Day 7, Friday March 20: Reach out to friends
Hard to believe that just last Friday, I was playing in a tennis tournament. Today, I was supposed to be in Florida spending some quality time visiting friends Vicki and Ken. Instead, I’m home in isolation baking, cooking, writing, ordering groceries for pickup in grocery parking lot, and trying to practice a lot of self-care. That’s my ‘whine’ for the day, and I’m ready to move on. I hope you are too. Let’s look forward not back.
Now’s a good time to reach out to friends, relatives, neighbors (but not within 6 feet, please)! I’m not the best at keeping in touch (my friends love me in spite of this), but I’m going to try and start! Reach out to friends and family near and far. Use the phone, message, email, facetime, or Zoom.
Last night, my niece Elizabeth was kind enough to Facetime me so I could visit a bit with her and her family in Louisiana. Today, I made a few phone calls and sent some texts. I’ll try to keep this up in the days to come.
Delicious dinner made by Steve tonight, making use of the bean sprouts I started on Monday: Pad Thai with some frozen shrimp, rice noodles, lots of veggies, and a huge heap of fresh mung bean sprouts. Yum! Here’s the recipe he uses as a blueprint: Pad Thai. Don’t be intimidated though, there are a lot of more simple ones out there and you can make substitutions, too.
And, if you want to start some bean sprouts, they’re really easy and will be great to have on hand in week(s) to come. Good project for the kids too! This looks similar to the bean sprout kit I use: Bean sprout in a plastic take-out box; or, here are directions for in a jar: Sprouts in a Jar.
