I Like Thursday: Hunkering Down

I would say my attempts at social distancing were... well... a step in the right direction.  Succeeded in some places, failed in others.  I think we've ironed things out.  For a large part, it's life as usual, since I work at home.  The lack of dancing (after having isolated myself weeks before surgery as well) is the worst bit.  I miss the people and the music.

But there's been plenty this week that have made me happy and grateful.

I visited my sister on Sunday to get final dimensions for my next project.  She handed me a surprise get well gift of chocolate and flowers.  A friend of mine contacted my sister asking her to deliver these the next time we met (along with a big hug).  The chocolates are now long gone, but I hope to enjoy the flowers for some time yet.  I've said before - I have the best friends.

Ooh - and once again I got to see Golden Orrery on her bed in the sunshine.  Always a treat!

The library closed down before I got a chance to stock up.  But the librarian called on Monday to tell me my books on hold had come in.  If I came in immediately, I could pick them up.  I had spent Sunday evening combing through the online catalog, jotting down any title on my reading list that was marked as available.  After doing a happy dance from the librarian's call, I rushed down to the library.  I picked up my two on-hold books, plus three others.  The librarian was wearing gloves to handle all books and had me wipe my books with disinfectant before I left.  They were still a bit damp from the disinfectant; I stood them up to dry.  Oh, beautiful!

Before getting the call, I had downloaded the Libby app.  I'm not fond of reading off the tablet, but it will be better than no books at all!

We went back to the hospital for my post op on Thursday.  Of course we had to make the trip worthwhile and stop at the pastry shop!  Yum!

Surgeon was happy with my progress.  Biopsy of my thyroid found a lump, so I'm even more happy to have had it removed.  I am ever so grateful to have had the surgery before COVID-19 made its appearance (first case documented at the hospital on Saturday).

We made the mistake of going grocery shopping at our usual time on Saturday morning.  The store is usually empty at this time.  Not this week; people everywhere.  Out of curiosity, I looked down BJ's paper aisle.  I was told they had just moved the water onto the shelves so they weren't empty.  Usually this entire aisle is toilet paper and paper towels - all the way down to where that person is standing.  All gone.  This is nuts.


We have color in our yard!  Most of it is still yellow and brown but I found a bit of green and purple peeking out.

This isolation stuff doesn't have a whole lot of effect on our day to day living.  I would love to have more time to play, but honestly I'm grateful not to have my entire life turned upside-down right now.


So I'm happy when I have time to play!  My ironing board became a craft table earlier this week as I put together another name tag (which I will not be able to try out for weeks... <sigh>).  It was a fun project that exercised various problem-solving skills.

Cleared off the ironing board and put it back to work as intended:  my latest bunch of crumb quilting.  Quite a pile of scrap.  I need to wrap this up quick, so I can start work on my next real project.  I'm making a carry case for my nephew's Switch.  I've got fabric and batting, a rough pattern, and an old camcorder carry case I plan to cannibalize for parts.  This should be a fun challenge.

I hope you are finding some bright spots as we head into this virus uncertainty.  There's more fun projects and green growing things happening at Not Afraid of Color's I Like Thursday.  Enjoy and take care.