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Year Four, Day 294, Pandemic Times Day 43, "Stay Home - Stay Safe" Day 30: "The Rona"!

Day 30 - One entire month of social isolation!



But according to Mike Pence, the end is in sight.  They will be doing more testing including drive through tests. Beginning tomorrow, there will be a drive through site at a high school in Beaverton. You do need a doctor's referral.


https://www.kptv.com/news/beaverton-school-district-partners-to-host-covid-19-drive-thru-testing-site/article_7b03076c-85b5-11ea-89fd-6b3e4cb99881.html

They are talking about our country being opened up by the end of May.

People on social media are showing negative reactions to the corona virus vaccine that is being developed. I have mixed feelings.

I actually went to Walmart with my daughter today. The first time in over 30 days. I wore my mask. I was pleased to see about half of the customers and all of the employees were masked up. We had to wait in line, standing in a green box that had been painted on the pavement, about 6 feet apart until an employee nodded us in. But oddly, once we entered the store, there was non further enforced social distancing. I'm glad I wore my mask!

However, I neglected to use hand sanitizer before my daughter and I went through the drive through at Taco Bell. We are both practicing intermittent fasting and our 5:00 eating window was about to close. So we ducked into the Taco Bell for a "celebratory" meal.

I was halfway through my triplelupa when my daughter looked at me and gasped.

"You didn't use hand sanitizer before you ate. We were at Walmart! You probably have the "Rona"!

Good grief. I hadn't even thought of that! next time I will pack hand sanitizer. If I don't get the Rona after Walmart, that is.

It truly is a different world.

But at least I have been running every day this week. Maybe if I run fast enough, the virus won't get me.

But maybe I should pack hand sanitizer just in case.

Talk to you tomorrow.

Love,

Zita







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