Sequestered 2020: the Intro

(Written yesterday...)
One of the old definitions of to sequester is to commit to safe keeping a person or item. To quarantine someone or something means to keep isolated due to illness. We are not under quarantine, since no one is sick but now that school is called off, I consider us to be sequestered!  This is history in the making, in my opinion, so being the story teller that I am, I thought it would be interesting to document some of our thoughts and activities to look back on some day.
Quick back story, over the past month or so, much of the world has been dealing with the spread of COVID-19, better known as the CORONAVIRUS. As a nation, the U.S. watched as little by little, it spread through contact and reached us. This past week there was much speculation about whether or not towns near us (WI) would take action and begin canceling things...well they did. The governor announced the closure of all public and private schools from Mar 16-Apr 6. Some districts had already closed, some even through the 13th.  It’s the weekend and that means we have school Mon and Tues before this long break. Unless of course they cancel that too!
So far we have not joined the panic hoarders, but we did go grocery shopping. We’re trying to plan for spring break so there were some things we needed.  Guys, the veggies were gone!!  I walked into empty shelves...all I wanted was 2 zukes!!  Meat was empty, no bread - hope you kids like bagels!  It was eerie. I keep our fridge and freezer pretty full since 4 kids eat a lot, so I’m not too worried.
The other weird thing about this is planning for schoolwork. The kids can do some stuff online, but our internet is spotty, so we’ll see how that goes. Dave went to school today to try and get some things set up for his students. He’s not locked out yet!  We joked that if he couldn’t get in, it would be a sure sign that we’re not doing the next 2 days of school. As of this writing, there are 3 cases in our county. School is on for tomorrow, life will be normalish for 2 days...and then?  We roll with whatever comes!