Peter Capaldi Day
We are all still alive, though in various stages of insanity.
Ben cleaned the basement. All of it. Laundry too… He did an excellent job, and I think he should be permanently banished there. Don’t tell him I said that. I would miss him though.
I have one child who wishes she was a maid. Even wants to be called “maid.” And the other child? She throws epic fits claiming that she’s treated unfairly like Cinderella… Their efforts are equally reflected.
Smallest child did some chores. No school work. She’s been so afraid to do any more because she had a really rough online lesson the other day and doesn’t feel like she can do any more. But tomorrow we will try again.
Oldest child did some chores, but then fell asleep around 4pm and has been sleeping ever since. It’s now 8:30.
Just when I think we are all getting over the crud, it feels like it circles back around.
So we ordered dinner tonight. Contact free delivery is quite unusual. Call, order, pay, add a tip without knowing what service will be like, wait for the doorbell, pick your food off the porch, transfer to clean dinnerware, toss takeout containers, wash hands for 45 minutes, consume said meal…
It was so nice to not have to cook. I wish we could do delivery for every meal.
Though the 45 minute hand washing might be a bit obnoxious.
I suppose it would be easier if I could get to the grocery store, but with the constant run down feeling, and the high risk of catching coronavirus right now, it’s just not worth it.
I’ll have to call and find out how to order grocery delivery this weekend. I’ve never done that before, so I guess it’s a new adventure!
After talking with some friends today, I’m realizing that we all have it pretty scary and rough right now. The uncertainty is overwhelming and unnerving.
My town, though, in the heart of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wyoming, has come together like you wouldn’t believe. Everyone is working hard to keep small businesses open, and trying desperately to avoid layoffs. It isn’t always working though, and people I love will be hurting from this very soon…
So for today, I’m grateful that my babies are here, healthy, and strong. I’m grateful for delivery. I’m grateful for being able to work from home. And I’m grateful that my very own basement dweller is here more hours in the week. I miss him when he’s working full time.
Surviving COVID-19 and all its economic, emotional, social, and medical impacts will change every single one of us. I just hope it finds us more compassionate.
Corona Can't Keep Me Down 
That was the best blog I’ve read, I felt the sincerity in it and the fear, but still, at the end, felt the gratefulness and hope. Your blogs have made me laugh and help me to realise that people are still out there getting thru this one day at a time with the rest of us. This blog made me smile, tear up and yet somehow still feel hopeful.
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