How's everyone doing? What a wild week this has been...again. Our county made the news this week when it began prohibiting non-essential purchases from stores that are still allowed to be open. So now if we go to a Wal-Mart/Meijer type store, we can't buy books, games, puzzles, clothes, craft supplies, etc. It has created quite the stir around here! I definitely have enough books to keep me occupied, we are good on games, I'm not very good at puzzles, and I should have plenty of clothes unless something goes horribly wrong, so basically I think I'll just have to suffer through crafting droughts.
I do feel sad for parents, though, who might need any and all of those things to keep their newly crafted homeschools running!
Meanwhile...here's a look at our week!
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Last Sunday we attended church via livestreaming (and yes, I wore my jammies). Oh! And I'd previously recorded a closing video for the service, so a much more polished version of Bekah appeared on our TV at the end. It was a really wonderful service, and after it ended, we made breakfast together and spent the day resting. It snowed that afternoon...what happened to spring around here?
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Monday, Ryan went to work at the main hospital, since his own department has been cut back so heavily. He ended up coming home early and got busy assembling the barn door we had ordered for the closet in our master bedroom. (Remember when I told you
we reorganized the closet a couple of weeks ago? We had taken the door off and decided to replace it with a barn door to save space.) I did what work I could do from home, and that night we did a video chat with our friends in Illinois: their girls needed to interview us for a school assignment!
* Tuesday was staff meeting day for me, so I logged in via Zoom and took minutes for the group. Ryan worked at the main hospital again - but he got to come home for lunch! (I was still in staff meeting, but he sat beside me and ate while I typed.) We finished decorating our guest bathroom that night -
and you saw the final before/after shots of that!
We also hosted small group via Zoom that night, and it was really wonderful to see everyone!
* Wednesday started out foggy, but it became beautiful, warm, and sunny! The only truly beautiful day we had all week - and we took full advantage. Ryan worked all day, and I worked from home - from the sun porch, actually.
When he came home that evening, we went out for a walk around the neighborhood - the only time in one solid week that I left the house!
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Ryan sent me pictures of the chalked walks outside the hospital Thursday morning. I love all the inspiring messages people are writing! After he came home from work, he resumed work on the barn door - which was in a painting stage by this time! He was so eager to get it installed!
* Ryan ended up working at his own hospital on Friday (covering a shift for someone) and I worked from home. At the end of the day, my friend Kari dropped off some oils for me. So weird to just wave at her from the door!
Ryan and I did an at-home date that night, complete with pizza! Well, we actually started the date. It's continuing throughout the weekend. I'll have to tell you about it this week!
* Ryan did not have to work yesterday, so we were home (almost) all day. I slept in and had my morning coffee on the sun porch while I listened to the rain. (Sorry about the bed head.) Ryan did a grocery run for us and LOOK WHAT IS BACK IN STOCK!!!!!!! We spent the entire afternoon organizing drawers in our bedside tables/dresser/master bathroom, and I even made strawberry shortcake for dinner. (Dessert, obviously.)
Stay home and stay well, my friends! I need you!
7 comments:
Hope Ryan is staying safe!!
I feel like I live in an endless circle of zooming!
What are they having Ryan do at the hospital? My department is developing new roles, including spotters who are in the COVID units to check staff to make sure they are donning their PPE correctly before going into a patient room.
I actually watched the news yesterday, and I thought about you when I saw that your county is not letting you purchase any other items besides necessities.
Wow, I'm sorry that has happened in your county. I haven't purchased much of anything besides food recently but it's nice to know that I can if that need/ want arises. I hope that no one in Ohio has heard about what your county is doing. What is next, determining which food items are a necessity and prohibiting the sale of non essential food? I hope it doesn't come to that. Stay safe and puzzle free (unless you had one already...).
You have a good point about the crafts needed for homeschooling and keeping busy. Had we known this was coming we would have all stocked up on home project materials. Love your new bathroom. I stocked up on snacks just in case they start monitoring “essential foods. Miss you. Gerri
P.S. I do understand why they want people to stay home and avoid the non-essential purchases. We need to stay home and stay safe. In Evansville people seem to be following the directive. I was in and out of Aldi’ in less than 30 minutes and spent more during that trip than I had ever spent before at that store. I do not want to have to go grocery shopping for at least two weeks.
Tamar - I bet you do! And an endless circle of dressy from the waist up and casual from the waist down, right? ;)
Tracy - "other duties as assigned." Lol! So far he's done a lot of cleaning, patient transport, and heavy lifting.
Maria - I'm sure we have no idea what prohibitions are yet to come, and I can't bring myself to think about it. I just hope the decision makers know coffee IS essential!
Gerri - LOL! Yes! Snacks are also essential! (And I like your style.) I'm glad to hear Evansville seems to be taking things seriously. I think the hospital that Ryan's network modeled their plan after was from Evansville!
What has been so crazy to me is just how much things change every day. I'm praying for both of you as you navigate this new normal. I hope and pray we get out from under this soon.
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