As Isolation continues I am trying to figure out how to go on a vacation that isn't to the living room, utility room, office or front or back porch... My sister bought a camper just in time for all of this social distancing to begin. She has gone camping twice now and doesn't have to worry about being exposed to corona virus as they are the only ones that use the camper and they keep their distance from others. At the time that she bought it, I thought it was nice but expensive. Now having a camper puts those people in the elite population that can actually vacation outside their home!!! I have family and friends that have campers and I am a little envious! Another wonderful idea for entertainment this summer is to have a projector that can be shown in the yard on the wall of the house or something! Movies under the stars!!! Make circles on the lawn 6 ft apart and invite the neighbors! Make sure you go to the bathroom before you go since using peoples bathrooms is one of the most dangerous things that you can do. Woo Hoo for movies under the stars! I wonder how much a projector costs??? And of course use T-Shirt Therapy to announce your mood and funny thoughts! Laugh on! and do what you can to help each other!
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Technology is a wonderful thing. I have facetimed with some of my grandkids and have done zoom meetings, however; that does not fill the need of loving on those cute grand kids! Although, I still got a reaction out of Cinch when I blew him a kiss! LOL He ran away so the kiss wouldn't get him!!! And his sister, Riatta, loved informing him it was too late, grandma already blew the kiss! (Sisters are such fun!) I am not the most touchy feely person, no one in my family is. As I watched other families hugging and giving kisses I realized that my family's way, of almost never showing affection probably wasn't the best way. I made it a goal to hug and kiss and tell my family I love them! I am getting better at it!
When my granddaughter's came over for mother's day it was hard having them 6 ft away! I wanted to hug and kiss them all, even the almost 13 year old! With all this isolation and stay at home orders, life has not been nearly as exciting! I haven't been able to travel and encounter strange and scary animals trying to get into attics... No excitement with the neighbors... No wild and crazy sleepovers with the grand kids... Life has been too tame! (Remind me that I said this, when I can do those things again, and am getting a little grumpy because I am feeling tired!!!!) Life in isolation for 3 months has me almost ready for this T-Shirt therapy!!! LOL There is Nothing like being in your 50s and rooming with your brother and mom! I think we are doing really well staying adults and not reverting to our childhood years! Let me tell you just how well we are doing with that!!!
My mom and we having a discussion about how a box of her oxygen tubes were accidentally thrown away. Kent came hurrying down the hall to proclaim, "It wasn't me!" LOL We didn't think it was him... Only because it happened before he arrived! Mom HATES the way I do the grocery shopping and put my brother in charge of ordering the groceries! I was good with that until the first order came! Being in lockdown has my anxiety heightened (that is my excuse for what happened! HAHA!) I started to hyperventilate just for a moment! LOL I breathed through it and got myself under control and did some self talking that he just wasn't use to buying for more than one person. I gave input on the next order. I then had to try and use my inside voice (I don't think I have an inside voice... I am just loud!) and tell him, "what the heck is up with the groceries! We don't have enough! You need to buy by the case and then you always have a good supply!" Kent replied, "Allison, your hoarder tendencies from living 85 miles from the nearest grocery store are coming out." (He actually did use his inside voice! HAHAHAHA!) We have compromised! So the other day as we were chatting in the kitchen and really laughing about the way we did things and grew up. We have come to learn that every family is dysfunctional just in different ways and to different degrees, however; we are okay with how we grew up. We found some humor in our upbringing and compared ourselves to other families... We like how we grew up better! LOL And then we discussed how I was as a teenager... My memories definitely differed from his! I wasn't quite the sweet angel child that I thought I was! LOL (I know all of you find that hard to believe that actually I was a handful as a teenager!) Here in Utah Spring is a little behind where some of my other relatives live, however; spring is finally here!!! There is green everywhere! The world is green!! Spring brings hope to my heart! It is no longer April. April is a hard month for me a lot of hard things have unfortunately happened in April.There were a lot of great things that happened in April as well. I think everyone has the same idea to go camping to have a getaway... The state parks are only letting so many people into them so I think that I might be doing my camping in the backyard! Too bad I don't have a trampoline anymore, I use to "camp" out on the tramp with my kids! I can relive those days! LOL So everyone that gets turned away from the state parks we an all join together camping in the backyard! LOL See you there! |
I am Ally. I am the center of my universe and I can determine whether to be a victim, survivor or thriver. At one time or another I have been all of the above... I am choosing to thrive!
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