My Quarantine Project (one of them)

My coronavirus sweater project. 

It's Monday. I got up and showered. I thought I was getting a loaner sewing machine to resume making masks, but what I got was a phone call explaining why I would not be getting one after all. But I have ordered one from Boscov's and it's paid for, so I should be getting it in a week to 10 days. Meanwhile, daughter in law Liz texted and said she remembered she has a machine in her attic. If it's in working order, I will have my loaner. I got 2 masks completed today and will get Liz's mask done in the morning. My fabric and elastic arrived today, 2 days ahead of schedule! I'm donating 100 yards of elastic to my DAR group; they donated a 20-yard piece to me a couple of weeks ago.

I also started crocheting a scrapbuster sweater, a coat of many colors, it's called. I will call it my coronavirus sweater, if I actually finish it. It suits my short attention span because it's a different color in each row, and it's simple enough so far to just work on it without having to remember a complicated stitch or pattern.

My life seems to be filled with activities related to coronavirus and COVID-19. I learned today that many children who test positive but are asymptomatic develop discoloration similar to frostbite on their feet, toes and, fingers and hands. So strange. People also lose their sense of taste and smell temporarily when they have it. Some of them are asymptomatic and others are quite ill. CNN journalist Brooke Baldwin became ill and recently published her account of what it was like, including pictures, which is quite brave, because she looked awful. But she's getting better.

I almost missed a committee meeting today (on Zoom). I felt kind of dumb about that. On the other hand, I never got the email with the link to join the meeting, not beforehand anyhow. I ended up attending. I am conflicted about all the virtual meetings. I am grateful to be able to stay in touch, but at the same time it's not the same as sitting in the same room. I hope we can get back to sitting in the same room again. There's a virtual book club meeting Wednesday. I can't decide if I am capable of sitting through anything social (as opposed to a board or committee meeting) for 2 hours. I guess I'll decide when the time comes.

On the other hand, my writing class via email and Facebook is going quite well and I am enjoying it.

I have somehow managed to make myself as busy at home as I was working and trying to have a life. Except I'm not getting paid, it's all volunteer or "for fun" stuff. On the bright side, the house is beginning to feel more organized and cleaner, little by little.

I have to go somewhere around trees and read from a book, a children's book I have decided called The Giving Tree, as my contribution to a fundraiser for one of my nonprofits, an environmental organization. It will be fun but it will also require pleasant weather. I hope we have some soon. It was rainy most of today, although it did warm up some.

That's it for today, just a hodgepodge of activities.