April 5-April 11 St Petersburg, FL Week 2 Lockdown

Corona US Cases April 5 -  331,000
Corona US Cases April 11 - 524,903

Corona US Deaths April 5 - 9,400
Corona US Deaths April 11 - 20,389

Interesting things that happened this week
- Walmarts are starting to limit the amount of people that can enter
- I taught Gil about the joys of Sloppy Joe, we made sloppy joe sandwiches, sloppy joe omelets and sloppy joe tacos.
-  trump told everyone to go to Easter services, even though the whole rest of the world is on lock down and attending services violates multiple city or state bans in many areas.
- Animals are taking back nature.  Dolphins have returned to the Venice canals, camels running on the beach and the sky over Los Angeles is clear for the first time in years.
- Gil and I are ok on toilet paper for the next month, but I feel like buying an extra pack, just in case.  I haven't seen toilet paper at the store in weeks.  We do go to the store more often than we should.  We always forget something or something breaks.
- Body disposal is becoming a problem in NY.  NY has exploded with cases and the death rate there is outside their normal need.  They don't have the facilities to accommodate it.  The furnaces at the crematoriums are working hard, but it takes time to incinerate a body.  They are running out of freezer space.  Mass graves are being prepared for those without family or money to pay for a funeral.
- I made a quiche this week.  It was easy!  I made candied bacon this week.  It wasn't nearly as easy.  It was messy and I may have ruined Gils cookie sheet.

We had awesome memes this week, here are some of my favorites









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