CRUISE LIKE A DAVIS : Our COVID Adventures- Week 11

Week 11 of Quarantine

May 24- 30, 2020

May 24th

This was not our TYPICAL COVID Sunday, because today WE GET TO SEE FAMILY! It has been 92 day since we had seen any of our family. We had Facetime, Marco Polo and called nearly every day but to be able to actually SEE them and HUG them was so special. We did take extra precautions due to COVID but I could not see family and NOT HUG them! In fact, I am not even a hugger but I NEEDED those Hug! Gigi Shirley, Poppy and Auntie Allie traveled down from Tyler to spend Sunday and Memorial Day Monday with us.

Needless to say... We were ALL HAPPY!

May 25th- Happy Memorial Day

The day started at the Irons track as all 7 of us ran and got our miles in. The boys played baseball for a bit before getting on the track and walking/ running with us. I was able to get in a 5K with my mom, dad and sister while Chris walked a few laps around the track and the kids rode their bikes in the parking lot.

We spent the afternoon shopping with Gigi and Auntie Allie and riding bikes. Chris did some smoking while we all played and rode bikes. Even Gigi Shirley, the coolest Gigi ever, rode the bike in the street with the kids. It was the perfect way to spend our holiday.

They ALL had so much fun riding bikes!

Oh to be a KID Again!

Thank you SO MUCH for coming to see us! It was a perfect way to spend the Memorial Day Holiday! We LOVE YOU!

May 26th

It was a long day of department meetings and faculty meetings as we wrapped up this school year. I learned via a Zoom faculty meeting that my principal, Mr. Condarco, was leaving to take a job at Porter High School. Even though I had only worked for him for just 1 year, he was literally the BEST admin I have EVER HAD! He was just THAT good! It was a sad day but I wish him nothing but the best!

How we spend our evenings nowadays!

THIS is our new normal!

May 27th

This day was Zoom-a-palooza and was spent literally ALL day on zoom meetings. One after the next during the hours of 8-4. I sat in 6 different learning sessions and got great ideas and tips for starting next year and finalizing grades and etc. It was a long and exhausting day but a necessary "evil" at the end of the year!

May 28th

This was the OFFICIAL last day of our contact for 2019-2020 and we got all of our final details wrapped up before 3PM. It felt good to get this crazy, weird and what seemed like LONG year finally closed! I cannot believe I have been teaching for 15 years. I can retire after 32 years so 2020-2021 will be the LAST year of my FIRST HALF of teaching! That is wild!

15 years of teaching MUSIC.. COMPLETE!

9 years of teaching HS Math... DONE!

Next year he will have been teaching for a DECADE! A WHOLE DECADE!

May 29th

Since it was our first official day of summer, we decided to take a day trip to College Station. I have been there a few times in college while in the traveling band for The Pride of Oklahoma at OU but it had been over a decade since that trip. I dressed the kids in OU apparel, naturally, and we got in the car and made the 90 minute trip. It was an uneventful but gorgeous scenic drive. We tried to tour the campus on our own but while looking for a parking spot got pulled over by TAMU police. It was a little aggravating since NOBODY was on campus but we were very nice and did everything he asked of us! He gave us a warning and was nice in the end. In fact, after a few hours of touring TAMU, we ate lunch at Chicken Oil restaurant and saw this same policeman ordering lunch. I offered to pay for his lunch but he refused. It is just funny how those things work! It was a great day touring Texas A&M and even though Natalie is only in 6th grade, she knows she wants to go to a BIG UNIVERSITY! I told her to start prepping for that NOW!

#BOOMERSOONER

It's a MUST... ALWAYS!

This was a great FIRST TRIP of the Summer!

The Tijuana fries at Chicken Oil!

These are worth the trip... DAILY! WOW, they are SO GOOD!

May 30th

BASEBALL IS FINALLY BACK! Well 7U baseball is! Luke had his first tournament since February 28th and it felt SO GOOD to be back! It was hot and humid but our baseball hearts were SO HAPPY!

This boy was SO READY to be back!

The new way of "GOOD GAME". We social distanced at the park and honestly, it was not that bad! We played at The Scrapyard so it was very large and well laid out! Not all baseball parks will be this way! But we are willing to make sacrifices, like spacing and etc to enjoy baseball again!

It was a great end to our school year and start to our summer! I have no idea how this summer will look compared to what we are used to but we are determined to make the most of it!

CHEERS TO SUMMER 2020!

But through it all, we know that GOD is still in CONTROL and HE IS STILL ON HIS THRONE! We will continue to look to HIM for answers and continue to pray for this situation and those it is effecting!