Coping with the Coronavirus

Missouri now has shelter in place orders to go in effect Monday.  Yesterday I had a bit of a down day, had tasks to do around the apartment, but not in the mood to do them.  Slept a lot when I did have a good night’s sleep the night before.  Then our son Mike called and my mood improved enough to go for a walk and do some dusting.  Today I told myself to put one foot in front of another.  Do what you want to do and when you want to do it, certainly no rush on anything.  The virus will not be peaking until the middle of May here in Missouri.  Oh my, just keep putting one foot in front of the other.  Keep moving and doing as much as your mood will allow.  It helps me too to always count my blessings.  Spring is here, and for that we can be grateful.

I still have some pictures of Ireland still to share.  Above is a flower bed in St.Stephen's park.  In a prior posting I mentioned the town of Dun Laoghaire.  It was the city we visited last on our Dart trip to the outer parts of Dublin; a city a bit more modern and bigger than Howth.

I snapped a few pictures as we walked through the town.  Our goal was to see a bit of the town and then find an eatery.  Above is a picture of the bell tower of Saint Michael, Church of Christ.   Another structure which caught my eye was Burger King. It is located in an older building, and seemed so out of place!  And so strangely unexpected.   That was certainly not the restaurant we were looking for!

Now something to lighten your day.   Last Thursday I stopped at a convenience mart to purchase a paper.  When I arrived home, John pointed out that it was three days old.  I returned to the store and informed the clerk that it was not the day’s paper, and asked for my money back.  “How do I know that you did not just read the paper and then come back?” he asked.  He caught me aback and I could only sputter: “well, well I would not have had enough time to do that, and you just saw me here a few minutes ago”.  “Yes”, smiled a man behind me, she read the paper- on Monday.   I left the store with the money in my pocket and a smile on my face- why did I not think of that answer?  Anyway, these are tough times.  Remember to sing, exercise, play your instrument, write, pray and or meditate.  Whatever helps you to put one foot in front of another.  Someday this will all be but a bad dream.