I have lost track of what day it is and how long we've been doing this. We're somewhere in May. Our last day of school is on the 22nd, thank the good lord Jesus.
Everything has been canceled. Graduation has been postponed until July and Prom won't happen at all. My son's favorite Irish group, The High Kings, was supposed to tour in America this summer and now they won't be coming back until next year. Just as an aside, if you happen to be reading this, and you happen to like Irish music, check them out. They are amazing, especially the divine Darren Holden.
My friend and I had tickets to Dear Evan Hansen in Chicago in July but that's been canceled, too. All the local pools will be closed and most summer programs have been canceled. This will be one long summer.
But on the upside, we've been having more family dinners together at the table than ever before. We've been playing games together. I finally tried making sourdough bread and I'm pretty good at it. I'd love to say I've been reading and exercising more, but I have not. We're getting through the days one at a time.
Eventually this will end and I really hope we take some of the good stuff with us. I really want to go to concerts and plays again, but I also want to keep having dinners at the table with my family. It's increasingly hard as our kids get older and more active but hopefully we can make it happen. More later.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Thursday, April 16, 2020
The Longest Months of My Life
Well, here we all are in the same leaky, disastrous boat. We are on day 1,565,259,213 of this freaking pandemic. People are screaming for the country to reopen. Everyone is losing their damn minds. So I need to write.
Here in my state, we have had a huge outbreak at a local business. Someone dropped the ball and there are hundreds of people who now have this thing. They have brought it home to their families and maybe even their neighbors. New cases are popping up every day. But sure, let's open everything back up and if people drop dread, so be it.
I am not in the best head space right now. I find it incomprehensible that some people think this is just a conspiracy to control us. It's even more unbelievable that people are listening to the Huge Orange Idiot over actual doctors and scientists. It honestly feels like we're living in an alternate reality and I'm not sure when we're going to get out of it. I know I need to focus and pray and trust that God is going to take care of this whole thing and whatnot but it just does not seem possible right now. When is this going to just END already?
Honestly, there are some really good things that have come out of this. I love being home, I really do, but this has made me realize how much I love being able to come and go as I please. I miss the movie theater. I really miss Target. I miss being able to make long term plans. Hopefully soon, when this is all over, I will remember all that and not take it for granted again.
Off to grab some lunch. I swear I'm going to be 400 lbs by the time this is all over.
Here in my state, we have had a huge outbreak at a local business. Someone dropped the ball and there are hundreds of people who now have this thing. They have brought it home to their families and maybe even their neighbors. New cases are popping up every day. But sure, let's open everything back up and if people drop dread, so be it.
I am not in the best head space right now. I find it incomprehensible that some people think this is just a conspiracy to control us. It's even more unbelievable that people are listening to the Huge Orange Idiot over actual doctors and scientists. It honestly feels like we're living in an alternate reality and I'm not sure when we're going to get out of it. I know I need to focus and pray and trust that God is going to take care of this whole thing and whatnot but it just does not seem possible right now. When is this going to just END already?
Honestly, there are some really good things that have come out of this. I love being home, I really do, but this has made me realize how much I love being able to come and go as I please. I miss the movie theater. I really miss Target. I miss being able to make long term plans. Hopefully soon, when this is all over, I will remember all that and not take it for granted again.
Off to grab some lunch. I swear I'm going to be 400 lbs by the time this is all over.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Blogging To Blog
Oh wow, it's been a while. I don't want to let this blog fall by the wayside like I've done before, but man, life gets crazy busy. Still, I need to make time to write, as I sort of think it's what I'm supposed to be doing. Anyway.
Today I had one of my good friends ask me a truly sucky question: Where do I want to be in 10 years? Seriously? Ugh. I don't even like to think about where I'm going to be next week. And since America is such a complete dumpster fire right now, who knows if we're even going to still be here in 10 years?
But the answer is always the same when I think about the future: I want to write. I want to be a writer. I'm pretty sure it will never go beyond this blog, but I guess you never know. I'm not sure who I want to write for or what I want to write about, but I just really like to write, and I think I'm pretty good at it. My friend said I should write a blog for former pastors' kids as she and I both are...that. Those? Yeah, gotta work on the grammar portion. Not a bad idea, although it's a somewhat limited audience.
In the meantime, I'm just writing. We are riding out a horrible winter storm and can't leave the house, so I'm trying to keep from going completely insane. Also, I don't really want to clean.
So I'll try to be more faithful here, and maybe i'll eventually narrow down what I want to write about.
Today I had one of my good friends ask me a truly sucky question: Where do I want to be in 10 years? Seriously? Ugh. I don't even like to think about where I'm going to be next week. And since America is such a complete dumpster fire right now, who knows if we're even going to still be here in 10 years?
But the answer is always the same when I think about the future: I want to write. I want to be a writer. I'm pretty sure it will never go beyond this blog, but I guess you never know. I'm not sure who I want to write for or what I want to write about, but I just really like to write, and I think I'm pretty good at it. My friend said I should write a blog for former pastors' kids as she and I both are...that. Those? Yeah, gotta work on the grammar portion. Not a bad idea, although it's a somewhat limited audience.
In the meantime, I'm just writing. We are riding out a horrible winter storm and can't leave the house, so I'm trying to keep from going completely insane. Also, I don't really want to clean.
So I'll try to be more faithful here, and maybe i'll eventually narrow down what I want to write about.
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