also, about school:

mine go two days a week in person, 3 virtual

I asked my little one how school was last week

"it's getting easier"

I thought she was talking about the lessons and was a little confused as she never struggled ...

she was talking about the sneeze guards on her desk getting in her way, and the difficulties of eating lunch at her desk with the sneeze guard

it bugs her if it's "dirty"

she asks the teacher to windex it several times a day, apparently