Rain, Chai tea and Social Distancing

Rain, Chai tea and Social Distancing - March 22nd, 2020

March 22nd, 2020 - Sunday

Day 4 of ordered mandatory stay at home. Here's my thoughts summed up:

1. Online church was really good this morning,

2. It's raining again,

3. Spectrum cable outage sucks 😖,

4. The neighbors downstairs are so loud.

5. Running low on a few groceries. Strategizing on best way and time to try to get them.

6. Trying to figure out how I'm not going to gain back the weight I've lost.

Just another day in quarantine.

Here's a few pics of my one outing to the grocery store, Starbucks drive through and a social distance quick visit with my daughter Amy.

I waited 25 minutes in that line. Don't judge lol

This is as close as we got <sigh>

And of course..my housemates lol

Sam and Mia are adjusting to having me home. At first they were a little confused I'm thinking. Sam would pace and Mia would well...yell at me. Just stand there and yowl at me. Probably asking me why I wasn't leaving for work so they could do whatever they do all day. I definitely felt like I was invading their space. But as you can see they've settling down and have been wonderful company.

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