The price of gas has tanked

I got up at 8:15. I brushed and swished. I rinsed my sprouts. I finished Patrick's face mask. I checked my e-mail, then took a shower and got dressed. William called. I asked if he and Karen needed face masks. He said they had it covered, but when I mentioned train fabric, he said I could make one.
I had all my face masks in two baggies. I took them to the Korean clinic. I let Dr. Grace choose the face masks she wanted. They were for her daughter and son-in-law so I let her pay for them. She then showed me a piece of mail that she was concerned about. I saw no reason for her to sign the papers for opting out, so she ripped them up. Then they seemed to be ready to leave the store, so I left first. I went to a $ store and got more head band elastic.
When I got back, I made and ate breakfast. I texted with Kurt, who wanted more facemasks, probably for other people. I cut out two blue facemasks. Chris moved some boxes in the sewing room so I could get my denim box, but when I went through it, none of it was soft enough. I also found my QOV bag, which means more patriotic fabrics.
Michele called her dad, but he was on a telecon at the time. So instead of calling me, she waited. Afterward, either she called him or he called her. Anyway, she was having symptoms and wanted to know what to do. Chris didn't think she had IT. I suggested she gargle with vinegar diluted with water, and then get out in the sun.
On the way to church, I stopped at a big $ store. I looked all around, but they had no hairbands like the ones I have been using. I didn't see any shoestrings either. Then I went to church to record the offering. I did that, but the internet was out, so I could not send the reports to the copy machine to print out. I called the president, and agreed to send him a screen shot of the report and print later.
When I finished, I visited Bertha, who lives right around the corner. We had a nice chat and she gave me some garden wire for nose pieces, and a pattern for a mask that uses it. After an hour, I left to go to the bank. I deposited the offering, then headed back to base. I stopped for gas and was surprised to pay only $1.55 per gallon.
When I got home, I texted with Kurt. I e-mailed the screen shot to the president, and printed more forms. I put on my walking shoes and accompanied Stacey around the block 3.5 times. Then she went home for dinner. I did the same, having beef heart, half a sweet potato and the rest of the grocery store sprouts.
I listened to one chapter of Lizzy Albright, then watched one episode of Royal Pains. Chris and I watched two episodes of Supergirl. He went to bed and I didn't. Too many things to take care of before going to bed.

Three times is the charm

I got up around 8:30. I took the first supplement, then brushed and swished. I could smell the pork that Chris had roasting in the oven. I put cans of coconut milk on the stove top to warm up so I could shake them up. I checked e-mail. Chris sent me an e-mail attachment saying the garrison is requiring all personnel to wear face masks in public.
I participated in a Zoom session with some of the Monday quilters. Chris said Zoom was a potential risk, so I read about the risks, then followed the link. It lasted about 45 minutes. It was good to seem them again. I worked more on masks, including one for me. Chris had to go to the passport office. He left without a face mask.
I made and ate breakfast, then resumed sewing. So I was perfectly placed to see the next termite swarm in the windowsill in front of my machine. I took a pic, then got out the vacuum. After sweeping them up, I sewed intermittently, pausing to catch the stragglers. Chris called Housing. They wanted to send someone to investigate, but the pest control people insisted that we leave the house while they examine everything. Chris refused.
I asked the people next door if they wanted face masks and they said yes. So I sent a pic of the completed ones. They sent it back with the two they wanted circled. One was promised to Kurt's friend, but I could make another, so I took over the two they had circled. They wanted to pay but I refused. When I got back, I saw a maintenance truck parked in front of our house. I cleared my sewing area as best I could. A man came to the door to caulk all the termite tunnels so they could not swarm in again. He was not wearing a face mask and had the sniffles. I offered him a mask, and after he left, I used the wand to sanitize my sewing area and anything he might have touched.
I made several more masks, to replace the one they picked, and to try a different method. The replacement one did not work out for some reason. I fiddled and fiddled with it. Finally I decided to use the one that was a different method. I also tried putting a wire inside the nose of mine. Chris said it was too stiff and it might not wash well. I sanitized the chosen 4 and put them in a baggie. I put Michele's in an envelope with a card (since a regular envelop was too small). Then I went to the post office and mailed them both. I put a check beside the names of people whose mask I have made.
When I got back, I asked Chris to break off an aloe branch. I scooped out the insides and put them in a container in the fridge. I went for a walk around the circle. I put some heart in a dish. I got a text from Stacey saying she was ready to walk. I ate what was in the dish, then took her potholder and went to Stacey's house. Her husband and I discussed the possibility of heart meatloaf. He seemed intrigued. Stacey and I went to a $store. We wore our facemasks. I found the headbands I needed in shades of brown. After we checked out, we sat in her car and talked. She was reluctant to go home again so soon.
When we got back, I tried some of the pork Chris had cooked. It was good. I also used up the last of last week's greens for a salad. I read some e-mail, then watched an episode of Royal Pains. Then Chris called up Netflix and we watched two episodes of Super Girl. Afterward, he went to bed and I stayed up to take supplements and get ready for sleep.
* They must like me. *

Palm Sunday

I got up at 8:30. I brushed and swished. I made up practitioner supplements for a week. I checked e-mail. After I took the 'catch' supplements, we went to Publix for groceries. I forgot to take the empty bags from last week for recycling.
When we got back, Chris took the food from the bags and I washed the cans and boxes. Then I sat at my laptop and watched the Palm Sunday service that our worship team created yesterday. This time I was able to follow the bulletin attachment while watching the video. I waved one of the palm branches that Stacey gave me yesterday.
I whipped up a batch of seed crackers. For breakfast, I sat outside and read. It was a very sunny day. When I came in, I listened to the next chapter of Lizzy Albright. I made a list of who wanted what kind of print for their mask. I rooted in the fabric room for more choices. I made a couple of masks. One was for Dad, so I made the elastic to go around his head so it would not interfere with his hearing aid. But I had trouble sewing over the ends of it. Finally I had to finish it off by hand.
I trimmed part of the yard that the trimmer can't reach. I finished one blue mask and took a pic. Then Chris and I went for a walk. Usually he turns down such invitations, but today he accepted. We walked all around the neighborhood and he identified some flowers for me.
When we got back, I made two weeks worth of my supplements. Then Chris cooked the yucca root which we got at Publix. I ate a piece of the heart, then put some of the juice on some mashed yucca. It was very good! I finished two more star masks. I watched an episode of Royal Pains on my laptop. Then we watched the last episode of Locke and Key. I made my vitamin drink, and we decided to try the first episode of Super Girl. That was ok. Afterward, Chris went to bed and I stayed up to dot the i's and cross the t's.
* Seems like I made more than this. *

More sewing

We slept late. I got up first, having heard my 8:30 alarm go off in the other room. I cut out the large white center of a blue dust ruffle. I don't think it had ever been used, and the white part was the same material as the reusable bags I have been buying. I put the large white part and one of the masks in the washing machine set for hot water. I brushed and swished. I started a new batch of sprouts. Chris gave me a coconut oil massage, then put the sheets in the wash. We took a shower, and got dressed. I checked my e-mail. When the white center came out of the dryer, I folded it into fourths and cut a bunch of mask pieces.
I listened to a link that my massage therapist sent me. It was a doctor talking about the virus and how it is a false alarm because the testing has an 80 percent false positive rate. Afterward, I made and ate breakfast. I went outside to read for half an hour in the sun, but stayed for a whole hour. I heard Chris talking to his parents. They want masks too. Then he called Michele. She wants one with stars on it. So I worked on some of the masks that I had fabric for.
I called Faye to see if her hospital was overrun with CoVid, but she said no. I asked if she wanted a mask and she said yes. She also wants one for each of Dad's caregivers. And several for Kevin, but I don't think he'll wear them. I pulled fabrics from my stash as I talked to her.
Stacey texted me about walking so I put on my shoes. I met her outside and she gave me two palm branches from Jennifer. We went walking. She told me they had taped services for all of holy week just this afternoon. We looked for the terraced spot in the woods to see what might be blooming. But it was full of ivy, both English and poison. We carefully picked our way out and will not go back.
When we got back, she went home and I rummaged around in our kitchen until I found a pot. I carried it over to her house. Her husband had smoked the heart and then put it in a slow cooker with bacon, garlic, onions, and mushrooms. It was not a strong smell, but it was a good one. He gave me a potholder so I could carry it home in the hot pot. She was sitting at her kitchen table making pleated masks using scrunchies.
I put the pot on the stove and got a knife to slice a piece off. I sat at the table and savored every bite. The smoky smell reminded me of Grandpa's smoke house. I then ate a sweet potato. I wanted more heart, but I was full. I checked e-mail again. My therapist sent another link. I sewed more masks.
While Chris finished his game, I made vitamin water. Then we watched Locke and Key on Netflix. Afterward, we dressed the bed with fresh sheets. Chris went to bed and I stayed up to blog.

The sample is in the mail

I ignored my 7:30 alarm and stayed in bed. It had been a long night and I woke up way too early, not able to go back to sleep. I think I did sleep after that. But then I heard the 8:30 alarm go off. So I made myself get up. However it was only 10 after 8. I don't know how that happened. Anyway, I was up, so I brushed and swished, etc. I put on two vitamin c patches. I contacted the place I bought the lab kit from. They sent me a form and I printed it out. I threw it in the Fedex bag and closed it. I re-read the instructions and realized the original box should be in the bag. Sigh.
At 11:30 I made and ate breakfast. I put on my suit and laid outside in the sun, reading, for half an hour. I put on the next chapter of Lizzy Albright, and finished a mask I started earlier. I made the third mask for Kurt and sterilized it. I readied the lab sample for shipment. It was tough because the packing tape kept ripping lengthwise.
Kurt texted me, asking me to model one of the facemasks I made him. So I did and sent him a pic. Then he wanted to see one with ties. But I had already made them all with elastic. I put Kurt's masks in a baggie, and took the package with me. I went to Walgreens to drop off the Fedex bag. I stopped by the dollar store to pick up more red bags on the way to the post office. There I put Kurt's masks in a flat rate mailer and sent it on its way.
When I got back, I took my midafternoon supplements. Kurt must have shared the mask pic with a co-worker because he wrote back to say she wanted some too. I pulled fabrics and took pics so she could choose what she liked. We texted back and forth with Kurt as the intermediary. But I never did find out her final choice.
I cracked both coconuts, drank the water inside, and scraped the meat out with a spoon. Stacey texted me about walking and about wanting to make facemasks. I brought a box of remnants over to Stacey's house. Her husband told me he had completed stage one of the heart's preparation, but he wouldn't tell me what it was. Then she and I walked around the circle at least three times, talking all the way. Not all of our chat was about CoViD.
When we parted ways, I went home. I peeled a hard boiled egg and ate it. Then I made a big salad with half of the greens that were left. I sat down at my laptop to eat. I read e-mail and listened to one or two tapping videos. I called Dad and we had a nice little chat. He agreed he should have a mask, too.
I made my vitamin drink and we watched two episodes of Locke and Key. We got into a heated discussion, but it turned out well. He went to bed and I stayed up to blog.
* It's a little big because it is man-sized. *

Getting away

I don't remember when I got up this morning. I did the usual morning things. I mended a pair of my black pants. I got dressed. I made another face mask and sanitized all the facemasks I had with the uv wand, then put them in ziplock bags. I worked on another face mask but did not finish it because Chris wanted my help getting a stool sample for the kit. I filled out the label on the bottle, but there was no test request form to send with it. So we had to refrigerate it.
I didn't have time to deal with it then. I put a small jar of kimchi in a grocery bag. I put facemasks in my purse and prepared to leave, but I could not find my car keys. I looked all around, then Chris gave me the spare one, and I went to the chiropractor. His waiting room now had only 4 chairs. I sat until the previous patient came out, then was put on a table to have my back stretched. I had remembered the electric leads for the stim. She put them on my back and then I got stretched for 12 minutes. Then she put me in room 2. I read the posters on the wall until the doctor came in. I gave him the jar of kimchi and offered him a choice of face masks. He picked the one with PEACE words on it. We talked while he checked my leg length, and adjusted my neck. He had a new conspiracy theory that I hadn't heard yet. Then I went up front to pay, and go home.
When I got home, I called the maker of the test kit. They said to call the doctor I bought it from. I called, and had to leave a message. Then I sent an e-mail as well, but there was no answer. I checked the rest of my e-mail and deleted a lot. I refilled the push-catch supplement holders. I made more spice mix. I finished the pre-breakfast supplements, then mowed the back lawn on the lowest setting.
I washed my hands and made breakfast. I made another mask or two. My chest was hurting, like it did when I discovered we had a 5G signal 2 years ago. Now all our neighbors have it. I needed to get away from it. So I picked up a book and headed to the picnic table past the soccer field. There is no wi-fi there. I read for some time, then walked home, getting back just before 6. I ate an egg and a can of soup. Stacey sent a text about walking, so when I finished the soup, I put a frozen beef heart in a bag and walked over to her house. She let me inside and I gave the heart to her husband. He asked when I wanted it and I said Saturday at 6. He seemed positively gleeful over having a heart to smoke.
I walked with Stacey around the circle. We had a lot of chatting to do. After two and a half rounds, she had to go home for dinner and I needed to meet my tapping buddy. She and I tapped for fear of what 5G seems to be doing to my heart. She also said she wants to stop meeting for a few months. That was very sad. Afterward, I made my vitamin drink and we watched two episodes of Locke and Key. Then Chris went to bed and I stayed up for all the usual reasons.
* Three more and another in the works *

A Long Walk

I got up around 7:30. I got started on my meditation morning, with swishing and exercises and coffee.
I tapped on how I feel about social distancing. Later I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen. William called, just to talk I think. I took a shower and got dressed. I made and ate breakfast. I pulled fabrics from my sewing room, looking for something suitable for a chiropractor. I also pulled some for Kurt, who now wants three masks. I checked e-mail and read an article saying that the current situation will put many small businesses out of business, and that the big businesses will buy them up for pennies on the dollar. I prayed that such plans will be foiled.
I met Sherry at Housing at 2 and we walked around the neighborhood for an hour and a half. I showed her all the flowers that were planted near houses that have been gone for a long time. We ended up back up at Housing. She drove her car home and I walked back to my house.
I made a mask with no interruptions so I could time it. 20 minutes if nothing goes wrong. Chris came home from work. He called his parents and his mother just chatted away, which was a little unusual for her. Marie convinced them not to leave the house except for walking down their street and going to the local Food Lion.
I finished up two masks, then started a green face mask. I paused to eat supper, which consisted of a bowl of corned beef stew and a handful of nuts, and some coconut flakes. I watched the Wednesday night service for our church and sang along. It's a lovely service.
I finished the green facemask. I made my nightly vitamin drink and sipped it while we watched a DVD from Netflix called His Majesty O'Keefe. It was an old movie with Burt Lancaster. Chris finished up something then went to bed. I took supplements and wrote to my blog, and then got ready for bed.
* These are the choices I gave Kurt. *