Family Chaos!

<p>Family Chaos – Podcast Interview with Lester and Christie Seligman</p> <p> </p> <p>Lester and Christie Seligman join Calming the Chaos for a fun conversation about family chaos. Through the Pandemic, Lester and Christie had their adult children return home to live. As a family they also faced a number of additional related and unrelated stressors. Lester and Christie share their stories of chaos in a lighthearted and upbeat way, and also share their secrets about how they managed to calm their chaos during an exceptionally stressful time.</p> <p> </p> <p>The goal: For Lester and Christie to share their stories of chaos through the Pandemic.</p> <p> </p> <ol> <li>Introduce yourselves, and give an overview of your family situation (no names are necessary)</li> <li>Tell some of the stories of chaos, and how you handled them. Stories include, but are not limited to the following:</li> </ol> <ul> <li>Living in a 2300 sq ft with 4 adult couples, 3 dogs and 1 cat</li> <li>The garbage/recycling/storage needs of all people under one roof</li> <li>Figuring out grocery bills</li> <li>Dealing with conflicting dietary restrictions/preferences</li> <li>The story of work: young adults working primarily in retail, restaurants and daycare led to 8 different COVID scares - at one point</li> <li>6 weeks in a row, someone came home reporting a coworker exposure and needing to be tested before returning to work</li> <li>How to handle the lack of privacy for all of the family members</li> <li>Handling the daily work stresses in a house full of people working in essential services during a pandemic</li> <li>Christie’s Dad being diagnosed with inoperable cancer in the midst of everything</li> <li>Adopting my Dad and his wife's dog as they moved into a long-term care facility</li> <li>Privacy concerns, and not being able to say anything in this house without someone walking in and asking "What?!"</li> <li>Other stories?</li> </ul> <ol start="3"> <li>The most important things to remember for handling chaos in a family (Lester and Chris