We Have Started The Reintegration Process

We have started the reintegration process. It might be too soon, but we are people people. We are taking it very slowly – half steps.

We went back to church several weeks ago. We are a small group with a building big enough for quite a few more, so we can and do spread out. We avoid every other pew and have the pews marked as to how far apart the families must be. Everyone wears a mask.

Even before church we went back to in-person grocery shopping. That was the first step in our process. One son and another grandson took turns leading a small expedition to get our groceries before that. We started out trying to do our shopping early in the morning, per COVID instructions, but that effort has faded and now we hit the stores any time of day.

We invite family to eat with us, outside on the lawn. We even eat out, maybe once a week, no set day of the week. We try to find places with outside dining but will settle for a place with adequate spacing between tables inside. Even bought an ice cream from one food truck and got a pork chop on a stick from another – just like the fair.

A couple of weeks ago we drove to Fargo, about three hours north. We followed Mike and Diane as they drove up to deliver David to North Dakota State University. We spent the weekend. Our grandson Kevin lives there. He has finished school and is waiting for the expiration of his lease before returning to “The Cities.” We got to know his roommate and another friend. By all reports David has settled in well and found his way around the university. The university is huge!

Our next adventure is a train ride to Glacier National Park in about two weeks. Charlene found a “buy one, get one” deal. I am the get one free. We will be gone about a week. It looks to be an exciting trip.

We still wear our masks whenever we leave the apartment – anywhere we go in the building - but if we need something from Lowe’s for a project we just go there.

Hope you all are well.