Evidence of Calm

#1 - When this whole virus thing started up food became very stressful in this household - planning meals and grocery shopping.

I usually grocery shop on the weekend, but this week I didn't go until this afternoon, and no one in this household got stressed out about it.

That means anxiety levels have calmed down for the moment.

#2 - Because of the later grocery shopping this week, we were able to ask the girls to each plan a meal they were going to cook (they switch households Sunday night) and add anything they needed for it to the grocery list. They sometimes help or cook a meal, but this is the first time they have formally put on the calendar the day of the week they are cooking with a plan of what they will make.

#3 - There has been a bunch of additional paperwork since my dad's death and the places where I put that were stressing me out. I finally took the time today to make new file folders etc. Things look and feel much better.

#4 - Have I mentioned Andrew Cuomo, governor of NY? I actually enjoy listening to his briefings. It is so refreshing to find an informative leader, who I want to turn into. It's such a reassuring reminder of what could be.

#5 - I had someone come to my dad's house to give a roofing and siding estimate. He actually went on the roof and was concerned to walk in a couple spots, which added to my list of concerns over there. My brother went in my dad's attic last night after I requested it and we aren't roofing experts but at least he didn't see anything awful.