I woke up this morning to a beautiful sunshiny day. The sun greeted me with its rays streaming through my bedroom windows promising a gorgeous day ahead. Joey is planning on painting the house during his two weeks off for social distancing. He noticed that there was rot on the end of the garage and decided that the siding at the top of the eave had to be replaced now rather than later. We already had the supplies from the repairs he had to make to the west end of the house where the master bedroom is last year. We started painting the house around May of last year but the weather got too hot to finish it. Of course we got sidetracked and it has taken this long to get back on track.
Governor Kemp made an announcement today that he is cancelling school for the rest of the school year. I have felt that would be the case but hearing it just seems surreal. People are understandably very upset. There won't be any proms this spring for the first time in the history of proms, I suppose. Many teachers have said that their classroom pictures haven't been made. Students aren't going to be able to say goodbye to their teachers and their friends and hopes of graduates walking down the aisle are pretty much over. Its really a sad situation but to try and look on the bright side since I tend to be told I am a negative Nancy, who can say that their senior year was cancelled due to a pandemic? They will for the foreseeable future have the best senior year stories to tell to their children and grandchildren. They almost top my grandparents who walked to school in the snow, uphill both ways...barefooted.
I really fear for the underprivileged that may only shop once a month when they get their checks. All the craziness started long after they had done their shopping for the month. Stores have been pretty bare for over two weeks and I fear the governor's newest announcement lengthening our shelter in place order for two more weeks will throw people into more of a panic. I can't imagine having to try and find everything my family will need with the current situation the stores are in. Thankfully I had been building up a small stockpile of foods before this hit the United States. Meats have been hard to find. Stores are often out of hamburger meat and other ground meats. The canned foods aisle has been barren and Lord knows finding toilet paper has been a feat for over two and a half weeks. Thankfully we found some that first weekend at Sam's so what we bought will last us a while.
I just saw on Facebook that Pay n Tote is closed for at least the next two weeks. The sign on the door said, "For the safety of our customers and our family we will be closed for two weeks." That is something I never thought I would see. They don't close for any reason at all.
We are definitely in the strangest of times but somehow I have had a peace through it all. That is not who I am. I am not a peaceful person. I tend to be a worrier but the Lord has given me a peaceful heart through all of this. I can't help thinking of a couple of sayings my husband Joey has...the first is, "there isn't anything that can touch me that God hasn't allowed" and the second is "if they kill me they can't eat me because I'm all fat and gristle." I say that because at the worst we lose everything but as long as we have each other we will be okay and if one of us should not make it through this pandemic then God has ordained it to be that way and no amount of fretting now or later can change that.
