Lockdown 57

Lockdown Day 57 - 22 May 2020

Day 1 of week 9. And life goes on. After a quick 'taking-the-dog-to-smell-lampposts' outing, I had to visit the local police station for paperwork. They were friendly and it was clean and organised. I stood watching the cars drive by and saw my walking time go by too. By the time the officer had waded through his paperwork and I had signed where my signature was needed, an hour had passed. And of course I arrived home after 9am. 

In anticipation of this let down and my most unwilling soul having to comply with the stupidest rule ever, I prepped a new recipe last night by mixing the dry ingredients and kept it overnight in a Tupperware holder. Upon returning home I immediately mixed the rest of the batch and had breakfast in half an hour. I am a glutton for a warm thing from the oven. It is just a beautiful thing. (wonder what I would've done if it was a flop!) 

Baking cakes and scones aren't really my thing and usually I'll enjoy someone else's baking rather than risking a disaster. But today this matchbox oven must have signed a heavenly alliance, because it delivered my first ever no mess, no fuss basil and cheese scones baked in an oven dish. 

One of my wonderful free state friends who lives closeby is a star baker (she's so good she could easily win the Great SA Bake Off). I don't think these scones are anywhere near hers, and the bake off judges would most certainly find all the faults there are to find, but for now they offer soothing comfort to a weary non-walker.

Later, after bemoaning my lost walk, another good friend suggested I go to one of the the now open nurseries to satisfy my need for green. I most certainly plan to try it out. 

And of course now that take away coffee is becoming more and more available, a social distancing cuppa with a friend can ignite the friend hormone we so desperately have been deprived of all these weeks. Remember, no blabbing! 🤐 But please stay safe and stick to the rules. The inside of a police station is only friendly when you don't break the law. We dont have to agree but we need to be compliant within the parameters. 

 So tonight I would like to give  a shout out to the men and women of our front line services who show up and help as best they can, even though they also have families they worry about and provide for. Seeing those policemen and women this morning made me realise they are in the same boat I am, doing what they can for their families they are providing for. 

And also a shout out to friends and family, who make a day feel like the gift it is. You guys rock! 

The law of love and service is not required, nor do we earn a salary from it, but when we encounter it and pay it forward, the law of heaven is activated. We are rewarded eternally and experience undeserved grace, not because we called it but because HE IS. HE IS holding the world in His hands. HE IS the God who's got this.