I am not complaining. If you’re likely to interpret this post as moaning or to be triggered by my privilege please skip this post. Cool?

We’re currently in the Shit. We knew this would happen but the joker cards we’ve been dealt have made it more challenging than we expected. Toronto is in the midst of its worst wave yet with the Coronavirus and the kids have transitioned to virtual school. This, obviously, has had a massively negative impact on the emotional well being of every family member but also the ability of Melissa and I to get work done. We’re losing hours a day of productivity OR we’re neglecting our children and their education as we focus on packing up the house, sorting out the myriad of insurance products we need, buying more crap for the boat that remains tied to a dock or even just trying to get a workout in. It’s a suboptimal situation and one that will not be changing before we move out of our house.

Making matters even more challenging is our decision to travel back home to the USA and get vaccinated. While we still believe that decision was sound we’re suffering from Canada’s absurd and, frankly, incredibly naive requirement that anyone traveling in to Canada must quarantine for 14 days. Reasonable people can argue the merits of certain aspects of this requirement but in April of 2021 with the virus and its variants raging within the borders of Canada it seems apparent to me that some modifications are in order. That said, we knew what the requirements were when we made our decision to travel. What the hard part is for me is that it seems to be most unfair and adversely impactful to the boys. They’re prevented from going outside to play with their friends. They can’t go to the school and ride bikes (just as Eli had discovered biking and was getting better each day). So not only are they stuck on screens but they’re not allowed to go outside and play with their friends. Despite 2 negative COVID tests in the past week. It’s absurd. 

We’re now half way through our 2 week quarantine and it seems the days are getting slower. What’s more, in 2 weeks from now we’ll go BACK to the USA to get our 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine and will then have to repeat this again. 2 more weeks of being stuck inside while their friends are outside playing. Such a cruel way to spend their increasingly limited time here in Toronto. It makes me feel selfish that we’ve done this. And it makes me want to try to find better solution to our predicament. I’ve yet to come up with one. I’d love to hear other’s thoughts on this. Or just confirm to me that what we’ve done is indeed selfish and detrimental to what’s left of our children’s happiness!