New host family, what to do about arrival?

[Anonymous]

I’m the previous poster, I should’ve noted that she has a separate entrance which made the quarantine a bit easier as well.

[Anonymous]

Well, it's not much of a vacation!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did almost the same plan as the in-house quarantine poster above. She arrived on Wednesday. I bought a mini-fridge and microwave from Amazon (easy delivery!): and stocked her room with oranges / apples / grapes / and strawberries, croissants, lunch meat and bread, Oreos, almond milk, cereal, some frozen meals, etc, and paper plates, forks/knives/spoons etc.. I also brought her dinner meals each night.

I made sure that her Apple TV has all of the apps (Disney, HBO, etc), and as part of her welcome gift bought her a yoga mat, and weights from Target.

Lastly Peloton is running a free 90 day promotion, so I loaded that on to Apple TV as well.

The weather was decent, so I told her to feel free to walk around the neighborhood (with a mask on), and to our local grocery store.

We went to a MoCo county drive-up test center on Tuesday, and had her results by Thursday afternoon.

It was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, and she said it felt like a little vacation for her.

And you absolutely, 100% CAN NOT take this time from their vacation - ugh!

What part of your moral compass would allow you to think that there is any justification for subtracting vacation days? You are Harry Pottering her under the stairs. FFS.

[Anonymous]

I’m the previous poster, who listed out how we did the in person quarantine.

My ugh statement was towards the host parent who contemplated taking the quarantine time from her vacation ie ugh how could you even contemplate that!!

My Au pair was working 2 jobs in Mexico, so he’s, having her own room with a separate entrance, food, drinks, Apple TV, peloton, etc she did say it felt like a mini-vacation for her. I included some neat books, journaling items, etc. it was a time for her to relax before she started his new role with our family, but I would never EVER think about counting that as her actual vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had her stay at our house in her room or bathroom only for 5 days and then tested her. Stocked her room with snacks and treats, brought up 3 meals a day after placed by the door, microwave and mini fridge in her room, was too cold/snowy to do outdoor walks but the kids made her notes and cards and talked to her through the 2 floor bedroom window. Not ideal but the best we could do. It went fast actually.

Is this a joke? It sounds like she was imprisoned...