School has started. All summer we had been hearing about the different options, but it wasn't until September first that the school board decided to go live. Of course, they said they could always go back to video and home schooling.
That hadn't worked out too well for us. We got everyone a new laptop (an early Christmas present). Ed fussed they would be back in school by Easter. I reminded him of all those wars that were going to be “over by Christmas.”
Fortunately, Ed and I could both work from home, so we could “help” with the online classes, Ed with math and science and me with English and social studies. Unfortunately, Ed and I have different philosophies. Mine is “Isn't this fun!” Ed's is “You have to learn, so you can go college and get a good job and make a lot of money. So suck it up!”
Josh wanted to know what Jesus would do, since “money was the root of all evil.” Ed told him that he would have more money to give to the poor.
Betsey, who is planning to be the AOC of her generation, (She got AOC glasses when she needed a new prescription. Fortunately or unfortunately, she already had AOC hair.) said that was classist. Ed snorted. I said she was right, but the more you know, the more you can help people. He snorted again.
They gave us two weeks to get ready. We did back to school shopping online, and for a while it was like Christmas every day with new packages arriving. When we dropped the kids off at school, it was like Halloween, with everyone wearing a different mask, animals, superheroes, cartoon characters.
I don't know what's going to happen for Halloween. I ordered some Scary Shapes candy (candy corn in shapes of bones and bats and so on), but the purple skulls had melted all over everything, and even though we managed to pull them apart, they still didn't taste good.
Of course this could all be over by Halloween. Good one.
