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two full days

Our lives have been a pleasant busy (housework, yardwork, animals, family responsibilities and some time for hobbies) during the shut down, but now that things are starting to open back up we are finding our schedules filling up a little more.

Yesterday the Raleigh chapter of Quilts of Valor (Patriotic Piecers NC) met outside the quilt shop where we used to meet (the classroom is still closed because it's not possible to social distance in there and the bathroom is still closed to the public) to swap quilt tops and completed quilts. Then we had a zoom meeting in the afternoon which lasted almost two hours to take care of some fun business needs. I would have never guessed we would shop online as a group via Zoom!! It was kind of fun, even if it did take a little bit of time, but it was good to catch up with everyone. Our new group leader has been able to make a few presentations via Zoom (when a veteran is late 90's or 100 years old or on hospice, you don't want to postpone that presentation!!!) and we have another Zoom presentation coming up in July.

Today some friends from church dropped off two "messes" (a plastic grocery bag full) of two different types of green beans. I managed to get them snapped, washed, blanched, bagged and in the freezer before we headed to Youngville for a wedding.

We were both a tad apprehensive about wearing a mask to a wedding. That is one of the thing's the Governor's order allows an exemption for, but when you are in a different town surrounded by young people you don't know, we didn't feel that was the time to let our guard down. We were more than a bit relieved to arrive and see others getting out with their masks, and outside the church they had hand sanitizer and masks available near the register. Inside there wasn't a whole lot of social distancing, at all, and for once I was thankful there was not a wheelchair space cut out in the pews and Bobby had to sit in the back away from everyone else. My mother-in-law took her mask off almost as soon as the music started. I'd say between 30-40% of the people were wearing masks, and most of the ones not wearing them were young people. The reception was postponed until a date in the fall since they felt there was absolutely no way they could have it and social distance. The wedding party and immediate family was going to meet at the bride's house for supper, which I thought was good.

We stopped for supper on the way home, then got home in just enough time to pull up Facebook live and watch Bobby's youngest nephew, John David Moffitt, graduate from Beech High School.

So it's late, I'm tired, and hope to be in the bed by 11:30 tonight. And if all goes well, I'll only have to get up once during the night. (But that might be too much to ask for!)


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