A Peek Into My Life: Stay Home

This isn’t meant to be a political post or a preachy post. As the title implies, this is just a peek into my life – my life at home.

As you may know, I have two teenage boys. They do school work online every morning (and the older one often has to continue after lunch). The three of us have been taking Taekwondo lessons for the past several years. I’m coming up on my 2-year anniversary of TKD. We were supposed to have a belt test last week. My 16-year-old would have moved up to Recommended Black Belt (which meant he’d be able to test for Black Belt next November or May). And I would’ve moved up to Red Belt, the first of the advanced level belts at our dojang.

Obviously, our belt tests and classes were cancelled. But our dojang has been doing classes by Zoom – 4 opportunities per week – and giving students the opportunity for private lessons. We take 1 or 2 Zoom classes per week and have a private class for the 3 of us together once a week. Then we have our own family class (including my husband) once a week. This is working for us! And luckily, since my son and I were ready to advance, our instructor is teaching us new curriculum for our next belts. This is awesome because we don’t get bored while stuck at home, we continue to progress, and we’re getting exercise.

And while they do school work or get some fresh air and exercise outside, I write. I’m working on getting a novel for kids published under a pen name – it will release at the end of the month. The Shifter Hunters trilogy comes out in May, so I’m working on some promo for it. And I’m finishing up the final (hopefully!) revisions on Falling For Kigali. Next up, working with a cover designer and figuring out the publishing timeline.

Having my husband home means we’re eating really well these days. He’s mixing in some new recipes with our family favorites. And, like many people, he’s baking.

I hope you’re doing okay at home, staying busy if that’s your thing but being kind to yourself if it isn’t. Self-care is even more important than ever right now. Take care of yourself! And, please, stay home!