Later in the morning, we took a drive...just to drive...because I thought maybe I'd forget how to operate a vehicle. The only plan I had was to drive by a school bus parking lot, but we also lucked out with a garbage truck sighting, construction equipment, and roads I'd never traveled. Highlights, all around.
We also spent several minutes today repeating the following:
Jacob "played" with my hair, putting it in my face like Cousin Itt.
I pretended I couldn't see him and blew the hair out of my face.
He belly-laughed.
We did it all again...over and over.
This afternoon, I was nearly in tears over a video from a local bakery announcing they'll be giving away their homemade sandwich bread for free till the state of emergency in KC is lifted. I didn't let myself get to tears (though I was close) thinking about the potential repercussions if not everyone takes this thing seriously...for those individuals and for society, at large.
Everything is weird and confusing, yet strangely peaceful and calm.
This is Day 6 of our own self-quarantine. We'd all been under the weather in various ways last week, so had already been "distancing" ourselves when the COVID-19 restrictions started being put into place. (Bryant is still working.) Jacob and I were supposed to be visiting friends in Lincoln this week - I had a spreadsheet, and everything...it was all going to work out so perfectly.
While I'm suuuuper sad to not have been able to take this trip, I'm surprisingly content to be at home, at this point. I think this is mostly due to the fact that there's literally nothing going on that I/we are missing out on, so my FOMO hasn't kicked in. I also think I'm such a rule-follower that I don't want to get "in trouble" or be part of the problem.
I'm thankful that this "staying home" thing isn't far from our normal day-to-day. Jacob has been a champ, so far, and has stopped asking, "Where should we go today?" each morning (he's used to going somewhere pretty much every day in normal circumstances, so this was a normal breakfast-time conversation), so that definitely makes this more bearable. While we had several regular weeknight social activities and tried to diversify weekdays pre-pandemic, we also have an arsenal of toys and activities to rotate through and have had prior practice doing so. This has been such a blessing, and I'm only sorry to not be able to offer to share toys or host playdates for those working from home and/or figuring out how to entertain a toddler for days on end (I'm no expert - just have some experience and resources). I'm also so thankful for technology and the ability to "see" and talk to family and friends while we can't do so in person. It's pretty amazing.
That's all I'm going to say on this, for now. I know I probably have more words, but I haven't found them, yet...this is already more than I thought I'd have to say. I mostly wanted to document this for posterity's sake, as usual, but also as usual, welcome your thoughts and comments. ☺
God is good. People are good. We'll be fine. But in the meantime, it's ok to not be totally fine with all this. It's unprecedented and strange and while literally everyone is in the same boat, we're all dealing with it in different ways...and that's ok, too.
Prayerfully,
Kensy
Favorites of the day:
my handy husband
the Marco Polo app
Annie F. Downs' podcast...esp. her quarantine episodes
