If you see numbers going bad where you live, do you change your behaviors?
If so, what more do you do (or stop doing)?
It’s tough to strike a balance between living a “normal” life and taking precautions. We have eaten at a restaurant 5 times since March and we really enjoy eating out. Two of those trips were on an outdoor patio. We just get takeout now. Last year, for my wife’s birthday we flew to Hilton Head and ate out all 3 nights. This year we drove, had room service one night, got takeout, and ate on the beach one evening, and ate out on a patio the last night.
My son’s birthday is July 2nd. Last year we rented out a local pool and had roughly 40-50 family and friends there swimming, eating and just hanging out. In years past we’ve rented out bowling alleys and shelters at parks and done the same thing. This year we let him have two friends sleep over and had second thoughts doing that.
Last Thanksgiving, my wife cooked and we had 15 people from 5 different households over. This year, it looks like it’s going to be my family and maybe her mom and my mom (but even that isn’t for sure).
On the other hand, we had a full travel softball season like we normally do, but there is no end of season party this year. We’ve also let both kids play regularly with 2-3 of their best friends.
It’s tough to strike a balance and I think when you have kids it might be even tougher because they want to be with their friends.
