Week 4 – Holy Week

We have now been home on “safe distancing” for four weeks. We have all settled into a routine but it is hard staying home all the time. This week was Holy Week and it felt very weird to celebrate Easter at home without going to church and to the Grandparent’s house to celebrate with our extended family. We did watch Easter Mass in the newly renovated church and connect with our extended family over zoom.

We were able to dye Easter Eggs, which is a favorite Easter tradition in our house.

Falyn’s school official cancelled in-person classes for the rest of the school year this week. They have “postponed” the 8th grade graduation to a to be determined later date. That means she will finish the school year learning from home.

I was running low on food, so I had to venture out this week to restock. The CDC is recommending face masks now for when you go anywhere, so I created myself one out of my Zion National Park buff and two ponytail holders before leaving the house.

I was surprised to find that the stores still had empty shelves. This one was for cake mixes and frosting. The only frosting left was the coconut pecan frosting. Most of the other empty shelves in the store had to do with baking. Spices, flour, and yeast were all in short supply. We should be good on food for at least two weeks now.

I continued to try out new recipes this week and made scones. They were quite good and I plan to make them again.

This week’s COVID-19 cases totals:

  • World – 1,852,257
  • USA – 560,300
  • California – 23,177
  • Orange County – 1,277
  • Westminster – 20