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About me continued . . .

It is funny how we as humans have the ability to adapt to the situations we are in, it may take a while and we may not want to but never the less we do adapt. After 5 weeks in isolation, this now feels like the norm and imagining being able to see family and friends and going out simply to the park or beyond seems a distant dream.

We have  adopted a new routine, one which works for us. The school day is very structured starting at 8.45am and ending at 3.30pm and includes the Joe Wickes workout, handwriting and spelling, math, topic work and a violin and piano lesson. I have been wanting to start our boys off on learning music for a while now but as we all know, having the time is often the problem. Well, in isolation time is the thing we have lots of so we are trying to put it to good use. Our neighbors may disagree that teaching a 5 and 7 year old the violin is a good use of time!

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The weekends tend to be quite chilled with time for games, playing outside, puzzles and scalextrics. This routine is working quite well for us at the moment. As time goes on there is the inevitable bickering and getting on each others nerves which kicks in, at this point we have time out sessions filled with individual reading and training sessions on how to behave kindly and appropriately. It works as a deterrent as they are not fond of my behavior training sessions.

As I said in previous polls, we have been so lucky with the weather and it has really helped that they have been able to let off steam in the garden. We have been spoilt with sun everyday with no rain at all. Having looked at the weather forecast for this coming week it looks very rainy so that will change the dynamic, I am preparing to be pulling my hair out by Wednesday. I will let you know in our next poll which is coming soon.

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Poll 11 - SeaWorld Orlando: When the gates reopen, are you planning to go?

Third in our mini series asks the same question from Poll 9 and 10 and focuses on SeaWorld.  Like in the case of so many companies, SeaWorld, is being forced to borrow more and more money as time frames for theme park closures continue to extend. Our question for Poll 11 is when the gates open will you choose to visit SeaWorld? Will you just choose Disney or Universal or will you choose to avoid them and opt for SeaWorld? Based on the response to our Universal poll in comparison to our Walt Disney World Poll I am guessing that there will be even less of a response to this one, in that it deals with what many would feel to be the least popular of the three.

Having said that, our recent SeaWorld article, SeaWorld in Serious Trouble Following Park Closure had amazing interest which leaves me at a loss as to knowing whether people will head back to SeaWorld or won't they? So here it is, our choices as with Poll 9 and 10, they remain the same:

  1. Yes, I can't wait to go!
  2. Yes, but it will depend on what measures are put into place so I feel safe
  3. No, Not until a vaccine is sorted and I know it is safe 
  4. No, I won't be able to afford it
  5. Maybe, I really can't make a decision at the moment 

To vote CLICK HERE, don't forget to share it with your friends and family.

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Let me know if you have a great poll idea you would like to put to our readers. Like I said I don't know where our adventure will take us and what we will find out but come along for the ride by voting and sharing this post to keep theme park lovers all round the world smiling! 

 
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