BTW, if yesterday's post seemed very frivolous considering COVID-19, that's OK. I've really needed some escapism from the endless bad news and things not getting better. That said, my family, is not going out of the house to do our part to help our country and our world recover from this pandemic. I pray daily for my family, friends and all others that are required to work daily as they are considered essential ... health care workers, grocery store employees and truckers that are making it possible for the rest of us to remain home and only go out for emergency supplies. I'm glad I had yesterday's escapism, as today was probably the hardest day since this started. Our 5th grade boys are doing more school work today than they've done since they've been home. The past two weeks was practice exercises to keep them from losing knowledge. Starting today, they are learning new work and trying to stay on track with the lessons that were originally plann
Staying home during this Coronavirus, I've had a lot of time to think and watch stuff on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and research on the Internet. I turned 49 this year. Being in my thirties or forties never bothered me. But I'm looking at 50 a year from now and I want to work even more to set myself up for a long, enjoyable life. I know genetically, I won the lottery on looking younger than I am, but I want to know what I can do to maximize those lottery earnings. I watched the Goop Lab episode on Netflix yesterday about aging and it was really interesting and provoked a lot of thoughts. Some of these episodes are not my cup of tea - magic mushrooms and cold-therapy, not really my thing. I'm petrified of drugs and I hate to be cold more than anything! This episode on aging was right up my alley.... In the beginning of the episode, they asked the three ladies (Gwyneth was one of them) what scared them about aging. I thought about that for myself. I fear losing