03/20/2020, Friday

Weight: skipped it

Well, I'm showered, hair done, mascara'd and lip glossed, dressed in clean clothes, a load of laundry in and dishes in the dishwasher. One hive welt today slathered in Benadryl cream. The sun is out and it's beautiful and cool, so I'm off to walk Ferg.

Will report in with any other exciting developments later...

Checking in from hospital bed. 5.30am. Was woken for ops at 5am so got up to use the bathroom. Safe to say I wont break any land speed records. Pain relief starting to kick in so will be more comfy soon.

Have mastered getting myself in n out of bed using a towel as a sling for my leg to keep it straight. Works well.

Wakeful night as they attended to my roomate after her surgery. She had a badly infected leg after a tousle with barb wire. They went in last night & cleaned it all up- skin graft is scheduled for monday. I may be going home tomm which I would love. Will get better rest there. I need to be atv100 degrees. Working towards it. The banshee also woke us again screaming! Yes its painful! Yes its very unpleasant but seriously its dreadful to be woken with blood curdling screams

Diane O- how is DH? Is he managing ok now you are home?

Ann- sounds like you are doing super well. Heal well my friend

Cec - Hope the hive settles soo

DD- new bedding - best thing ever

Loving reading everyones post both there n other medium. Feels like a family gathering without the actual risk Love you all.

Im getting dozy so best to post this then get some more sleep. The banshee was now woken everyone up with loud screaming n demands. She is a very self centered person & speaks to the staff terribly. What I could do with a gag n big roll of tapeð??-

Love to you all

S

My dad had a screamer in his ward when he had his kidney removed. The guy also would get up and wander and set off his bed alarm. So wandering while screaming. Not at all restful! My dad couldn't wait to get home!

Oh, Shirl ... I can't wait for you to get out of that joint and back home! Just a few more degrees ... a few more degrees!

Salutations

Today is our first official day of total distancing though we have been doing semi-distancing since monday. Studio is now closed though a scheduled kiln firing is occurring today since it takes a couple of days to load and all day to fire. Kiln techs will hang around in an out door area. Our studio is on a piece of property that also has a commercial electrical business and that place is allowed to stay open. The real issue is how long we can stay closed. We have employees who need their pay and members won't want to pay the studio if they can't use it. Tough times for a small business. There are programs for small business grants and such. The burden of figuring all of it out will likely fall on me.

I feel for those of you who have friends and family out and about. We are blessed with mild sunny weather and I am making DH put all the furniture and planters back on the deck that were moved during the roofing. I MUST MUST MUST get tax stuff together. No more excuses.

My brother is using door dash or whatever to get stuff delivered. Having it left outside and giving big tips. He is the one with the rare disease and compromised immune system.

Well Ann, I guess there will not be hip hop class. I am picturing you practicing hip hop dancing with a walker.

Its very quiet here. Nothing but bird sounds which I love. The dogs seem to know its chill time.

Our house keeper will likely want to come next week as she needs the money. If its nice we can sit out on the deck or sit in the back bedroom which she does not clean. I feel bad for people who live week to week. I heard on NPR that grocery stores are hiring laid off waiters to work at night as stockers since stores are keeping supplied and people are buying them out.

Living with the unknown is so hard but I do know that I am fortunate. Brenee Brown reminds us to be grateful.

Diane S

Ooh, might need to seek out a little Brene advice.

Continued good wishes to all of those who need healing mojo! Temporary Death to the vocal cords of the Banshee woman from Sri Lanka! Diane O., interesting how you felt the need to focus on new metrics. I get that! Ann, your statistician self is a nice resource for us. Your understanding of how the math works in the projections of impending doom help our understanding. Diane S. hope the gallery stays afloat. I emailed my gym today to let them know I wanted them to continue to take my monthly membership dues from my account. I am working and feel the need to support small business as I can.

I am feeling very stressed and anxious today. We had a Google Video Staff Meeting this morning. There was a lot of information to sort through. I also found some of the teachers with their constant niggly questions annoying. I always find that type of interruption annoying, but today a little more so. I'm not sure how this Distance Learning model is going to look, but I'm pretty sure that the planning portion of it is going to be monumental for a while. We will start our district's Phase ll on April 6th, after our district's spring break. Phase ll includes introducing new concepts and continuing Language Arts work. I will figure it out, but for some reason the stress and worry just landed on me during the meeting.

So.... I must also focus on being grateful. I am being paid through all this. I am working, so it does make sense that I am being paid. I worry about the people who will lose their incomes during this time. What will they do? How will those who live from paycheck to paycheck just as I did in my 20s and 30s manage? I am checking in with my dad daily and spoke with my aunt in Baltimore yesterday. She is doing well, but if this lasts too long she will ask her daughter to come get her and take her to stay in Richmond, VA. I am glad all my family is well so far.

Today we had the first COVID19 related death in my county. It's getting real. I live in one of the highest outbreak regions in California, so naturally I'm a little anxious about it. It is worse in Santa Clara County than it is here, but my county ties for 2nd place in know infections with two other counties. Damn....

On the weight front.... I hit a new recent low today. that felt nice and positive. As I have said, I am not dieting, just limiting sugar during the day and trying to be conscious of my food triggers and make a conscious choice regarding eating between meals AND making sure I have a full and satisfying first meal of the day. That is a much easier task now that I am home.

The sun is shining. The wild grasses have that soft light green carpet look that I recognize as March grass. By mid April it will be darker and thicker. By May it will have already started to brown and we will once again turn into the Golden State. Yeah, we didn't get the name from the Gold Rush. We got the name from the color of the landscape 8 months of the year - Golden Brown.

Need to do something productive. Off I go!

I'm having similar feelings to you today, Peps.

Do you teach 3rd if I'm recalling? As far as I'm concerned, you're a Saint in the best of times, but I cannot imagine the challenge of teaching younger kids via internet or however distance you're going to do it. Blessings to you but thank you for doing it.

I'm pretty sure our schools here will be closed for the remainder of the academic year. But I don't think there are any plans for distance learning. At least not statewide. I can only imagine what a challenge it will be for families that don't have access to computer/internet.

I'm with you on trying to count my blessings. Of course there are small little disappointments and fear of the unknown future but we are okay and even doing well for now.

But it's easy to feel for others. I see so many people affected by this. So much uncertainty.

And some of them may be frivolous at a time like this, but you still feel for them! Like a friend whose daughter is graduating highschool--and now may never be going back to be with her friends, have prom, or maybe even walk the stage at graduation. It's not their livelihoods but I can't help but feel for their disappointment. To an 18 year old, missing all that is huge.

I learned that an attorney my parents and I know is in icu from covid. It's pretty serious. I just want to bury my head in the sand. Wahhhhh

The light green grass: Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold.

I wait for it every year.