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I grew up in the deep south.  Peaches from Chilton County might be the best peaches in the world....I'm a bit further from Chilton County now, but I do still love a juicy, drip on the chin when you bit into it peach in the middle of the summer. I hosted a social distanced, spread the tables and chairs more than 6 feet apart, small birthday party for my co-workers this week.  I planned for weeks to make this special for my staff--they have worked SO hard remotely and helped our faculty, staff and students, sometimes late into the night.  They are rockstars and I LOVE working for them...this was the least I could do...  and strangely, they all have birthdays in July and August.... I had planned to cater--order from a local restaurant that I love (deuces Atwaters:  https://www.atwatersfood.com/ ), but when everyone placed their order, and it was for the same thing, I decided it just made more sense for me to make it.   Our menu was the following: Lemonade...

So far, my family and close friends have remained well.  I pray it stays that way, although as we become required to "get out there" to keep our jobs, masked and with hand sanitizer, we are exposed to more people...so I pray that if we get sick, we do not get too sick.  In March, it kept me up at night....now it is just a constant, "GULP, hope we are okay." Today, twenty people I use to work with were laid off.  They were laid off by a place I love, respect and know that the decision was not made lightly.  And it just plain sucks.  It is the way of the world right now--and this economical position puts into light, the importance or lack of importance of so many things. Our child care center is closing on our community college campus.  There is a director, an assistant director and an administrator.  I was that administrator from 2012-15.  I learned SO much in that position and feel confident that the current administrator and her skill set will he...