Can We Talk 2

In Isolation

         I have to say it's easier to keep the house straight when the children don't visit on the weekend. Is the trade-off worth it? I like having just routine clean-up instead of massive scrubbing and moving furniture to pick up candy and chips and little toys that are hiding from me. But I miss them. I think about them a lot. They love to dig, so I think of them when I'm trying to fill the wheelbarrow with mulch from the big pile. They could be helping me load that wheelbarrow and emptying it! Of course, that's only a few minutes and still won't stop them from taking the knickknacks off the shelves and carrying them outdoors. Oh, yeah. I haven't picked up odds and ends, tools, etc., out in the far ends of the yard.

         I haven't been reading more than usual. I haven't written more. I have reviewed a little more. So what am I doing with my time? I guess watching the news. We aren't going anywhere in the car, so I'm not losing time driving anywhere. Or using gas. But I am fixing balanced, nutritional meals, maybe more than usual.

         I guess I want more productivity. I want to see the results of no company and no errands, but it feels stagnant. I probably am surfing the Net more. Or watching more movies, old ones. We could be doing this a few more months. Maybe I'll do something creative before we're out and about again.