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My son's school made it all the way to Thanksgiving break before going back to remote learning
It was a helluva run from mid-August to mid-November. We received notice Tuesday afternoon that my son's elementary school is going back to remote learning starting next week for five days, but that will cover a two-week period and let everyone take a deep breath & try to relax a little bit. The blue checkmarks of the social media world told us kids going back to school would be a disaster and the only option was to lock the children in a house and sit them in front of a computer and distance learn. Yet here we are at the Thanksgiving arts & crafts part of calendar, and the school made it with zero issues in our son's class. Across the school building, there were very few issues. The teachers buckled down and kicked ass to make this all happen. You're damn right my wife and I are thankful for how things have gone. We have a son who is all jacked up to attend school and is progressing through his lessons after a chaotic year.
I wouldn't be against the school district telling the teachers to enjoy a couple of personal days before 2020 ends. Get the mentals recharged. Maybe enjoy a couple of late-night glasses of wine, wake up with a hangover during the Thanksgiving break, let loose one or two nights -- at home after 10 p.m., of course, because the governor says so -- and then let's get after it until Christmas break. Recharge again and let's bulldoze through 2021.
• In basement news, I got my hands on an apartment-sized fridge for the two-tap keg system that I expect to be functional here in a couple weeks. My brother, who works in the beer industry and is a garage fridge expert, says I might even have room to leave a couple racks in the fridge for bean dip tray storage. Now I need to start pricing quarter barrels from the distributor. Any suggestions on what should be on tap first?
• Here's something I never thought I'd see. People are escaping from NYC and moving to...Serbia! I was thinking Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina would be hot. Turns out there are no quarantine requirements for Americans in Serbia. Keep Serbia on your must-visit list in 2021.
• It's a shame we won't get Ole Miss-A&M Saturday. There's a good chance we would've seen a 73-59 game over 5 1/2 hours. It would've been wild.