Homebound Update #2

So, I'm on day two of being homebound. (It's day three for The Wife and Spud. I had to go into school Monday for a few hours to grab my resources to take home). So far, we have made it without screaming or throwing each other out windows. Basically, we have enforced a schedule upon ourselves. As The Wife and I are both basically running our classrooms from home, we have to make ourselves available from 9-2. This is also peak Spud Time. Here's the rules so far:

For Adults

1. You must get out of your pajamas and into actual clothes for the day. They don't necessarily have to be school appropriate, but they can't be what you woke up in.
2. You must maintain the same level of hygiene you would maintain during a normal work week.
3. No more than one snack bag of chips per day.
4. No drinking before 2pm. 
5. One room a day will be cleaned thoroughly
6. The last 1-2 hours before bed must be completely devoid of electronics except for music. That is quiet grown up time for games, reading, or "other."

For The Spud

1. Adult rules 1-3 apply to you.
2. You will follow a weekday schedule:
   9am-11am: Educational time (worksheets, reading, practicing numbers and letters, etc.)
   11am-12pm: Snack and free time
   12pm-1pm: nap or quiet activity time
   1pm-2pm: Educational time (flash cards, educational electronic toys, educational video like NatGeo or PBS)
   2pm-4pm: free time and helping with clean-up. Baths when appropriate.
   5pm-6pm: Utilize the free streaming from zoos and aquariums
   6pm-7pm: Garbage TV time (My Little Pony, Glitter Force, Voltron, She-Ra)
   7pm or so: Wrapping up and bed time.
3. The schedule is flexible when weather will allow us to go outside.

It seems to be working for everybody so far. As far as food, we have been working through the corned beef and cabbage I made on Sunday. It has been utilized for three meals as well as snacks:

Colcannon from Sunday became the mashed potato topping for a shepherd's pie yesterday!

The cabbage and potatoes became the side dish for smoked sausages tonight!

The corned beef became Reuben snack bites!

We are also trying to keep spirits up with snacks and desserts. I found a box of pineapple upside-down cake mix (with a can of real pineapple enclosed!) lurking in the back of a cabinet. The Spud helped me assemble it and it turned into a serviceable dessert!

Doesn't look like much but it works.

So that's where we are right now. Things look grim as far as returning to school. Looking more and more like the remainder of the year will be online learning. Stay safe and we will stay in touch!