What Effects the Coronavirus COVID-19 Has On Homestay - EP 47
04/08/20 • 16 min
Helllllloooooo! Long time no chat! We were scheduled to come back in early March and then the pandemic struck. Now we are all physically distancing and staying at home, so the Homestay Kitchen had to re-work our podcasting schedule to fit our new routine. In the meantime, we thought we'd check in with you. How are you doing? Erin is now the multi-tasker extraordinaire working from home while maneuvering all five of her kids which includes two students. Mary is also navigating working from home while everyone else is also home, so finding a new routine has been challenging. In this episode, Erin is home with our emergency microphone and we recorded this conversation over the internet to make sure we are still social distancing. We wanted to pass along how we are doing, what the homestay situation has been like for us and people we know and finally what to do if you do still have students with you in this ever-evolving situation. All our families are healthy and safe and we hope yours are too. Please let us know how you are and if you do have a student with you, how you are all holding up. You can email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice note over on Instagram. Stay strong and we hope this episode can be a bit of light for you during this unprecedented time in our lives.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How Mary’s plans have changed.
- Erin gives an update on her students.#itsafluidsituation
- We talk about family bonding during COVID.
- Activities to do with your students.
- How are you coping? Let us know. #virtualhugs
- Check in on your students.
- Stay safe and take care.
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Email: [email protected]
Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestaykitchen
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Helllllloooooo! Long time no chat! We were scheduled to come back in early March and then the pandemic struck. Now we are all physically distancing and staying at home, so the Homestay Kitchen had to re-work our podcasting schedule to fit our new routine. In the meantime, we thought we'd check in with you. How are you doing? Erin is now the multi-tasker extraordinaire working from home while maneuvering all five of her kids which includes two students. Mary is also navigating working from home while everyone else is also home, so finding a new routine has been challenging. In this episode, Erin is home with our emergency microphone and we recorded this conversation over the internet to make sure we are still social distancing. We wanted to pass along how we are doing, what the homestay situation has been like for us and people we know and finally what to do if you do still have students with you in this ever-evolving situation. All our families are healthy and safe and we hope yours are too. Please let us know how you are and if you do have a student with you, how you are all holding up. You can email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice note over on Instagram. Stay strong and we hope this episode can be a bit of light for you during this unprecedented time in our lives.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How Mary’s plans have changed.
- Erin gives an update on her students.#itsafluidsituation
- We talk about family bonding during COVID.
- Activities to do with your students.
- How are you coping? Let us know. #virtualhugs
- Check in on your students.
- Stay safe and take care.
Links:
Join our conversation!
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: www.instagram.com/homestaykitchen
Facebook: www.facebook.com/homestaykitchen
Previous Episode
End of the Student Homestay Experience
It's coming to the end of the year and some students may be leaving or some students may be heading home just for the winter break. Either way, when it's time to drag the luggage out and dust off that passport, we need to start thinking about our pre-departure rituals. What is it like when your student finally leaves? What strategies are you going to put into place when it comes to saying goodbye?
In this episode, we tackle the end of the student homestay experience. And since we are talking about goodbyes, the podcast is going to go on a little vacation too.
We, Erin and Mary, will be taking the rest of the year and early 2020 to be with family and celebrate all the winter holidays. In the meantime, take a listen to some of our past 40 plus episodes and catch up if you're new to our show. We'd also love to hear from you about any topic from our episodes or... if you have ideas for future episodes, please let us know! Leave us a voice note and email us at [email protected]. Enjoy the rest of the year and have a wicked 2020!
Key Points From This Episode:
- #wearenotonabreak
- Erin goes through the steps of how she says goodbye to her students. #wailandcryandrefusetogettheirsuitcasesout
- When do you start to say goodbye? #weliveindenial
- Erin opens up about her hardest goodbye.
- We talk about the things students leave behind.
- Mary shares her tradition of goodbye gifts. #mybagisfull
- Connecting over good food. We chat about our special nights out with students.
- In what way are Mary and Erin completely different?
- When airport goodbyes could use some boundaries. #wrongtonewrongzone
- Erin talks about the turmoil of saying goodbye to your student at the airport.
- When your student’s luggage is overweight.
- Mary says sweep!
- How did Erin shock Mary?
Links: Episode 45: Boundaries and Rules During Homestay Experiences Google Translate Air Canada
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