By most reckonings, it is day 30 or 31. In the beginning, it did not occur to me that this was going to be a long-drawn-out thing... It certainly has become that.
Today is also Tax Day and the IRS has extended the deadline for filing, so I guess this is strong enough to thwart the Internal Revenue Service for awhile.
For our family, things were a bit different. We are getting to the point where the recommendation to stay home means little. It is true among many families, it seems.
Sadie was reading Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone when we got up.
The morning was quite normal, with coffee and a nice breakfast, and we each had work to do. Dad needed help removing the damaged shroud on his truck. Lunch. Then I rode with Mom and Dad to Tyler for plants while Stephanie stayed home with Sadie
Gas in Tyler was $1.30 at Sam's Club, and Dad noted that he had not seen it that low in 50 years. The Plants of Texas nursery had Spanish lavender, so I bought one for the pot on the porch. At Harris', I bought two elderberry plants, some red double-knockout roses, some Mexican heather, and some mint for summer tea.
Supper was chicken wings from Bottlecap Alley. They are half-off on Wednesdays.
After supper, we watched episode 5 of The Chosen, which was about the wedding at Cana and the start of Jesus's ministry. Other than that, it was a quiet evening.
On the way home dad got a call to be a part of a virtual town hall hosted by Senator John Cornyn. It was difficult to hear, so he hung up after about 30 minutes We discussed how many people were in Tyler, and how the stay-at-home orders are falling apart. People, I believe, just don't believe it is that bad anymore. Even some of those that were scared to death at the beginning are starting to feel they have been played.
There have been protests of the state lockdowns in Michigan and North Carolina today. There is some word of a similar event in Austin tomorrow.
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