The Brains Of The Family

A Memoir About My Father 

    Right now the world is going through a very troubling, unpredictable, and confusing time. Our lives have been completely changed in the blink of an eye. Students are now going to school from home, many workers lost their jobs, other workers need to figure out a way to continue working. This is all due to covid-19, a virus that has become a global pandemic and put the world to a halt. Alone, I would not really know how to get through this harsh time, but there is one main person who is calling the shots in my household, telling us what we need to do in order to stay safe, and that person is my dad.

My dad, Brett, is a very smart person. He works at a bank, so I am sure this pandemic is especially troublesome for him and the bank. Despite having to work a lot and focus on his job, he has been very useful to me and the rest of my family throughout this time. He threw out the idea of going to New Hampshire to live on our lake house. The lake house is much more private than our house in Belmont. We are surrounded by less people and have much less interaction with others, which is definitely a good thing. Unfortunately, my dad has had to work a lot still, so he only comes on weekends. He works from home though, and as a precaution he took a coronavirus test and thankfully tested negative. Therefore, we get to stay safe in New Hampshire, doing schoolwork and getting a lot of family time while he is still able to work.

My dad always makes sure we are being smart with our decisions. He makes sure to remind us to wash our hands a lot, don’t touch our face, and do not go near people other than family. He can get a little bit crazy with some of the extents he goes to in order to make sure we are safe, but I am thankful for it. When my mom took a trip to Belmont to pick up some things we needed, he sprayed them with disinfectant and left them in the garage for a few days, therefore if there were any viruses on the things they would be killed by then. He does lots of simple but smart things, things that I probably would not have thought of.

He started planning before I even thought that this virus would be a big deal. I remember I walked down the creaky stairs of my house in Belmont to go play some xbox and I noticed a bunch of canned foods and peanut butter that he had gotten just in case something bad happened with the virus. I recall getting on xbox and talking with my friends and saying that my dad got like six jars or peanut butter and a bunch of canned food. I said that very jokingly, almost as if I was making fun of him, but now that things have gotten bad in the world I realize how it was a very smart move by him to think ahead. 

Right now I have the luxury of being able to sit down and look out at the lake, while chatting with my family and appreciating the fact that I am able to spend quarantine in a not so bad way, meanwhile some people are going though really hard times. I am thankful that my dad thought ahead and is being very smart during this scary time, without his cautiousness I would not be able to have a reasonably fun and safe quarantine experience