Fleur de Lis Homeschool Blog: March 15-21, 2020 Lock Down and Flu, Bunny, Andy Stanley, Sequence

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March 15-21, 2020 Lock Down and Flu, Bunny, Andy Stanley, Sequence

March 15-21, 2020

Lock Down and Flu, Bunny, Andy Stanley, Sequence

This post is out of sequence; I somehow never hit 'post' and it fell out of line....

Hello, Friends!

What a difference one week can make in the history of the world. On Sunday, for the first time I decided to stop going to our church service in person and watch it online at home. We attend a 'packed' church; so many people all jammed together and that has been worrying me.

Covid-19 Denied Testing:
Dh went to work on Monday, but he didn't look or feel good. By Tuesday he was very sick with the flu, as was I. On Wednesday he called the Michigan Health Dept. and they had a doctor call him back, a few hours later, to review his symptoms, as we were afraid we may have contracted Covid-19. Because he didn't have a high fever (actually our temp's had been 95 most of the weekend) or hadn't been in contact with a 'confirmed case' he didn't qualify to get tested. So, we spent most of the week very fatigued on the sofa. We really just did the bare essentials this week.

Grocery Store:

My last visit to the grocery store was on March 9th. I hear things have really changed at the grocery stores since I last went! I guess there are lines in the morning to get into the stores and then lines to check out and there are lots of empty shelves. For once, it paid for me to be proactive and shopped before most people determined this virus was a real threat. I don't know how long I can go or how I will plan my next shop, but I'm going to go as infrequently as possible. I made it through this week without grocery shopping.

Church:
I was too sick to go to my Bible Studies this week; honestly, I was too sick to even do any of the lessons. I'll have to catch up next week. I'm not sure, but I believe the classes were canceled due to Covid-19. Both my classes are going to move to Zoom, so we can have our classes as a group together online. I'm so glad there is Zoom; I'd never heard of it before but it will really save the day!

Tractor Supply:

The ONLY place I went to this week was a five-minute rush in to grab four bags of chicken feed at our local Tractor Supply store. There was only one other customer and I was in and out in minutes. I was very careful not to touch anything but my feed bags and sanitized as soon as I got in the car and then again at home with soap and water. I wish I could have done this errand last week, but I kept putting it off as I couldn't determine if this would be a store that could be closed or not. I hope Tractor Supply is deemed 'essential' but I finally decided it would be smart to go ahead and buy the chicken feed now and not have to worry about whether the store closes or not.

Chickens:

Ack. My white chicken, Bunny, died on Thursday. The miles I've gone through with this specific hen is crazy. She was the bottom tier in the pecking order and struggled all last winter. I've hand-feed her more than any other chicken as she continued to be the chicken that was most prone to get sick. This was at least her second time getting pneumonia and I had her isolated in her own small cage in the coop with her friends for the past few weeks. I'd been cooking her scrambled eggs to add to all sorts of other goodies every day. But, this week she finally died after a roller coaster of days getting better followed by days getting worse, I just had no way of knowing her outcome until her last day. I will really miss my special, Bunny and her way of just being a special girl. The rest of the hens are doing fine and at this point there aren't any other sick chickens. I'm hoping the three chickens I lost over the past six months will be the end of the winter illnesses. I'm glad spring is finally getting here and the chickens' health will improve.

Andy Stanley:
Dh and I have been enjoying watching the pastor, Andy Stanley, on YouTube; his "90" series. We have really been getting a lot from this series and recommend it highly.

Face Time: Heather:
This week my friend, Heather, and I Face Timed! We became friends when I lived near Indianapolis, Indiana. The hardest part for me moving to Michigan was losing contact with Heather. It took me years to find a friend that was similar to me--sensitive, artistic, Christian, and a deep nature lover. It is was great getting to catch-up with her! We are going to try to catch-up more often, maybe make it a once a week thing? That would be awesome!!

Sequence:
We are loving playing Sequence on the dining room table lately. It is so great having Dh home!!

Hiking with Henry:
I'm so thankful for another week getting to hike in the woods with Henry. I'm really hoping I'll find time to hike with Henry during the summer, unlike last year when I got too busy. I really benefit from Forest Bathing with Henry; but "Hiking with Henry" sounds better than "Forest Bathing!" I just deeply love looking at the trees, especially the view staring straight up and seeing the sky through the branches, especially when the branches are bare and have no leaves to block the view. I've been posting some pictures of Henry on Instagram: tracyruth9