July 4th

Still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic here. Most notable in today's news is that yesterday, Tuesday, July 16, 2020, the US recorded 61,000 new cases, which is the largest single day total seen so far. That beat the largest single day total record that was Monday, which beat Sunday, and so on. People in the midwest and South don't want to wear masks and it's so unbelievably, infuriatingly obvious where this is going.

For us though, I feel like we are in the eye of the storm. We have excellent numbers and downward trends right now, but I'm expecting that the virus will circulate and come back to the Northeast. In the meantime, we have made some small decisions to enjoy the summer as safely as possible, which started with a trip to visit Jason's family, as we usually do on July 4/July 6, for America's birthday and Jason's birthday, respectively.

A couple days at the beach...

A couple dinners...

 

A couple dips in the pool...

A couple fireworks on the 4th...

And one 43rd birthday :)

Alex painstakingly made Jason a little holder for his iPhone at night while it is charging. Out of Legos. He was SO proud:

It almost felt normal! The ferries were empty and every other table was X'ed off, and of course we didn't go out for cocktails or shopping or anything. But seeing family we hadn't seen in months and months was so wonderful. I'm headed to Vermont tomorrow to do the same thing and I can't wait!