We have been keeping busy in the Nelson household this fall. Two weekends ago we headed to Minnesota to help with Harvest. We went on Friday evening, and basically just ate supper and hung out at home and visited with mom.
On Saturday, we spent some time in the fields. Elliott rode in the combine for about 6 hours, and still didn't want to leave. I rode along with dad on a couple trips to town in the grain truck. He even let me drive the grain truck on the way home, which was interesting. I had never driven a stick-shift before. It went okay. I at least stayed on the road. Emma came along on one trip to town, but she wasn't really interested and got bored after awhile. John and I also chopped some stalks, which was fun.
Elena and Rachel also came out for the day. It was nice to see everyone, and Emma and Elena had fun playing together. And the weather was absolutely beautiful. We had a 70 degree day and it was just a perfect fall day. We headed back home late Saturday night because I had to teach Sunday school on Sunday morning and then work at the call center from 11-6pm. It was a heck of a weekend. But I was glad we went when we did, because they finished harvesting last Wednesday. So, we just made it.
Last week we kept busy with meetings and an archery class for Emma and a Ninja class for Elliott. Parks and Rec does a pretty good job of putting on classes and activities to keep kids busy. Emma really like archery, and there was a free class at the Kuehn community center on Wednesday evening. Then, on Thursday evening, Elliott had a Ninja class at the same building. The kids just loved their classes and had a really good time.
School continues to go well. Elliott loves it, and he is doing really well. I think everything comes pretty easily to him so far, and as far as I know he is pretty well behaved in class. Emma is also doing well, but she tends to rush her work and not complete everything when she turns in a paper, so we are trying to work on that. She just doesn't really care about her work, so we are trying to change her attitude a little bit. But overall, both kids are doing really well, and I am just glad that the kids are still in school.
This past weekend we went out to Jim and Barb's to bring some stuff to the camper and bring out our plants that we were throwing in the pit. We also ate supper out there and then Jim and Barb bought the kids some pumpkins at one of the farm places by their house. Yesterday, after church, we painted pumpkins in the garage while watching Hocus Pocus. It was such a good day! It was freezing cold outside (it even snowed a little), but we had the best little pumpkin celebration in the garage. John had football on his computer while we watched Halloween movies on the projector. What a great day.
I do think it is time for another Covid-19 update. Things are pretty rough right now. Our numbers are crazy high right now. We are averaging about 800 new cases a day, and have about 8000 positive cases right now. Our hospitals are full of sick, covid patients. We shut the ASC down again. We moved all of our cases to the main OR, and we are still doing our own cases in the Main OR in 3 rooms. So, some of our staff went to the Main OR and some were deployed throughout the hospital. It's been pretty crazy.
Today was my first day in the Main OR. It went ok. It was stressful and information overload, but everyone was really nice and helpful. We survived our first day, and hopefully tomorrow will be a little better and smoother. But I do fear that before too long, we will shut down more surgeries and have to staff other parts of the hospital. I hope not, but that's the way things are looking. People are still pretty bad at wearing masks and they are still gathering in crowds, so it's hard to get ahead of the virus. The election is in two weeks, so hopefully things can start improving once that is over.
So, work is crazy and different, we can't go anywhere without a mask, and we just keep hoping that the kids can stay in school. These are crazy times.
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