The start of the Corona Virus Quarantine

Well. Such interesting times. There had been rumors of the Corona Virus over seas, then lot of confirmed cases, then news of people that were out on Cruise Ships bringing it home to the US and then from there it has just spread. Started mostly up in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest and California but really just started to hit everywhere. Before we knew it our own Governor followed suit with other and things started shutting down. Stores closed, restaurants closes, movie theaters, etc. Then they announced that all schools would be shut down and we will be homeschooling till at least May 1st. Toby’s job announced to him that they will be having him work from home. And then the church followed suit and announced we won’t be having Church meeting either and we’ll be doing that from home. It all just felt surreal. That first week was the craziest. It was kind of difficult getting used to the kids doing school from home and figuring out the computers and whatnot. THEN...on top of all the worry caused by this virus....Utah had a 5.7 EARTHQUAKE.  WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Seriously Wednesday morning Toby and I were waken by our bed and room completely shaking harder than anything I’ve ever felt before. The kids were out sleeping together on the couch like they always do so we ran out there to make sure they were all okay and they were but were pretty shake too. (Haha see what I did there.). Kemp made me laugh so hard...he said “I knew it was either the corona virus or an earthquake.”  Yep buddy you were right. Haha. It was an earthquake and just added to the chaos and stress that so many of us were feeling. I along with the rest of the world worried if we had enough food and supplies so before the earthquake Toby and I had ran to walmart and loaded up on groceries etc but so many people had already done it that all of the shelves were empty. No toilet paper anywhere but luckily I always stock up on that so we were good to go. After the earthquake it just got worse. Going into a store was so hard! Shelves empty, people worried about getting the virus. Then I started thinking if the earthquake had made the power go out we would have just lost all the food in our fridge and freezer that we had just bought. It honestly just felt like the end of the world was coming. Aftershocks kept happening and freaking us all out. The trumpet on Angel Moroni fell off the Salt Lake Temple. A few things fell of our shelves but nothing major. Just gave me anxiety for like he next 4 weeks. Really I would wake up and think I felt an earthquake. Sometime I had felt an aftershock. Sometimes nothing. This little picture I got was Kemp right after when he said he was scared. So dang sad. - BUT there is always silver lining. I have loved having my kids and husband home the last week or two. We’ve gotten so much done around the house. Lot’s of organizing and cleaning since we are quarantined to home. Also we turned our little laundry room into a school room. It’s so fun watching the three boys going in there to each of their desks to attend “school” together. It’s been a big adjustment for mom but I’m soaking it all up!