Sunday we had our first home church meeting. It was simple, but spiritual. Mark and I each prepared a talk based on topics from the Come Follow Me manual. It’s amazing how we’ve been prepared to study at home for a couple years now. Our stake president, President Burns, approved all worthy priests and Melchizedek priesthood holders to bless the sacrament each Sunday for their family. We’re grateful especially after hearing some stakes will only allow the sacrament once a month.
I decided to apply to teach online courses for BYU-Idaho. I completed an online course this week as part of the application process. It wasn’t difficult, but I did feel nervous about representing myself well. I had to participate in a discussion board daily, grade an assignment, reply to a student’s email, and record a short video of myself teaching. It may be a couple weeks before I hear how I did, and if I do get the position it could be a year before I get to begin teaching. So, we will see what happens!
Mark still goes to campus every day to do his homework and research. He helped his professor record videos as courses have moved online.
On Thursday I began doing my campus job from home. I’m grateful I was able to get approval to work from home at this time. Flynn is also happy I’m home.
Mark went to Walmart at 6:00 one morning to pick up some groceries, only to find the store hours had been adjusted. It wouldn’t open until 7:00 but people were already lined up outside (in the rain). Mark waited in his car and then went in. He said almost everyone ran to buy toilet paper (we still aren’t sure why that’s what everyone is stocking up on). He was buying mostly produce and didn’t have any problem.
We did take a quick trip to IFA to buy extra food for Flynn. He enjoyed sniffing the rabbits and chicks
We often like to be home, but it is different now that we don’t have the same options to go out. We do still go on a lot of walks (as long as we’re keeping our social distancing going). But we’ve had to turn down hanging out with friends and trips to see family.
It’s frustrating to see people on social media who don’t think this pandemic is a big deal, but we have enjoyed some of the memes that keep us laughing during otherwise difficult times.
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