Social Distancing Diaries: Day 71

Dear Diary

Yearning to Be Amish Edition

One of our favorite family treats is to buy chicken BBQ at a local Amish place. I don’t know what they put on their chicken but it is SO delicious! I figured that would make the perfect Memorial Day Weekend meal. So I went there this afternoon with 3 of the girls. Hayley waited in the car, but Eden and Lily walked up to the counter with me to order the chicken and homemade root beer. When we began our drive home Lily was fan-girling all over the young Amish “youth” (probably about 13 years old?) who was working the register. She thought he was SO cute, and she thought he might have made eye contact with her in a significant way, and she returned the look with a coy smile, but since she was wearing a mask (he wasn’t) he didn’t know that she reciprocated his amorous feelings, thus he must have felt rejected by her, dooming them both to live separate lives, forever pining for their lost love. I might have embellished that a little bit, but it sounds good enough for one of those Amish romance novels. If Hallmark had an Amish life series, this would definitely be a story line. Lily giving voice to her infatuation led Eden to likewise express her desire to join the Amish by marriage. She claims she’s always had an interest in the Amish, so that must mean that God intends for her to become Amish. “Mom! Please!” “Please what?” I asked. “What are you asking me for?” “You need to find me an Amish boy to marry!” I’m sorry, I don’t think that’s within my power. Then she reasoned that because she dislikes sitting on the driver’s side of the car (she can’t stand the feeling of the shoulder seat belt on her left shoulder) she will never be able to drive. I told her *that* was a sure sign from God that she should become Amish. She thought she’d like to ride around in a horse and buggy. I said I would too, if it wasn’t cold or raining, or too hot, or I didn’t have to go too far. So basically there’s a 4 week window in spring when it would be ok to travel by horse and buggy AND THEN I threw in my favorite joke: “Are you sure you want to travel by horse with a buggy behind?!” HA! 

I do not make these things up. Welcome to my life.

Future family members?

Lily applied the first stroke of paint to Ellen’s walls today. One coat done!