What I’ve learned during COVID-19:

1. There is never a pen close by when you want to write something down.

2. A microwave works better when you clean all the spills inside it.

3. Never give away your fat pants.

4. Cornbread and were my best friend until I made noodles and tomatoes, and Momma’s peach cobbler.

5. It feels good to dance. To move. To music. Old music, and remember words to `50s and ‘60s songs when I can’t remember if I ate lunch that day. Note: There were two COVID nights when all I can remember are head aches and sleeping.

6. Packages of yeast don’t last forever, and I still haven’t made Momma’s cinnamon rolls.

7. A guy who once told me I’m not as dumb as I look was WRONG!

8. The Breakfast Club is my favorite movie ever.

9. I never started writing the Great American Novel.

10. I want to keep my Christmas tree up forever.

11. If you close the door to a room, or two, you don’t have to go in, or clean them.

12. Washing, drying and folding clothes made me move, and do something on a regular basis besides eat and watch TV 24/7.

13. I could even make a preacher cuss when I start talking, and never stop.

14. I wear the same clothes, usually pajamas, for at least three days at a time. Sometimes longer, and I like it.

15. While others worried about getting enough toilet paper and paper towels, I worried when the Dr Pepper shortage hit.

16. I’m not good company to myself, but my cat is the best ever. She even lets me win a couple of games of Wahoo every now and then, and tells me when I’ve played enough Solitaire on my game pad.

17. I musthave thought the pandemic was going to last forever, because I have a cabinet full of masks.

18. I never thought my day would be based on getting the morning paper out of the yard, waiting on the mail to come, and depending on what’s on TV besides food shows.

19. I never thought I’d watch crazy people on TV raid Congress, then I’d end up in the fetal position on the couch and stress sleep for two hours, only to wake and learn it was a nightmare that had really happened. Then I felt hurt, wounded, mad, and wondered when America became a Third World Country.

20. Tomorrow is another day.