Better to laugh than cry

During the lockdown —

It’s always better to look at the bright side.

1. while grocery stores are taking weeks, sometimes months, to deliver, liquor wholesalers are delivering in a matter of days. We might die of hunger, but I can almost bet we’ll have a smile on our face!
2. kitchens have been turned into labs—mayo is being substituted for eggs, coconut oil for butter, pancake mix for flour, and that’s just for starters. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that all this experimenting doesn’t blow up in my face?!
3. when toilet paper finally crashed under the weight of the virus, counterparts tissues, napkins, and paper towels stepped up to the plate. In the meantime, something that rarely happens, trees are starting to sweat?!
4. teenagers, who normally want nothing to do with their parents, now clamor for their attention. It took a virus to get them out of their rooms and at the dinner table.
5. doggies are very confused of late. Thoughts run the gamut, ‘what’d you do with my mom?’ (Mine was younger and prettier.) What?! You’re not leaving me, again? Or, hold it, hold it! You want to share my doggie path?!And, Aaargh! when do I get my sofa back?
6. Ever notice how people are acting more and more like their dogs and vice versa. Now, if I hear the slightest sound outside, I run excitedly to the front window to see who is the brave one going for a walk around the block, or a jog up and down the hill. 
7. Seriously, all kidding aside, laughter is the best medicine. Now is that a conundrum or what?
8. When life gives you lemons, don’t just make lemonade. Make lemon meringue pie, lemon bars, lemon snaps and freeze them. Better to freeze baked goods than lemons.