Teri Parris Ford's Blog

Celebrate 1/2 Way

I'll take anything I can get for an excuse to celebrate. Friday was the last day of the first semester so I took Erika out to lunch. Tomorrow begins 2nd semester. I've enjoyed a really nice schedule and tomorrow that changes to an overload-- 4 different classes, 6 hours. I'm teaching classes I have had at least once before, so nothing new, which is the most stressful, but I've only taught Animation once before, so I'm a little nervous. I always change a few things here and there in my classes and decided to use a bit slower approach, especially since so many kids will be out. I have yet to get sick this past year, and while there's a bit of fear there, I've been pretty careful this past month. I even quit going to hot yoga, but I'm still doing yoga in my basement. It's just not very hot. I think the pandemic is stressing me out more than the overload. I'm so eager for the weather to get better so we can open doors and be outside more-- it just feels safer!

Being Careful...

We enjoyed a nice first week of January with frigid weather, light snow and no kids. Erika warned me not to go back to hot yoga which I did heed. Poor Jessi got the flu after new year's celebrations but tested negative for COVID. I've been told to wear surgical masks at school instead of fabric ones. Once the kids come back, I'm thinking I'll double up with both. It seems so crazy we are back to way life was a year ago, feeling like the pandemic is in full force. Even with vaccines and boosters, life seems a little scary. I am back to going grocery shopping at the crack of dawn in order to avoid people and only getting food to go.  The big question is not just when but how will this pandemic end!?

Happy New Year!

After 2 weeks of together in Rochester celebrating the holidays, Jim and I went out to breakfast and then I drove back to Madison to get ready for life, work, and reality. Living in Rochester is nice, the house is wonderful and being with Jim everyday is fun but it's not quite home yet. I was happy to be back in Madison and even happier to find that school had been put off for 3 days due to the uptick in cases from omicron. I am not excited about going  back to virtual school but I'm hoping it will only be a few days or weeks.