Friday 3 July 2020

Corona Diary, Day 111-115. Fifteenth week of home school

Day 111, Sunday 28 June
Fifteenth and LAST week of the school year of 2019-2020, and what an end to this year it has been!
I am so proud of the kids for how they have dealt with this whole situation. They adapted so quickly to this new way of learning and have continued to be dedicated, hardworking and above all resilient throughout these challenging months. But it is no secret - I wish above all else that school resumes (mostly) as normal at the end of August. The kids need the social interaction with their friends and to be in the school environment, just as much as they need the academic education. Fingers crossed!

This afternoon I met with Frida to wish her a happy summer. She and her family are leaving for Sweden this week, with hopes of returning mid-August.

Day 112, Monday 29 June
This morning we attended Lucas' MYP Graduation (=från grundskolan) via Teams.


It's a shame and a bit sad of course that this years Grade 10 won't get their prom and a proper Graduation Ceremony; but it was nice that they arranged this online celebration for the students. We enjoyed sharing it with Lucas, even if it was from the comfort of our sofa.


In other news we took delivery today of a new gadget. Or should I say a new member of the family - meet Roborock:


Yes, we will probably continue to do all the cleaning ourselves for a while yet, as we are unsure about the rules regarding having people from outside coming into your home; and whereas I look forward to eventually having my cleaners back - I thought we could do with a little assistance already now.
We will still do a big top-to-bottom family cleaning session every week, but I was thinking Roborock could be in charge of keeping on top of the dust and sand in between those sessions.


He has spent a good hour and a half mapping out the house during his first cleaning session this evening, and now I have to go through and insert a few no-go zones on that map where I could see he had trouble and got stuck. But I do think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!
It's the little things again.

Day 113, Tuesday 30 June
End of June. 2020 is now half done. I have no idea how that happened. Oaw.
I do hope that all our efforts of isolation and staying apart this first part of the year will mean that we will end the year under more normal circumstances. Here's to hoping.

Today was cleaning day, although at first it took some convincing. The troops didn't quite understand why they still had to clean now that we have Roborock. But, then while we were in the swing of things, both the oven and the fridge got a complete deep clean today as well! Yes, at least one really good thing that has come out of this home isolation is that the kids are now fully educated in every aspect of cleaning a home. Today they also displayed perfect team work which warmed my heart and made me so proud of them. The little things.

Day 114, Wednesday 1 July
This morning Linnea and the rest of the Grade 8 had their award ceremony, another online event. Linnea brought home an IB Learner Profile Award, for two things: Open-Minded & Communicator. Well done Linnea, so proud!



I also took Linnea to a nearby café where one of her teachers had planted herself for a few hours, to allow students to come say goodbye as she is leaving for good this year. Linnea has had teacher in different roles for the past three years, so she was grateful she got to see her before she left.

Yummy salmon and spinach risotto for dinner, and kids are so ready for the very last day of school tomorrow.

Day 115, Thursday 2 July
So this is it! LAST day of this academic year, and I HOPE the last we see of the e-learning in this way! Nobody knows still what will happen end of August, but everybody is hoping the kids will be returning to campus next year. A decision will probably not be made until in the beginning of August at the earliest.


Linnea made a kladdkaka to celebrate the holidays, yum!


Can you believe it, it is almost FOUR months since the kids had their last normal school day (5th of March)!! Four whole months they have been at home, inside, isolated, and now we have another two months ahead of us with summer holidays; continuing to be at home, inside and isolated - but with no routines. Oh boy...

Summer holidays are always worth celebrating though, so it was time to go out for dinner tonight for the first time in many many months. We chose a Thai restaurant we have been getting take-away from before, which we really like.



 And there we have it, the weirdest school year is over. Well done kids!

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