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<\/center><\/p>\nPart of me *REALLY* wants to lambast the idiotic COVID-19 protests that have been taking place all over the country with people failing to practice social distancing, not wearing masks, and carrying around assault weapons. (Do you want COVID-19? Because that’s how you get COVID-19. That last thing also makes you look like terrorists, y’all. Just sayin’.) However, that would not be good reading, and I’ve used up my allotted anger energy for the day on my cranky child who is walking into my room and messing with various things on my desk. (It’s the point in the day when his ADHD meds are wearing off, and I can’t give him his night meds for another half hour. Kiddo is also working through a bowel blockage and we’re tweaking his autism meds, so he’s extra foul.) <\/p>\n
So… here’s a list of things I’m going to do once all of the lockdown measures are (responsibly) lifted.<\/p>\n
<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Go to the Trader Joe’s<\/a> in Bellingham.<\/strong> I have a deep and abiding desire for pub cheese and veggie chips, y’all!<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Get my milestone birthday tattoo… maybe.<\/strong> I might postpone it until my next milestone birthday at 42. (Why yes, I *AM* a geek. Thank you for asking!)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Worship with my peeps<\/a>.<\/strong> Zoom worship is good in that I can see faces, but I really miss being hugged and hanging out with the people who have become part of my family.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Go to my favorite beaches.<\/strong> The state parks I like are all closed due to COVID-19 because people can’t be bothered to social distance properly.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Send my kid to school.<\/strong> I have never wanted to homeschool, and it has been an exercise in frustration for both of us because he doesn’t want to learn at home. Learning happens at school… and he takes a bus there, so what the fur?!?!?!? (Autistic kids thrive on routine, and my kiddo’s routine got severely messed up when schools were closed.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Have a family gathering to celebrate my 40th birthday… and probably my nephew’s 2nd birthday.<\/strong> We do get to Facebook video chat with them on Saturday afternoons, but it isn’t the same as chasing him around the downstairs, having tickle fights with him, and playing “5 Little Monkeys” with him.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Have coffee with people again.<\/strong> I miss my regular baristas.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain’t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Part of me *REALLY* wants to lambast the idiotic COVID-19 protests that have been taking place all over the country with people failing to practice social distancing, not wearing masks, and carrying around assault weapons. (Do you want COVID-19? Because … Continue reading