Seeing family during covid

We saw my parents for the last time on March 8 (my son's birthday party). My dad has REALLY bad just barely controlled with 3 meds asthma and my mom is a 3 years our cancer survivor. We won't see my parents until they're ready. My kids can't socially distance so I think it's going to be a while.

We saw my MIL when she came by unannounced to ask if I had some fabric she could use to make masks. She stood 6' away from the door and I tossed her the stuff to make them. No clue how long ago that was. She was on FaceTime with my kids (8 and 4) on Monday and told them that she had a get together with people from her trailer park on July 4 and they weren't wearing masks because they've all been hanging out together this whole time. Then one of the people there got pneumonia a few days later and was tested for Covid when he went for DIALYSIS (!!!) and it came back positive so she's staying home since she was exposed. UGH! SERIOUSLY! AND SHE TOLD MY KIDS THIS! We had a conversation about being responsible and making good choices to stay healthy.

We saw my FIL and his wife on Father's Day at his place OUTSIDE for a bbq. They live in the same county as us and further up the hill. We have a total of 72 cases NOW (I think we were at like 39 Father's Day) with no fatalities. My county is VERY sparsely populated- we have under 45K TOTAL people in the entire county!

I've been going to my classroom and seeing the teachers who work with me but we stay outside and distance. Some mask up, some do not.

When I'm out and shopping I'm ALWAYS masked up.

I was hoping to see my parents before we go back to school but we haven't been staying home. Dental appointments yesterday, porch drop off for my cousin friday, meeting another friend to give her something she had me make the same day. DH will go grocery shopping next week. It sucks. I want to see them soooo badly! They're seeing my sisters family who lives nearby because they're not going anywhere and if they're in the front yard and people walk by, they go into the house.

We have seen my parents and MIL. They live nearby and don't go anywhere except the store. However, DH works from home, and I am home for the summer. Once I have to go back to work in the schools, we will have to stop seeing them. Devastating. My mom is really depressed.

Oh Lainey, I cried reading this. My grandmother in Germany turned 90 last week, we were supposed to go for her birthday and I don't know if I will ever see her again either. Big hugs to you... 

Bitter and pissed, party of one lololol

I'm NOT in a good mood.

We see my parents. They've come to our home and we've been to theirs. For the most part we're still all staying pretty close to home. No one is going to restaurants, we're doing order pickup, and we're not socializing in other people's homes so I feel safe seeing them.

My brother works for us so we're still seeing him but not his wife and baby.

My in laws are much more willy-nilly about their activities so we do not really see them. We've met up with them a couple of times outside at social distance but now it's too hot.

I’ve done backyard masked and distanced visits with my parents. We can walk right into the backyard without going through the house and there are chairs already set up far apart. I have not been inside their home since early March and we used to have weekly dinners together.

My sister’s family comes by once a week and we chat outside on the porch. My daughter has come by twice for an outdoor visit. I hung out with my brother and other siblings at a park awhile ago. No indoor visits ever and we try to social distance.

i've only seen my sister and niece. haven't seen my brother since march.  i've seen my dad but from a good distance, outside only, and he was wearing a mask too.

We face time with my parents (mid 70s) every Friday evening. We have visited a few times outdoors.

Yes. My boys are both grown. I've been seeing them since about April. Even went on a vacation together. I haven't seen my mom, but I don't really see her much anyway. My MIL has been gone since December, but I'll probably see her next month as she's coming home form PA. Went on a trip with my sister and her kids, I think my husband and I are about all she trusts spending time with.

I’ve seen my MIL a few times. She lives about 70 minutes away in a smaller coastal town. I’ve driven out a couple times to bring her groceries when we didn’t want her going to the store. (And once I didn’t get the address on the amazon order switched🤦🏼‍♀️ for her Ensure order)

Once DH, DD and I all went out to surprise her with a baby kitten. Her cat passed in October and she was just saying in February at DD’s birthday that she might be ready for another one and then we had to SIP. So, we found someone who had kittens and got all the necessities and drove it out. My DH said it was so hard to not give his mom a hug.

But other than that, nope.

The bulk of my family works together, so we are already a part of the same bubble. That being said, any time we have gotten together socially it is always outside.

We did get together (again, outside) with DH’s family on Sunday, but his mom didn’t come.

Our cases were getting crazy for a bit, but they’ve dropped down the last couple of days. I’m hoping it’s a trend related to the mandatory mask order in a few places in our state, including my county. 🤞🏻 If not, and they continue to rise, I’ll be reconsidering outside gatherings.