16 weeks since the diocesan “shut down”

108 days at home

2 trips to Williamsport

1 trip to Hawk Run

2 Saturday afternoon drives to get out of the house

10 loaves of sourdough bread

320 miles of running in our neighborhood

132 miles of walking in our town

72.38 miles on the AT

15% higher grocery store bills

12 rolls of toilet paper stocked on a shelf in the garage that have never been there before

6 rolls of paper towels next to the toilet paper

1 night of camping in the backyard in a tent 

16 trips to the grocery store

3 trips to the post office

O trips to restaurants for take-out

336 home cooked meals

1 major diocesan initiative re-tooled and re-booted

16 weekly videos for the diocese.  

45 different takes to achieve those weekly videos including 6 cat-interruptions

960 hours of computer time including approximately 400 hours of zoom meetings

7 zoom sermons, none of which were great

42 different worship services attended via the internet

23 videos and/or Facetime with my children and grandsons

9 nights in which I lay in bed seriously debating whether I could drive cross country to visit our girls 

2 Netflix series watched

6 books started and finished 

10 books in medias re

5 green tomatoes on the vine

1 burgeoning kale crop

6 pots of cheery annuals

1 woodland garden and 3 major weeding weekends

2 cases of poison ivy

1 bee sting

2 COVID self-haircuts

1 pair of pants bought on Amazon

1 pair of sandals bought on Amazon

1 gold chain bought on Amazon

1 package of miniature oil lamp wicks bought on Amazon

14 books bought on Amazon

2 graduation gifts sent to niece and nephew whose graduation ceremonies were cancelled

1 nephew’s birthday missed

1 grandson’s First Birthday missed

1 vacation home rental forfeited

2 trips to the gas station in 16 weeks

80 weekdays of Morning Prayer in my brown leather armchair

2 days of ‘cello practice in which I was reminded why this needs to be a daily practice and  then stopped

20 days of playing the steel tongue drum that I bought on Amazon as a meditation practice

6 rainy mornings of Yoga with Adriane on YouTube in the basement

0 days of applying makeup

2 cranky days at staff meeting

35 episodes of frightening, existential despair

30,000 moments of deep gratitude and awareness of my exceptional privilege

1 unfinished jigsaw puzzle.

 How’s it adding up for you?