Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Slice of Life: Day 29--"The Take-Out Trip that Turned the Day Around"

This month I am participating in the Slice of Life challenge sponsored by the Two Writing Teachers website and blog. Join me!

My roommate and I have been home, quarantined like many of you. When we have to go out, we make the most of it. Today, as we took my car around the block to keep the battery charged, we realized we hadn't been out in over a week.

Giddiness took over almost immediately.

We laughed. Hard. At nothing.

We sang "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl at the top of our lungs with the windows rolled down.

We picked up take-out food and turned to drive home, giggling at nothing.

The whole trip lasted maybe 8 minutes, but it felt like we were letting out a breath we'd been holding for a week. It's been an easier afternoon and evening because of it.

It was something we would have done mindlessly before COVID-19, but today, this "normal thing" didn't feel "normal." It felt so precious. We came home and sanitized and did all the "new normal" things that come with a trip outside, but with smiles on our faces and happy hearts.

I'm so thankful.

Slice of Life: Day 9--"One of those days...."

This month I am participating in the Slice of Life challenge sponsored by the Two Writing Teachers website and blog. Join me!

One of those days...

Where hardly any of the to-dos got done

Nervous whispers filled the halls

Awkward attempts at humor

As we tried to alleviate some of the worry


One of those days...

When people lifted each other up

Kindness looked different

As we tried to find answers

To questions that we don't fully comprehend


One of those days...

You thought you were prepared for

That you made light of

So real possibilities

Could be ignored


One of those days...

When fear felt like a common bond

Frustrations were vented

Life couldn't be mapped out on a calendar

When the virus got just a little too close to home

It was one of those days.