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[quote=Anonymous]One lawyer, one engineer, both working from home. We haven't been to a grocery store since March 14 and we've done take out maybe five times, all in the last few weeks. We have not gotten our hair cut at a salon, I haven't gotten my nails done, and the only place we've been other than our house has been the barn to ride our horses and two stores where I wore a mask and was in and out quickly. I have no idea when we'll go back inside a restaurant but it's not on our list of things to do any time soon. Additionally, we'll both remain working from home through the rest of 2020.

1) sending them to camp if it opens - No. The summer camp they were set to attend canceled the whole summer and we're glad about that. It makes working tough, but I just can't get comfortable with all the kids from all over the place that would be there.
2) visiting family in a state that is less cautious about distancing - Yes, we would do this, assuming our family was not in a high-risk category. My in-laws are that, so we have not visited them. My family is not, but they are a flight away and we aren't keen on getting on an airplane any time soon.
3) considering outdoor playdates - Yes, we have been doing these probably since April? Bike rides and tree climbing and other activity. Our kids are both six, so they're old enough to be aware but young enough to forget sometimes. We haven't been overly strict about the six-foot rule probably in the last month and we have never made them wear masks.
4) playground visits - Yes, I would do these if they were open, but with hand sanitizer at the park and hand washing at home. However, I would likely only do the playgrounds in our neighborhood rather than ones in the surrounding area.

Our feeling has been, since we know our neighborhood friends well and we are aware of what others are doing (including the things they're doing that we would not do), we have decided that that is our world, so we are fine doing walks with other adults (my husband and I alternate every morning who walks the dogs with friends) and outside play dates with other kids. We left DC and now leave at the beach and our life is so much about the outdoors, which has probably hastened some of our decisions in that regard, although my husband has been doing a lot of research and has been very cautious about everything. Oh, and we finally had our maid come back this week, which was delightful![/quote]

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