Day 78

Monday...a new week. Officially we are in phase 3. Restaurants were allowed to start outdoor dining on Friday. Local shops opened Saturday. I have been wanting new placemats for a while now and have been trying to find time to get to Target. I finally decided that today was the day. I asked the kids if they wanted to come with me. Elizabeth said yes. But by the time we got ready to leave Grant wanted to go too so all three of us went to Target and Costco. Brandon and I had discussed if it was safe, due to COVID. Then we had to discuss if it was safe due to riots/looting. We decided it was. So off we went to shop. The kids had to wear masks in the stores. It was hard for Grant and he played around with his mask on his face quite a bit. In general they were just excited to get out and go to a store! They were good shoppers and good helpers.

After visiting with a friend in the afternoon and watching some of the news it became evident that the riots and looting were perhaps a bit more involved than what we had thought we made the decision to go shopping. If I had known then what I know now, none of us would have gone. Luckily we were all just find and it is true what the say about ignornace being bliss!

We grilled out chicken kabobs and the kids new favorite side, baked beans and I made some sub par rice (I was on such a roll until tonight!). We ended the night with Ticket to Ride and had the kids watch some new snippets so they would see what is happening in the world. It is fair to say that none of us really understand how this destruction is going to make the world better. We went to bed with warnings that our town was possibly going to see looting and Brandon and I had quite the discussion about how we protect our family. I actually said to him "which kid do we grab and where do we go?" He said he would take Grant. I replied "What?! You are giving me the big one?!" Because we are assuming they will be in a dead sleep and we will need to swoop them out of bed and into our "safe room". He explained that because Elizabeth is closer he would go further down the hall to Grant. At any rate, the fact that we even had to have this conversation makes me a little sick. So I fell asleep knowing that if our windows get busted I am to get Elizabeth and he will get Grant. What is the wrong with this picture? We were just starting to gain some of our freedom back. Faith over fear.