are about to leave the classroom for a break...... It makes me wonder if we are going to leave these kiddies with emotional baggage. My granddaughter cannot run to greet her mommy when she comes to pick her up at the end of the day because her mommy has to shower before she hugs her and at sixteen months she has come to know that! It looks like my daughter will be filling in for this class for at least one or two more weeks. We will all rest easier when this teacher submits a negative COVID test and clean chest x-rays.