daily journal

I didn’t really get anything done on the weekend. I basically spent it all talking with my husband and son. The boy’s second test was negative as well so we got to spend time with him again. Phew.

So on Monday morning I set my alarm for 5.15 in an attempt to do yoga, meditate and write before breakfast.

Well, yoga and meditation happened. So did breakfast.

The boy’s grade is still officially in quarantine so he is having video lessons, plus he was busy preparing a presentation for his English conversation class. About Shakespeare’s English. He gleefully immersed himself in research but had to throw a lot of it out in order to keep within his 15-minute timeframe.

The weather was gorgeous, cold but sunny which made my walk/run rather enjoyable:

I came back home, helped a bit with cooking, took a shower and had lunch:

I only had a very short break before teaching started. I had told everyone to come in person but three students opted for video lessons anyway. It’s a bit weird to switch but I changed the position of the tablet I’m using for video and that made it all easier.

After teaching I had bread and cheese for dinner, talked very briefly with the rest of the family, did all the dishes, pots and pans and got ready for bed.

Nope, no writing, no nothing.

Today there will be the walk to the health food store and some teaching and I’m hoping for a bit of free time in between. I did decide that I won’t teach during fall break, not even a student here and there. This always feels weird because I’m leaving actual money on the table but I really want some time away. If I could I would want to go away for the week and hole up somewhere pretty to write. Since I can’t I will try to do a virtual writing retreat at home. I’m already looking forward to it.

It was a rather ordinary Friday. There was yoga and the usual chores and meals.

The boy went to get tested for a second time, this time everything went as it should. We’ll probably get the result on Monday. Another schoolmate of his was tested positive, the quarantine will probably last until next Friday or so. He is still spending all his time upstairs in his room.

I did call my mother on the phone, nothing new there, she is still in pain, still can’t do a lot. I did half the weekly cleaning.

We had leftovers for lunch:

I spent the afternoon alternating teaching and reading. Not the best use of my time. I did order some fabric, though. I decided that I don’t need to buy all the fabric for all my next projects at once, it is alright to just start with some mask fabric and elastic and everything I need for one skirt. After deciding to make the skirt in a dark gray corduroy I promptly ordered the fabric in chocolate brown. No, I don’t quite know why either. In the evening I watched an episode of ‚Miss Fisher‘ while crocheting, then did the humungous pile of dishes, started writing this post and went to bed too late.

Today there will be running. Maybe the rest of the cleaning, no idea what else.

I didn’t get enough sleep yet again and was sluggish all day. One of these days I’ll go to bed on time. For real!

So I also did not do yoga and such. The boy had breakfast on time to start his distance learning. And I called the doctor’s office first time in the morning. His first COVID-19 test was negative. Yeah! Never mind that that test can’t really be trusted because he had to take the swab himself, it still made me feel somewhat better.

And then I immediately called a different doctor’s office (ENT specialist) to get him an appointment for his second mandatory test on Friday. The experience was completely different, I spoke with a competent assistant who was clear and concise. The boy will come in before regular office hours (during school time but that’s not a problem) and will get the result on Monday morning.

The boy got a message from school that quarantine will be until Wednesday instead of Friday now. There was another confirmed case.

I did some crochet and read and talked with my husband as usual.

I take that as proof that I’m a little off at the moment. Only after cutting the thread did I realize that there is something wrong with this. I had counted the pairs of stitches in the first round three times and was sure there were eight of them. Um, no, not really. Only when I had cut the thread and had laid the thing out to admire it did I see that it was definitely not as square as it was supposed to be. So I guess I’ll start that one again.

Then did the dishes and such and then went off with the bike and trailer to get the written test result plus a big sack of potatoes.

Only then did I get to go running. It was cold and gray and drizzly but I enjoyed the whole experience tremendously:

Meanwhile my husband was stressed out because he was late with making lunch and when I came back I immediately sat down and minced pine nuts and basil. We had planned to make a salad but that did not happen.:

I also forgot to take a picture before starting to eat.

Then I finally took a shower and taught all of the students through the internet. It went mostly well but there were a couple of issues with wifi connections not being fast enough and sound and such. My last student and I had so many problems that we decided to reschedule the lesson for the coming week.

Then there was dinner. And more talking with both the boy and my husband. Then I started writing this post and then I did all the dishes. Managed to go to bed earlier than the nights before. Progress!

Today there will be more teaching. Maybe another run, not sure yet. I missed my Monday run and would love to catch up. I’ll see. And then one more day and then the weekend.