what a gift from the Lord this sunday has been. i am so full, literally and figuratively, i’m going to pop a button on my high waisted jorts.
we had a social distance picnic in the park with all of my favorite people. we each sat on blankets six or more feet apart, ate our own food and shared nothing except laughter and good conversations. i needed to see my people in their faces and it did really good things for my heart. its so odd seeing people these days though. we start out the conversation like most people start out their conversations right now, talking through any updates we’ve heard about the virus, if we know anyone who has it yet, things like that. those talks normally make me really sad but i think the excitement of seeing my favorite friends mixed with the most perfect weather you could dream of, really helped us not sink into doom. it was a good lunch and caleb and i rode our bikes around a little longer before heading home.
we decided that because it was the most perfect spring day, we would open all our windows and cook ourselves a celebratory dinner of our favorite things. i pretty much dirtied every dish in the house and what we came up with was burgers, salad (with spinach and beets i got paid with this week!) and deviled eggs (yes also eggs i got paid with.) i decided that i love summer food more than anything and i only had a momentary sad twinge in my heart thinking about how much i can’t wait to have a cookout with my friends.
thats a thought that i had today and have pretty much every day. how long will this last? it lasted about three months in china until it started getting better, and its still bad in Italy. what does that mean for us? will we be done in three months? will it last all summer? i think through these thoughts the most.
after dinner we went for another walk because like i said, the button…on my jean shorts… and now we are home and i think we will play a card game and i will probably ask caleb to scratch my head while i fall asleep and we will wake up and start a week all over again. he will go back to work and try not to have human contact. i will stay home and deep clean the house a little further.
it will get better i think.