Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Reap the wild wind

So we are at day something-or-other of the pandemic and there is an uptick of California cases.
I have to give credit to ol' Gav for doing his best with trying to control the spread of CV19. California is such a big state, and misinformation combined with general dummy-ness has made it difficult and so the numbers have been going up. What does that mean for me? I am not wearing sandals any time soon.

So what has been going on?

Well, we haven't traveled and I do miss eating in a restaurant, but this whole time hasn't been for not.

Having frank 8-year-old appropriate conversations about racism, going to protests (with CV19 guidelines) with my kid, and confronting my shortcomings in regards to privilege have kept the household busy.

I have been attempting to exercise every day- Zoom yoga classes, long walks, stairs and stair stepper, weights on pilates ball.
Projects- writing and recording music, yard work, sewing, and writing a chapter for an ACRL publication.
My kid is getting pretty good on her roller skates too.

Discovered bird watching. There are a lot of birds that come to our feeders, I am a fan of the purple finches (which are purple) and house sparrows. There is a cool app that I have now and my friend got me some really nice binoculars. I like to drag my family along to bird watch. They are pretty good sports about it.

Been practicing tap steps too. It may seem like I am doing a bunch of things, but I do spend time watching Law and Order episodes.

My kid made this sign for our next protest. It sits in our window.

Big coloring pages are a good way to pass the time.