July 29 – “Wash. Rinse. Repeat.”

Our Corona-boredom days stretched into yet another repeat of oh-so many days gone by.  Take a walk.  Work at the computer.  Add some pieces to a jigsaw puzzle.  Watch the Astros.  Oh, we were treated to a real bonanza of excitement yesterday, though.  It rained.  Yep.  We actually got to watch liquid stuff fall from the sky and search out strange new rivulets of passage to the riverbed that is the side of our house leading to the street drain in front. 

Step, step, step.  Repeat.

Hunt and peck, letter, letter, enter.  Repeat.

One piece in.  Nope, not there.  One piece in.  Repeat.  Repeat.

Back to the typewriter.  Hunt and peck, letter, letter, enter.  Repeat.

Drip.  Drip.  Downpour.  Drip.  Drip.  Repeat.

At least last night there was some excitement in the Astros game.  Oh, they ended up losing to the Dodgers, but not after some questionable pitches were made and both benches and bullpens emptied.  A former Boston Red Sox pitcher thought it would be a good idea to throw a pitch behind Bregman’s head.  Then he threw several inside to Gurriel.  And the last straw was the one he threw at Correa’s head, forcing him to the ground to avoid being hit.  Correa ended up striking out, and then the pitcher made a sarcastic crack.  Correa responded.  So did “someone” from the Astros dugout.  The pitcher made a three-year-old’s ugly face toward the dugout.  Everybody squared off, ready to go after it.  Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed.  At least until the umpires finally delivered the official word of warning to both dugouts.  That effectively set off the Astros manager.  He was apparently a bit miffed because the warning didn’t come while the Dodgers were on the field.  His mask was bouncing up and down, frantically trying to keep up with the movement of his jaw, as he waved his arms and made his case.  Nothing came of that altercation either. 

And then it was … game over.

Wash.  Rinse.  Repeat tomorrow.

Sigh.  Gotta love Corona life.

Ephesians 6:11 says, “Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s evil schemes.”

Father, we are getting the point of this developing patience thing.  Could you maybe move us on to something else and clear out this Corona stuff?  Amen.