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Have you discovered anything about yourself or the ones you are with during this lockdown. This stuff can be stressful or it can open your eyes to things about the people closest to you.
Personally I have found out that my girlfriend Maggie is without a doubt the most level-headed, calm, and happy person I've ever known. She has strong religious beliefs and I thought it might grate on me because I'm not anywhere near that way. But both of us simply accept the other as we are. She's a lot younger than me so I thought she would miss going out with her friends but she said surprisingly to herself she doesn't.
I've found out that I don't miss a lot of things that I thought I would. I'm enjoying doing things I always wanted to do but put off doing for whatever reasons. I've always been a good cook and back in my college days, I had a girlfriend teach me how to make bread (her mother was a baker). I was more interested in getting her into bed but some of it actually stuck. So I have shocked Maggie by baking bread every few days. I didn't do it in Mexico because cleanups and propane stoves and ovens aren't conducive to baking and cooking. So every other day Maggie and I trade off cooking and she is very good in her own right. Maggie is a Mexican National with a permanent green card since she's been here since she was 9. But her mother taught her to cook so she has made some outrageous Mexican food from scratch no less.
We are living in my nephew's brand new house which is gorgeous, especially for the price he paid. He's been in CA deployed with the AZ National Guard since before we arrived. It's not a total lockdown here but most places are closed. We don't know anyone here but the neighbors are friendly and sitting in the spa at night with cold drinks is like our own private resort. We even have a regular coyote come stick his nose through the fence while we are out there every night because Maggie unwisely tossed him a piece of leftover burrito while my back was turned.
One thing is for sure it's better than when I spent some time in Palm Springs. Because of the golf courses, there is a lot of humidity and worst of all mosquitos. None of either here so it's been really nice when the wind isn't blowing. Maggie and I are glad to be back in the US right now.
We hope everyone on this board is doing well and surviving this crisis. Stay safe my friends.
Personally I have found out that my girlfriend Maggie is without a doubt the most level-headed, calm, and happy person I've ever known. She has strong religious beliefs and I thought it might grate on me because I'm not anywhere near that way. But both of us simply accept the other as we are. She's a lot younger than me so I thought she would miss going out with her friends but she said surprisingly to herself she doesn't.
I've found out that I don't miss a lot of things that I thought I would. I'm enjoying doing things I always wanted to do but put off doing for whatever reasons. I've always been a good cook and back in my college days, I had a girlfriend teach me how to make bread (her mother was a baker). I was more interested in getting her into bed but some of it actually stuck. So I have shocked Maggie by baking bread every few days. I didn't do it in Mexico because cleanups and propane stoves and ovens aren't conducive to baking and cooking. So every other day Maggie and I trade off cooking and she is very good in her own right. Maggie is a Mexican National with a permanent green card since she's been here since she was 9. But her mother taught her to cook so she has made some outrageous Mexican food from scratch no less.
We are living in my nephew's brand new house which is gorgeous, especially for the price he paid. He's been in CA deployed with the AZ National Guard since before we arrived. It's not a total lockdown here but most places are closed. We don't know anyone here but the neighbors are friendly and sitting in the spa at night with cold drinks is like our own private resort. We even have a regular coyote come stick his nose through the fence while we are out there every night because Maggie unwisely tossed him a piece of leftover burrito while my back was turned.
One thing is for sure it's better than when I spent some time in Palm Springs. Because of the golf courses, there is a lot of humidity and worst of all mosquitos. None of either here so it's been really nice when the wind isn't blowing. Maggie and I are glad to be back in the US right now.
We hope everyone on this board is doing well and surviving this crisis. Stay safe my friends.
