Praise the LORD, the sky is blue and the big girls and I went out for lunch and shopping.  Oh – yeah – well – we do have to wear these infernal masks in order to comply with the mandates, but we got to go out and eat and shop.

It is great to be able to do things again.

On one hand, these outings humble me.  They help me recognize how many privileges we enjoy in this country, that people around the world can’t even begin to understand.  Fast food?  Air conditioned department stores? Frozen treats?  The things we have lost are truly the extras in life. 

On the other hand, these outings make me so angry.  How dare our officials manipulate us like this?!  They were elected and now they are using data against us.   I strongly believe all the parties that be are using the lockdowns to manipulate the election in November.  Will they use this fear mongering to push for mail-in voting and are they already tampering with it?

It was fun to be out.
It was sad to see so much product at Kohl’s deeply discounted to move it, and to make up for months of lost sales.
It was sad to see TJMaxx all but empty as they had little product to see.
It was great to see the cloud lift off my girls for a few hours as we laughed our way through life some more.