September at a Glance

This month has come and gone. The boys are loving being back in school, which makes this momma heart happy. As a school nurse things are very busy and all I can say is COVID sucks!!! My previously busy job now has a hole new element added to it with COVID and contact tracing on campus. I have become a pro at watching bus video and lunch room video to identify which students who are direct contacts to a positive case. And trying to determine if someone is COVID sick versus just being sick (because, yes, strep and flu are still around) all while trying to keep as many kids in their seats at school versus at home adds a whole new dimension. Who knew this would ever be part of my job?? In the past, parents were never excited to hear from the nurse, but this year is even worse. I have been yelled at, questioned and talked to in ways that no one should ever have to endure by parents. To say this is bringing out the worst in people is an understatement. I then leave work only to come home some evenings and work our district COVID call center documenting student's and staff who have COVID or are direct contacts and giving them a return to work date. To say I am ready for this to be over is an understatement. I keep thinking that it will get better, only to be proven otherwise. But, I do know that eventually this will all pass and I will be able to look back at this time and know that I did everything I could to keep my staff and students safe.

Despite COVID, luckily we have some normalcy in our lives with sports. I can't begin tell you just how happy that makes us!!!! We have spent every weekend watching either flag football, baseball, soccer, a combination of two or perhaps all three of them. Casen's flag football team keep winning, Camden's soccer team is a work in progress as the boys still are trying to learn one another and baseball is back in full swing. Unfortunately, Camden tweeted his knee playing soccer. I, of course being the great mom I am, have just kind of ignored his limp as it isn't every day, just basically after he plays soccer.  And truth be known, he hasn't really complained about it. But after he asked to be taken out after playing only the first half of a soccer game due to the pain, I decided we needed to go and get it checked out. So we headed to a sports medicine doctor and luckily he just felt it was inflammation and recommended rest and anti-inflammatories. So we took off for a week (luckily rain helped us not miss too much) and are on our way to getting back to 100%.

Running it in for a touchdown!

Touchdown catch!