Swimming in a pool of Covid

So how all this went down...

From what they say on CNN, the virus came from Wuhan, China. I think it would have traveled to the US some time in December. And there were definitely confirmed cases in the US at the end of January.  A student in Cambridge essentially turned himself in. It was here. And coming to get us. In Winchester. But we didn't know it yet. And just carried on...business as usual with an air of weirdness absolutely everywhere.

February Vacation we went to NYC. That's not germy at all. We did all the touristy stuff -- American Girl Doll Store, Ziggy's Stardust Diner. We walked around the lower east side. Oh yeah, and we literally swam in a sprinkle pool, definitely full of Coronavirus in SoHo. I mean, we must all have definitely had the virus - without a doubt. Look at this place - It was a germfest germapalooza!

I remember when my friend Maria and I bought the Ice Cream Museum Tix.  I sent her a text saying, "Yum...swimming in a pool of corona." as a JOKE. Little did I know what a wise but messed up comment that was at the time.

Also over the vacation we continued our exposure to germs in full force visiting the museum of science with our cousins. I mean, I'm guessing not a lot of people from the Biogen Conference in Cambridge that basically gave Corona to all of Massachusetts have been in contact with anyone in Cambridge who's laid on that bed of nails.

Then there was the last restaurant we ever went to before we didn't go to restaurants any more. I can't even remember the name actually. I just googled "Sports bars Lego Discovery Center" because that's my memory of the last restaurant. It was Tony C's Sports Bar and Grill.  And I remember we were being really careful. And we all washed our hands before we ate. Just makes me laugh thinking about that whole trip, knowing what we know now.

It was another weekday. We went to the outlets in Somerville for lunch and to get shoes and clothes for Ethan's Bar Mitzvah. Which we all now know never happened as it occurred on Covid-19's opening weekend. Poor Ethan.

It was also the weekend of Mason's last gym meet of the year. Which I had considerations of whether to even send her. My gut was no. It was at Beach Party Meet at Dana Hall in Wellesley, MA. There had been confirmed cases of Covid at a Wellesley elementary school just a few days before. Deep down I knew it was a bad idea and tried to talk and social-media convince my-self out of it. But how could I? It's Mason's favorite thing in the world. And she would hate to have that taken away. I wished it was cancelled. But it wasn't. So we went. Me, Mason and Jacob. And we tried not to touch or breathe on anyone. But we were sitting in bleachers....shoulder to shoulder...and the girls were all using the same equipment/chalk/gym mats and so on. But the gym did look and smell really clean! Actually, the twins and I went out after Mason's meet to California Pizza Kitchen that night. So technically, that was the last restaurant I've been to...and that was on March 8, 2020.

So that was all the fun we were having before this whole Covid-19 thing got off and running. Or before we were actually aware of the seriousness of it all. I still find it hard to believe that we didn't contract the virus somewhere along the way. But this was pretty much last days of any kind of normalcy. Nuts.

Camp Covid - Lieberman Style

I'm sitting in bed next to my Mason. We are starting a new blog. I think she was inspired by the Wondertwins Blog I created when her and Jacob were teeny tiny. Anyway, we have been in this crazy Corona Pandemic now for about 2 weeks now. We are totally making history. Not in a good way. But we think this would be interesting to look back on. Mason came up with the idea. Not really. But she told me to say that.

Since school and work has been closed we've had a lot of family time. Some may say too much. Not a little too much. But a lot too much. According to Mason anyway. But I agree. It has been a lot. It's really hard to have school at home. And work. And cook. And, well, all of it.

Hi!! It's Mason. I have taken over! Since we are going it be spending a lot of time on this blog i would like to introduce everyone in my family. So first there is My Mom she is a writer and a really fast typer. She is a hardworking Mom who will do anything for me jacob and skye. Next there is my dad. He is from England and has a very thick English accent that my moms loves. He makes medicine and is really smart. Next there is Jacob. Me and Jacob are twins. He is a boy scout and loves to cook. Sometimes my mom thinks we share a brain. Next there is Skye, Oh boy. She is eight and is in second grade. She loves to dance and does hip hop classes. She is convinced that her stuffed animal "Big Bear" is in love with her.  Finally there is me. I am in sixth grade and I love love love gymnastics. I am on the Xcel bronze gymnastics team and I can do a back hand spring, ariel,walk on my hands and other skills. I also play soccer and my mom is my coach!!