Social Distancing Diaries: Day 14

Dear Diary

I’m gonna say it—ZOOM induces panic in me! I have never liked video calls. In fact, I dislike phone calls in general. There’s been a proliferation of Zoom activity now that every organization wants to remain connected despite our physical isolation. Hubby, Tom, eats these up. He loves them. He watches multiple gatherings per day. Occasionally I join in. Tonight we watched InterVarsity’s virtual Large Group Meeting. It was really well done. My take away from the speaker, James Choung , was this: Kill Expectations; Raise Expectancy. What a great paradigm shift! When we hold on to our expectations, they are just that—“ours”. It’s what we think should happen. When we are expectant our focus shifts to the limitless possibilities that God can bring about.

In our household, we continue to grieve at times what we have lost. My encouragement has been to look beyond Mom’s ability to be your only source of comfort. You have other resources and tools that you need to draw from. Not to mention that Mom needs to look beyond her own ability as well!

The girls and I went for a drive today! In 2 weeks we’ve used ¼ of tank of gas. So, putting my eco-freak tendencies aside, we drove around somewhat aimlessly. We yelled “Hi!” to friends’ houses as we drove past. One friend was even outside doing yard work so we pulled over and chatted for a few minutes. I even trash-picked 3 chairs that Lily helped me to power wash this afternoon. Tomorrow’s big event is driving to Lily’s school to pick up her Chrome book and then…going through the automatic car wash!! This is a big deal, and one that I outsource to Tom because I have a phobia of automatic car washes.  Hmm, video conference calls and automatic car washes. I sound really lame.

Feel the power! Also, don’t stand downwind.

Pro-Tip: Wear goggles when chopping onions