Commenting on what CC said re: teachers, my former teammate and good friend is a teacher and she has, uhm, a very strong opinion on the fact that after this 3.5 week lockdown the kids are going back to school (instead of remote learning) no matter what (our Minister of Education apparently fought for this in Cabinet of Ministers meetings and eventually got what she wanted).

In other news, a friend of mine is leaving to Poland for a week to live in a, quote, ''normal way, with no restrictions, not this insanity''. I have to be honest, if when this current lockdown ends (Nov14) nothing much will change for vaccinated and it will still be no dining/events, no meetings with ANYONE from other household, no indoor practices allowed and lockdown hours - I am packing my bags and leaving to work from Finland for a week. Honestly, I am an introvert, but I am sure in these 3wks I will go bananas from having no floorball, having to plan when I can do what in order to be back home by 8pm, not being able to meet my friends - not even for an outdoor run - etc. Sure, Finland is a damn expensive country if you're not working there (thus getting a high salary accordingly), but I have my savings for precisely cases like this - spontaneous ''ok, let's do it'' plans. I've been in Helsinki many times, know how the public transportation works, have an app for it and taxi also, almost everyone speaks English, so why not. And it's just 45min flight. Naturally, there's a question re: what to do w minis, but I've discussed this w DH already and he's fine w my plan and even considering to join (so we all would go).

6 miles last night on the treadmill. I forgot to move all the crap back that was behind it (boxes and other shit from MIL's apartment). Glad it's Friday.

ccoakley, schools are in such a tough spot. Staffing is a huge challenge and with covid, I think you need to almost overstaff because people are going to be out for close contact situations. That said, you can't even fill the needed positions, so everyone in attendance is stretched. I think there is also a push on some levels for more workplace flexibility & wfh, which is not poosible in some jobs. I do think schools need to reconsider the idea that staff have the be in the building when kids aren't. Sure, require core hours for safety reasons, but outside those, if people are grading papers and on zoom meetings, what difference does their physical location matter? There can also be a really unhealthy "we're all in this together" or "we're a team" mentality in schools--sure, I'm part of a team, but don't use that against me when I express my concerns about an unrealistic workload.

Kilmisters, here there was an initial idea that you close everything but keep schools open. I think this is what was happening in Germany and some other European countries. Not sure if it was all schools or just the youngest kids. The intial saying here was close the bars, open the schools, which got twisted to just open schools. They totally ignored any metrics and strong armed schools to open with threats to teacher's licenses. And now they wonder why they can't find staff

Me and my sanity are hanging in by a thread. Running laps around this RV park (1/3 mile), finding myself lingering when I go to the grocery store, getting easily annoyed, etc. For the most part it's been okay, and thankfully DH and I are pretty good at making each other laugh, but I need a house. And right now I don't have confidence they are going to be done by next week. They were supposed to be doing the fence/yard/sprinkler system this week, but when I drove by there yesterday they hadn't started. Apparently over the counter microwaves are hard to find right now. DH told the contractor we'd close without it as long as there was some contract that said it was coming. I just want a yard, and a place to get mail, and to get all our stuff out of storage, and a normal bed to sleep in, and decent internet.

Anyway, 7 miles yesterday (20 laps) and 4 today (12 laps). I'm running a 5k tomorrow morning and will do a decent warm up and cool down, mainly to get a little mileage in somewhere besides here.

Afternoon! Ran 15 outside after PT. That hurt, lol. It was rainy and 50F. Lovely to have no bright bitch in the sky.

Elina, got it. I won't go to Poland were apparently people are crazy. Hold on for these three weeks!

Kat, glad you're home!

HCK, nice run.

Karen, ugh! Nice runs but hoping you don't go crazy with the loops. One more week!

CC, I think so. I have parts (especially the back and ass) that are super sore when I wake up and when I move it goes away. Maybe all you needed was to crack the foot and it did that while walking? Glad it's not bugging you anymore.