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Year Four, Day 265: Pandemic Times, Day 14- "Stay Home, Stay Safe" Proclamation, Day 2, Part 2

7 p.m.

Hello! 

I'm back again. Just woke up from a deep sleep. I have noticed my afternoon naps are much deeper and more refreshing than my nighttime slumber. Naps are a big positive side of these pandemic times!

My latest routine is something like this:

8:30 a.m. Qi Gong/Hooping work out in basement.
8:45 a.m. Walk in park/Bible reading and prayer
9:30 a.m. Wash up and clean kitchen. Drink hit tea with ginger and lemon.
10:00 a.m. Make breakfast and chaffles
11:00 a.m. Breakfast (still following monastic eating plan. Today is vegetarian day.)
11:30 Spend time with granddaughter. Yesterday we had a piano lesson. Today we colored, ran around screaming, trying to "catch" the light made by a flashlight. At one point, I also had to chase my granddaughter, retrieve the black sharpie she had gotten hold of, and then scrub the stripes off of her and Honey Dog. She managed to make matching zebra stripes on both her and the dog in a matter of about 40 seconds!
1:00 Lunch. Today I made roasted Cajun sweet potatoes with cauliflower rice.
1:30 Set-up for piano lesson (s)
2:00 Skype piano lesson. After the lesson, I text message my student with a sticker and homework.
3:00 Snack while watching the news.Today I had popcorn and a diet coke and a bit of ice cream. I think I'm eating too much popcorn. Drinking too much Duet Coke too. I'm fighting the pandemic 15 I fear. Sigh.
4:00 Nap
6:00 Dinner. Today is bean soup with goldfish crackers. Note to self: I am eating too many goldfish crackers. More tea.
7:00 Clean up. Shower. Playtime with my granddaughter. Talk to my son on the phone. Play the piano. Study ukulele. 
9:00 Check email, social media and the news.
10:00 Read a book or watch a movie. Yesterday I binge watched Criminal Minds episodes.
11:30 Bed

Of course, sometime during the day, I write posts for my blog!

Here are today's stats. I posted these at 7:30.a.m.and 7:30 pm to show how the virus spread in 12 hours:

427,017
Total Confirmed Cases
 18,925
Total Deceased
(3/25/2020, 6:00 a.m.)


474,302
Total Confirmed Cases
 21,257
Total Deceased
(3/25/2020, 6:10 p.m.)
https://ncov2019.live/data


Happy Wednesday! Be safe! Stay home and be healthy!

Love,

Zita

Year Four, Day 265: Pandemic Times, Day 1- "Stay Home, Stay Safe" Proclamation, Day 2, Part 1- Good News

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