What To Do?

During this crazy quarantine time, what exactly are folks to do?  Many cannot go to work, schools are closed and the economy is grinding to a slow burn.  In some cases, both parents are home with the kids, day after day.  Many have learned the value of teachers and many have dreamed up some great ideas to fill the hours of endless days.

There is one dad, who, upon hearing the word 'dadasaurus', spoken by one of his daughters, instantly turns into a velociraptor.  It does not seem to matter where or what the occasion might be, but the daughters video this and put in on social media.  I laughed, until I cried, watching him attack a cake sitting on the kitchen counter and also came to the conclusion his wife is an absolute saint.  If in need of a good laugh, please google 'dadasaurus'.

One engineering parent made their kids an enclosed slide for the indoor stairway by taping boxes together.  The child lays on a mat or towel and down the box tunnel slide they go.  The smiles, as they emerge from the end of the slide, on their faces are worth every piece of duct tape used in the project.

A young man turned his basement into his own private amusement park/gym.  He can leap off the steps, land on a suspended kangaroo ball, swing out over a small trampoline, flip off the ball, land on the trampoline, bound back up into the air, catch the kangaroo ball on the return swing and end up back on the stairs.  Sounds like a rocket scientist in the making.

Lots of people have taken to cooking.  There are more recipes scrolling through the social media sights now, than there are during the Christmas holidays.   Of course, these new dishes have to be eaten and several people have lamented about just how much they have eaten during 'lockdown'.  But, there is always a solution to this problem and the diet and physical fitness industries are not experiencing a lack of followers.

One young entrepreneur, a boy of nearly 13, has taken to chopping wood.  Where he lives, there is no shortage of downed trees and although fire wood may not be a huge commodity right now, he's planning for the future and cleaning up a lot of brush piles on the side.

Speaking of cleaning, it is probably safe to say that more closets and garages have been cleaned in the last month than for an entire year.  One good lesson from this is folks realizing how they can actually do with less, along with making a few dollars off the local online swap shop.

Having not been able to do yard work for nearly four years, due to city living, I have now made up for all that lost time.  I've trimmed and cut brush until sunset.  I've also learned how to make fire.  I've come to understand the importance of a good kindling base in order to have a roaring fire as the ultimate goal.  I've also discovered that if the base fails, a leaf blower makes a heck of a bellows.