Where are you going? | Pad Patter 4.26

I’m in big trouble because it’s practically in our backyard!!!


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Like most of us, I’m waiting to see what happens when they loosen the restrictions before I venture too far. BUT, when things look better and the season has died down (and history shows it probably will), I’ll go see my two grandsons and then to California to see my son. We had to cancel our trip out there this month and I miss him. Restaurants - I really want to go to Pappadeaux, but it’s 7 hours away so may have to settle for CHOP CHOP and any place with a Margarita. I’m not a big drinker but I have missed getting one every now and then. It’s only because I know I can’t that makes me what one.

 

I'm glad Virginia is not hurrying to open back up again. I'm afraid of the second wave. I have not given any thought to what place I'll visit other than the grocery store in the coming months. Unless the preschool calls me. I had an interview with them just days before the lockdown and they have encouraged me to keep checking in with them, but they've mostly closed down so obviously can't be hiring right now after all. Which is fine with me. But even before the virus shut down the world, we were facing financial insecurity, so if I'm offered a better paying job, I will feel an urge to take it. But we're doing okay for now and in no rush to be out there spreading germs around.

Anyway, even with things opening up, we'll still have to be wearing masks, right? Ugh. I've been hating wearing a mask just once a week to the grocery store; it'll be annoying having to do it more often.

I wish the people rushing opening up would understand it's not THEM we're worried about getting sick but the exponential way that germs spread. They might not even get sick but spread the germ anyway, to others who spread it further, and further.

 

I'm in Illinois and we have another month of stay at home, now thru the end of May. Plus masks are required when in public effective May 1. I don't think I'm going anywhere soon...

 

Ugh... I REAAALLLLY need to get back to the gym. I've been walking outside instead, but that is not as good of a workout and I'm also eating all the cookies.... so yeah. But, even when the gyms are allowed to open, I'm not sure I'm going to be willing to go anyway. I'm mean, talk about a place to share germs. {shudders}

I think the place I'm going to go first though is over to our friends house to have a fire, drink some wine, play some cards, etc. I miss that most right now. Zoom is good, just not quite the same.

 

I really need to get my hair colored (darn grays), so I'm gonna book an appointment as soon as possible. Other than that, I'm not in a rush to go anywhere. I was a social distancer before it was cool. On the other hand, my hubby and girls are going stir crazy and want to get out and be with people. My girls really miss their friends.

 

Apart from seeing more of the family again, I'm hoping we'll still get to take our trip we booked to go down east in July.

 

I haven't thought much about this, either. Since I already live where a lot of people vacation, I think I just want to be able to sit on the beach and watch the people walk by. Then I hope my daughter and her husband can get here to visit. They've already had to cancel and re-schedule 3 trips.

 

We had to cancel a trip to Williamsburg, VA to visit the Historic Triangle (Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown) and Busch Gardens. We would've made it if our plans were for one week earlier, but we couldn't change them since we were going the week our floors were going to be refinished. I've been dying to get back there since I haven't been to the colonial area since early February (I usually go once a month).

Other than that it'll be good to get back to church on Sundays.

 

Okay, I thought about it -- out to eat where I can sit down, someone waits on me, someone else cooks the food, and someone else does the dishes.

 

I get it @BevG I am the one who goes out for almost all the groceries, I am the one who cooks it all but he does bring the bags in from the car AND handle all the dishwashing (dishwasher packing and loading) but it's not as much fun as it used to be. I'm finally going to do some baking soon.

 

@cookingmylife -- Oh yes, lots of baking going on at our house - bad news is there are no guests we can feed it to...

 

@BevG I'm going to make shortbread to give to friends who think it's a really big deal. LOL 1 2 3...

1/2 c sugar, 1 c butter (1 stick), 2 c flour Pat the dough, pricked gently with a fork, into a tin and @ 325 til golden. Cut into fingers while still warm and box up.

 

hmm -- 1 stick of butter is 1/2 cup.. so 1 or 2 sticks? I love a good shortbread and have not made any for a long time.

 

I just want to go for a good cup of joe with my BFF.

 

My first errand involves getting my iPhone fixed, it broke on day 2 or 3 of lockdown about 5 weeks ago, still have another 10 days til I can fix it all going well. If nothing else it made me realise how much I rely on it normally but over the time haven’t really missed it either

 

Depending, you may be able to do that already. My mom got hers done two weeks ago. Apparently, the way her salon is set up, they could do hair because they each have their own room.