Joel has been biking and working on a project he has going. He does not have a designated shop, although half of our two car garage is where he keeps everything. He usually ends up working mostly in the driveway, thus his desire to have wheels on most of his equipment! These projects are a great way to focus on something besides the world as it is right now.....Do you have projects to work on? It is a good thing........
Last week one of our grandson's celebrated his 19th birthday. It must feel strange for all of our grandkids to be living through this. College online, school online, visiting with friends online....Of course they did some of that before Covid-19, but it is got to be rough for everyone....actually I expect for all ages!
On Monday night we had dinner with friends, Mary Lou and Keith, to celebrate Keith's 65th birthday. We had dinner here at our table and they had dinner at their's in Tucson! With Zoom as our meeting place we were able to fellowship with good food and friends. Isn't technology great?!
On Tuesday we were able to visit with our oldest son Matt, who along with his wife Michele had come up with the idea of giving us some of their disinfectant wipes and sanitizer and Matt also shopped for hard to find items AND picked up our list for Trader Joe's. We shop there in quantity every two to three months, since we don't have one in our little city. It is great to be stocked up again, and to have disinfectant wipes, sanitizer, and more toilet paper! It was even more fun to talk with Matt even if it was through our glass storm door. He sat on the porch and we sat right inside the door and we were able to chat, briefly. We missed his hugs, but it was nice to see his face again! A new reality for now.
Wednesday was Earth Day and we watched two specials on the National Geographic Channel...."Born Wild" which was about baby wild animals across the world and also a two hour special on Jane Goodall that was very interesting! We have also found another show we like on Animal Planet, It is on Sunday nights here and called "Saved By The Barn". It is about a barn sanctuary in Michigan. We love animals so it is a great show to escape in.....that and the weird show, "Life Below Zero: Port Protection". What can I say.............
Joel has met with a colleague group monthly for 24 years, so they have now gone to a Zoom meeting to visit and share with each other. It has been a time of sharing, venting, laughing, praying and eating together. They can't eat out right now but they can all connect via Zoom. Like I said before, technology is great!!! On Easter night we did a Zoom visit with several of our children and that was great! Hope to do it again in the future. I have seen funerals done online this way.....It is not what we all had planned for our lives, but it is the reality of what we are experiencing for now.
Friday we went for a ride to first check out fields and see what was planted ( you can to boy out of the farm but not the farm out of the boy). It was so strange....we both felt like the car was going really fast and Joel was going only 45 miles an hour! We decided we have spent so little time in the car that we are not used to it anymore! What??!?! Crazy!
I looked back at our week and thought....."Wow, we were busy"! What? Ha.....It seems that way now....with social distancing. Where there is a will there is a way though. I noticed Joel visited individually with 3 of our neighbors this week......all stayed at least 15 - 30 feet apart while chatting.
Most everyone on our block are in their sixty to seventies......a quiet neighborhood cul-de-sac with few houses......with wide streets and green yards. Perfect for social distancing! We are so grateful to have our space and to be out and about without leaving our property!
So, I hope your week has gone well, that you have managed to connect with people through social distancing, our phones, and the Internet. How did you fill your days? I hope the sun is shining in your corner of the world, and I pray the Son has His wrap around shield around you, protecting you and blessing you as only He can. Have a good weekend!
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