It’s amazing to me, as prepared as we are, that the first day of quarantine went as it did.
One Last Trip?
I had planned on making one more trip to Costco before going into quarantine. Did we NEED anything? Probably not, but there were a few items that I really wanted to get a few more of – mostly dairy type items. I do have other alternatives, but they take preparing, and I’m by nature lazy. I wanted another package or two of shredded cheese, some more heavy whipping cream and maybe some more eggs.
I messaged my mom to ask her if she wanted me to pick up anything for her. She asked me not to leave the house. I was willing to head out, but I understood her hesitancy. So because I wanted to honor my mother, I stayed home. It was the right decision.
Bad News from Texas
I got a phone call from my father-in-law. We had asked him to join us up here in Illinois because he really wasn’t ready for this. But in his phone call, he let me know that one of his friends was presumptive positive for Covid-19. While he hasn’t been in contact with this friend, he had other friends who have spent time with his presumptive positive friend with whom he has spent time. So he won’t be coming up, but he needs items to get him through this next bit – where hopefully he doesn’t come down with the virus.
In case he does get sick, we’re sending him “just add water” dry soup mixes to help feed him past these next two weeks (which he only has 1 can of soup per day). We’re also sending him Xlear to help keep his nasal passages clear and zinc lozenges. I found a great article on the benefits and problems with zinc, so make sure you read it before you run out and start taking zinc.
The plan is for him to shelter in place for 2 weeks. If he doesn’t come down with it during the next 2 weeks, then he’ll drive up here. We’re also sending him PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) so that if he does come up here he will be protected during his trip.
If he does come up here, he will be quarantined for an additional two weeks, so make sure that he doesn’t get sick from his trip up and it gives us an additional two weeks to make sure that he doesn’t have a latent infection from his being exposed in Texas.
Conflict
I am not putting this out there to throw my husband “under the bus.” I’m putting this out there so that all of you can understand that the conflicts that you’re experiencing right now are (very unfortunately) a part of this situation.
Despite having talked through almost all of this, my husband and I have had a lot of conflict during the last several days. I’m not going to go into it, as I don’t want people taking sides for or against. But the conflict has also caused other physical problems – as stress will do.
AND WE’RE ONLY ONE DAY INTO THIS!!
What we did during the day 
We homeschool, so school continued. My three kids who are still in school, all did school yesterday. Not a homeschool parent, but you’re kids are at home? If you need some suggestions for schooling your child, you can find some here.
So we still had greenery and snowmen winter decorations out. Yesterday, my oldest daughter and I spent time taking down our winter decorations and put our spring decorations. I so wanted to run to Hobby Lobby and buy a couple of new things, but obviously, I didn’t do that.
My oldest son spent some time trimming some bushes back.
My husband came home and will be working from home for the foreseeable future.
We ate dinner together and watched the first of eight Horatio Hornblower episodes.
Need some sanity suggestions for your family while you’re in quarantine? I’ve got an article on that here.
Food Storage Recipe
So I was thinking about something tangible that I could do to help all of you through this situation. Each day that I give you a quarantine update, I’ll also give you a food storage recipe.
Chicken Alfredo
Ingredients:
4 T Butter
1/2C flour (gluten-free flour works too)
4 cans evaporated milk (or use this recipe to make evaporated milk from milk powder)
1 – 1 1/2 C parmesan cheese
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 can chicken – drained and broken apart with a fork
Noodles
Directions:
Start the water for the noodles. Boil them until soft. Melt the butter in a large skillet or saucepan. Once the butter is melted whisk in the flour making a paste. Slowly add the evaporated milk. Whisk to incorporate. Whisk the parmesan cheese, garlic powder, salt, and pepper into the sauce. Stir in the chicken. Serve over the noodles.
What About You?
Are your families in quarantine yet? If you are, what did you all do? What are your regrets of things you wish you had done before going into quarantine? Share your experiences with us so that we can all be better prepared.
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