Oy, I didn't even realize it was a new month until we were about a week into it!
TonyaK, thank you for starting the thread. If it makes you feel better, I've only been running once, maybe twice a week, totaling 4-7 miles! It is HOT here, even at 5 AM. If you do want to get running though, walk all you need to! You don't ever have to build up to only running. It takes a long time for your joints, muscles, etc. to adapt.
We did finally hear from our district. Students go back 7/27 as they would have otherwise but only online. A couple of other districts pushed their starts back to the following week. Right now, the governor isn't allowing in-person public school until August 17, and things might even change before then. One district already made the call to wait until mid-October for in-person.
This, of course, is a huge issue for working parents. Many companies are still working remotely but not all. One interview I had, the woman said they are working remotely but would want the person in the new position to work in the office initially. Which is weird, because it sounds like no one else is?? Anyway, that would be likely eventually and might not match up with what the kids are doing.
So yeah, I'm not outside much other than swimming. It suddenly got really hot here last week, and the lows are now over 80. Plus I have no reason to get up super early so I'm not!
I did this week start a challenge from Burn Bootcamp. It's a 30 day thing, you just track your meals, do I think at least 4 Burn workouts a week, and then have a daily challenge, like 2 minutes of jump squats. I printed out the packet they sent and my favorite part of it is where it says: Send a gratitude video/text to at least 1 person each day. I like the idea of reaching out in a positive way every day!
I've had interviews with 3 companies so far--ASU, Sonora Quest Labs, and CGCC. ASU sent me the "thanks but we don't want you" email last week. Which is OK, I didn't feel like I fit in there. Sonora Quest was a 30 minute call with a lady Friday afternoon. She asked for samples which I sent over the weekend. Haven't heard from her again but will email her tomorrow if I still haven't.
Had a second interview with CGCC today. They had me put together a presentation. I went back and forth between annoyed at having to work and enjoying it. I had all kinds of technical issues--kept losing audio and then video for a bit--but I pulled it off. Even had to use my cell phone as a hotspot and call in on my landline.
At the end, he talked about next steps and thanked me for my presentation and I couldn't tell whether he was like "Yes! We love you," or "Thanks and we'll never talk to YOU again."
Waiting is the worst! I should hear back in a week.
My kids are on screens a ton too. I still give them a list of stuff to do but they have gotten surprisingly fast at completing those tasks. We do try to swim about 3 times a week in the neighbor's pool. DD is still going to gymnastics and DS doing taekwondo online.
Such strange times, aren't they?
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Stephanie, I hope you both drop in!