Chapter Eleven: Bursting our Bubbles
Dear Diary,
Friends and family often ask me how the children are holding up and, up until this last week, my standard response was always, “remarkably well.”
Chapter Ten and a Half: Summer “Break?”
Dear Diary,
The jacarandas are in bloom throughout Southern California. The first time I ever saw a jacaranda was also the first time I ever visited Los Angeles, sometime back in the mid-nineties. Whizzing around the city (traffic was similar to current lockdown conditions back then), I recall being absolutely enchanted by the technicolor purple trees, which blurred together like an impressionist painting wherever I went.
Chapter Ten: Time Slowly Moves Fast
Dear Diary,
Prior to the Quarantine, Mondays weren’t entirely all bad. After a long weekend of family togetherness, there was a modicum of relief to be derived from successfully depositing the children at school and leaving them to be safely ensconced in their studies for the next eight hours. Now that I’ve become a governess, Mondays no longer offer any such reprieve.
Chapter Five: Perhaps this isn’t the worst thing?
Dear Diary,
It is progressively harder to keep track, but today marks a full month of quarantine. My governess duties are more and more manageable and I am very happy to report that my French is improving dramatically by the day! .
Chapter Three: To Hydroxychloroquine, Or Not?
Dear Diary,
Another week draws to a close. There seems to be some progress in my governess duties as mistress Olivia has finally accepted that online learning is not optional and that she will indeed need to “do school.”
Chapter One: Quarantine Begins
Dear Diary,
A fortnight has passed since I became a Governess, Short-Order Cook and Scullery Maid in the blink of an eye…