May 2020 : Looks like I went to the Bronx a lot

Okay, May 2020, let’s look at more lockdown stuff…

May 4: For a while there was this good deal on burritos at Taco Bell, so I’d get a bag of them once a week. And then the deal ended and I haven’t been back. Taco Bell without a deal? No deal!

May 7: I began posting a drawing every night, starting with a favorite character from Flannery O’Connor’s Wiseblood.

May 12: Taking pictures inside of my apartment and then that night we had family bookclub to discuss the Wind in the Willows. If you haven’t read the Wind in the Willows, you really should!

May 16: Took a three mile walk into the Bronx for an antibody test, this was the farthest I had gone from my apartment since March (and haven’t been that far since) and also when they drew my blood that was the first human physical contact I had had since March (and up to this point, again). It was fun to explore a part of the city I had absolutely never ever ever been to before. And my legs got real worn out, in spite of my aggressive daily bike rides. Oh and looking at these pictures I realize I barely took any pictures. I guess I was too in awe of everything I saw.

May 17: Now this was wild — a Zoom mission reunion. Good to check up with the Cazier’s every 20’ish years. Nearly didn’t recognize a single other person on the call besides former companion Elder Torres and former housemate Elder Zuñiga.

May 22: Another hike into the Bronx, this time I was hunting down some Chinese cooking ingredients. Turns out the little grocery store I went to was more of a Vietnamese grocer, but I still found a few good things. AND I bought a nice torta Cubana on the way back.

May 25: ANOTHER hike into the Bronx, this time I wanted to get a bite at Smashburger. But by the time I didn’t feel like a burger anymore. So I came back home.

May 31: Made Cincinnati-style chili!