I just went to get a prescription for Max to get his wisdom teeth out. It is a medicine that makes him practically under anesthesia but at home. He has to take it one hour before the appointment and then we go tomorrow. He is nervous. I told him he will be fine, but I am nervous too. I just got back and was thinking about my trip to get the medicine.
I got in my car with heated seats. My car is in the garage so it isn't cold when I get in.
I drove 3 minutes to Bartell's.
I pulled up to the drive-thru. I told them his name. I paid with the Flex spending card. It was $4.72.
I talked to them for a minute about the medicine and left.
I drove to Starbucks next to Bartell's. A new Starbucks opened there about a month ago. I love to get green tea with the Strawberry Acai. It is delicious. I am happy there is one close, but I tend to get more than I would before. I drove through the drive-thru there as well. I ordered my drink, waiting about 5 minutes. Got my drink and drove home.
As I pulled in my drive-way, I thought about how strange things are. I can drive in my car for 20 minutes, not get out of the car once and get the medicine I need, the drink that I wanted and if I wanted, I could have found some breakfast. All from my car. I didn't move - I had my heater just blowing on me and my heated seats so I was Super cozy the whole time. I just had everything handed to me out the window of my car. Life is so strange.
We have so many things going on right now in our lives. We have been home since March 23 with COVID-19 circling around in our communities. Schools have been closed, I haven't been to work in months, we have been quarantined at home, and not able to do much. We can go outside, but it has been raining so much and hiking is really not our thing. We haven't seen our friends/family in months as gathering has been prohibited. We haven't been able to go to restaurants, the movie theaters are closed and lessons/sports are cancelled. It has been a long 10.5 months. Although, I am grateful that I have been able to spend so much time with my Max, Ryan and Lyla. I have got to know them in ways that I would have never if this didn't happen. They are growing up so fast and I treasure every moment that I have got to spend with them without much outside distraction. They all have Zoom school which is having their classes on Zoom each day - it is only about 3 hours per day. They get on the computer with their classes and learn. It is different, but I am beginning to like it. Ryan says it is the easiest year he ever had. He is in 9th grade. We put Max at Skagit CC doing some of his college classes while he has 2 classes at the high school. May as well get some credits done. Lyla is in 5th grade and will go back to school in a few weeks just 2 days a week. I do not want her to go, she is my favorite little sidekick. It will be weird to have her go away. She keeps me on track with my work and is always making sure everything is in order. The CDC isn't recommending that high school go back until April. So, I have a few more months with my boys, but it will never be like this.
I looked it up just now and the COVID cases in the USA are 26 million and 441,000 deaths. Luckily we haven't had any in our family near or far. The vaccine is being distributed now and we hope to be on the list soon. Since Eric is a medical professional, he has received both doses. We are glad for the technology and for him being safe. It is a little scary since it came out so fast, but we have to trust.
Strange times for sure.
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