When the world goes sideways on you

The week before last I started writing a blog post. Lately I start blog posts, then step away for various reasons and come back to it and write a little bit more, and so on. 

Well ... then the world went sideways and I have shoved that blog post to the back burner while the family figures out what is going on.

The almost daily changes to the COVID-19 status and updates have caused a lot of uncertainly for almost everyone I know and am connected to on social media. Today our governor announced a "Safer-at-home" order for 30 days. 

I can work from home. I'm so thankful my job is still going. My son will be switching over to online schooling.  I'm supposed to hear from the school district tomorrow. My husband is off work for the foreseeable future.  He works for a small business and they had to shut down (temporarily close, we hope). My heart hurts for everyone who is being hugely affected by the shut downs that are occurring. 

Last week we made sure we had enough feed for the animals. This week we are finding our new normal. Poor weather didn't help. I'm hoping the weather improves for our area.  Last week it was mostly grey, cold and snowy. 

My crafting mojo has almost completely disappeared. With the entire family being home and my craft room being taken over by chicks -- yes, they hatched! -- there will be no podcast episodes.  It's one thing to chat to your phone when you are home alone, it's a whole other thing talking to yourself when your family is in the next room. 

I'm sure you are thinking "Well, what are you doing with all that free time since you aren't crafting?"

Well, I've been keeping busying.  I'm keeping "office hours" for work, playing with seeds and seedlings for this year's garden, and taking care of chicks. I've been doing a few rows at a time on the sweater I've got on the needles. When I'm not doing any of that stuff I'm keeping the home and wishing for at least the sun to come out. 

In the evenings and over the weekend we were watching "Naked and Afraid," and "Alone" because nothing makes you feel better about being self-quarantined than watching people live out in the woods or desert and slowly starving. Seriously, though, there wasn't much else for us to do, thanks to the crummy weather. 

So ... I wanted to write a quick post to say I'm still here and I'm feeling fine. I processed a lot of emotions last week and I'm feeling optimistic that all the COVID-19 virus stuff will not drag on for months. The family is doing okay. Look for a "coffee date" post in the near future. 

Let me leave you with a photo of some freshly hatched chicks and a meme I thought was amusing. 

What sweet looking chicks.  Their floof wasn't quite floofed out yet. 

Until next time, stay healthy my friends.