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Year Four, Day 281: Pandemic Times Day 30, "Stay Home - Stay Safe" Day 18: Good Friday

Psalm 71: 17-18 (NKJV)


"O God, You have taught me from my youth;

And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
18 
Now also when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come."


Good Evening Friends:

Today, according to the Christian faith is Good Friday. It is the day Jesus was crucified.

Before he gave up his life, he said, "It is finished".

"He did not say, "I am finished," for that would imply that he died defeated and exhausted. Rather, he cried out "It is finished," meaning "I successfully completed the work I came to do."

https://www.christianity.com/jesus/death-and-resurrection/last-words/what-was-finished.html

It is 9:41 pm Friday night. I spent many hours today babysitting my granddaughter while her parents did a photo shoot. My soninlaw has been laid off from his church job and my daughter is working from home. So when they get photography clients, they jump at the opportunity. The shoot outside, practicing proper social distancing, of course.  They like to shoot near dusk, because the lighting is mire flattering then.

This is probably why time is flying. Spending time with my 2 year-old granddaughter is precious, but exhausting. I have to be focused and present.

But tomorrow I have the day "off". My daughter and I are taking some homemade waffles and flowers over to my parents for an early Easter present in the morning. My mom has a present for my granddaughter - they wave at each other and blow kisses through the closed car window. We can't take any chances. My parents are at a vulnerable age and my father has Parkinson's disease and cancer.

But it will be nice to leave the house and see them. We usually place a bag full of our sufferings for them on their vehicle before my mom comes out.

When times get tough, we humans do get creative!

I am so looking forward to some me time. Can you believe I just typed that? But I feel the need for several hours of not being accountable to anyone. I have no students scheduled tomorrow.

My piano and I need to spend some serious time together!

I will probably also take a day off from cooking, aside from my usual morning chaffles. Once I get started in the kitchen, there's no stopping me!

I have decided to get back on track with intermittent fasting and also cut back on carbs again. I am feeling most sluggish. I don't want to emerge from isolation with a "pandemic 15", if that us a thing.

And I need to step up the exercise. And get to bed earlier.

So on that note, good night!

I'm hoping the virus peaks soon, but I am afraid that will be the tip of the iceberg. We can't just dive back into our former lives for risk of reinvention.

Here are today's stats as of 9:34 p.m. We shall see what tomorrow holds.

Total Confirmed Cases Globally
1,702,662

Total Deaths Globally
102,961

Total Confirmed Cases United States
502,876


Total Deaths United States
18,747


Please join me in praying for the whole world.

And now I am really signing off!

Talk to you tomorrow.

Be blessed.

Love,

Zita


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