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Friends, the latest worldwide stats regarding coronavirus deaths and people infected are becoming terrifying, quite frankly. It starts hitting home when people you know are dying from COVID-19.
Social distancing. Stay-at-home-orders. People shopping with gloves and masks on. Even Lowe’s and Haggen’s have the appearance of some post-apocalyptic action movie.
The shit appears to really be hitting the fan.
As of Thursday, 38 states have issued some form of shelter-in-place orders.
Now, home is where the heart is but when you’re ordered to stay there, our sanctuaries can start to feel a little like a prison – at least a juvey detention center.
But . . . life is better with a shelter-in-place situation when you have two bulldogs and a semi-deflated tetherball!
The thing is, we all need a laugh right now; to find pleasure in the simple things. It keeps us sane doesn’t it?
Bullies and a Ball
Sara and I were down in the basement with “sausage biscuit” and “cookie dough roll”. Sara was doing laundry, I was . . . I don’t know, “doing circles” as she likes to call it when I wander around aimlessly.
As I grabbed the old tetherball pole and asked, “Should we keep this thing?” She got that “light-bulb-moment” sparkle in her eye and bellowed, “The tetherball!”
“Let’s put it up here for the dogs to play with,” pointing to the nail in the 2×4 in the basement ceiling.
Fiona LOVES balls and Sara knew she’d have a heyday. She was right! They started jumping at it almost immediately. Sara grabbed her phone and got them in action.
For us, they help with killing the coronavirus blues that seem to be hanging over all our heads.
We hope this little video brings a smile to your face too!
~Shawn and Sara
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What are you doing to keep yourself amused during this strange and uncertain time? Let us know below. Stay safe everyone . . .