What I have Learned From COVID-19

Life has handed us lemons this year. So I’ve squeezed them into cocktails, made divine lemon roasted chicken, and made my sink disposal smell like a lemon grove. Ha! Take that 2020!

– Me showing life who the boss is around here.

I’ve enjoyed reading about what others have learned from the pandemic. We’ve all gained something from it and much is with a silver lining. Certainly it goes without saying that COVID-19 is serious and the virus has caused much grief for so many. Humor and family always get me through tough times though! I have stayed sane laughing at ridiculous memes, the funny lessons learned from being stuck at home, and getting back to a simpler life where what matters the most is under your roof.

So here is what I’ve learned during COVID-19:

1. I can eat an entire bag of Veggie Straws and not feel sick.
2. My hair must be washed after four days. That’s the limit.
3. My pajamas that I lived in for a while must be washed after four days. That’s the limit.
4. Wearing a mask means it’s ok to talk to myself out loud in the grocery store.
5. The 19 part represents the potential number of pounds you might gain.
6. How much value people place on toilet paper. Should be distributed by the U.S Mint and priced like silver and gold.
7. What six feet actually looks like thanks to the blue tape in stores. I have no spatial awareness and my guess would have been inaccurate and more like 10 feet.  We’d be lined up wall to wall in the store.
8. I don’t like the word “unprecedented” anymore.
9. People have VERY strong opinions.
10. The importance of remembering manners and grace after reading opinions that differ from your own.
11. If I wake up and can smell and taste my coffee I’m doing pretty good!
12. Family and friends are everything.
13. I’m a hugger.
14. I make really good cocktails and elderflower and rose are delicious with gin.
15. If I have lemons, flour, milk, eggs and cheese I can pretty much make anything into a meal.
16. I don’t have to always go somewhere.
17. How exhausting my life was. 
18. How many people are medical experts with a side hustle as a politician! I am so impressed.
19. What some people call prepping for a pandemic is also called hoarding.
20. It is now necessary to announce to a group of people that you have allergies and try to convince them that if you sneeze no one will get COVID.
21. It is now necessary that if you have allergies and might sneeze among a group of people that you might just want to stay home.
22. The importance of supporting local small business owners. Shop small local businesses! 
23. How popular puzzles are. I felt like I needed to run to Target to get one, slap half of it together, call the kids down to smile around it for a pic and post it on Facebook. “Look at us…..doing a puzzle! Together!”
24. Nature and being outside is essential. Our country is beautiful!
25. Not to take anything for granted. Be grateful for health, love, home, work, and each other!