Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Yesterday when I told the Guild President I would be the Chair for the Program Committee she gave me a big hug – it felt like a reward for saying Yes. But last evening she called to tell me she was sorry for that hug as she had just tested positive for Covid. In an abundance of caution Pat and I are staying away from one another for a few days. I slept in the spare bedroom last night and I’ve spent most of the day upstairs. I had a negative test this morning, not surprisingly, but we’ll keep this up until I’ve gone about five days with testing negative.

This bit of a scare has put a huge damper on all the things I was getting back into. I’ll drop my yoga class and avoid the Tuesday and Thursday sewing dates. I don’t want anything to get in the way of my June trip and I’ll gladly stay home to keep safe between now and then. It’s unfortunate that just when I finally felt safe to “come out” this scare has chased me back inside again.

When I say inside I just mean away from the public unless necessary. If the wind and rain ever stop I’ll be back out in the yard. Pat got some strawberry plants today and a couple more hanging baskets that were on sale. Our plan is to plant everything into our pots as we don’t have a lot of good places to hang baskets and the soil in the baskets seldom retain the water and are harder to maintain.

I have accomplished a few things today; I don’t think it has anything to do with the fact that I’ve been upstairs most of the day. I finished my calendar block and used a new technique for the binding; it is always nice to have something small, but not too small, to test these new methods on.

I finished knitting another scarf last night and now I’m crocheting the remainder of the yarn into one of my scrap afghans. I should be working on my blackwork but the section of the Botanical Garden I was working on has a mistake in it somewhere so I’ll have to sort that out before I can carry on.

Pat is online most of the afternoon and again tonight so being on my own won’t seem weird at all.