week 23

Just amazing that we are still in this state.  I knew it wouldnt be 2 weeks.  

So I am resolving to stop counting at 26 weeks and just keep moving forward.

You know how when you count down to a vacation... or count back to a vacation..  You can only do that for so long.  Then you move forward to the next thing.

It is time to move forward to the next thing.  Make plans for what we know.  Make plans with what we have.  Life always throws curveballs.  This one is just always on the news and impacting everyone.   But while we have been focusing on the global pandemic I am sure there there others that have had less publicized road blocks thrown in their path... along with COVID.

So today..  start where you stand.  Think fondly of where you stood 12 months ago.  But start today where you are.

what day is this?

I believe this is the start if week 21.. so day 141 or so..

Wow

I knew that we all wouldnt quarantine for 2 weeks and the disease would go away.

Maybe if we all stayed away from everyone for 4 weeks..?

I had thought we would all have to stay in.. like not leaving the house for anything..

But who can really do that?  Surely not everyone.   So here we are week 21 and not an end in sight.

But so much has been learned in this time.  Well for me at least.  

I have remembered my love of cooking.  New things. Old things. Recipes. Off the cuff.  Good food.  Curry..  chicken.. sauce.. baking... "grey stuff".

I have enjoyed all the time with Conrad.  He really is quite the sidekick.  Well except when I want to sit outside with a glass of wine.  Then he comes inside... not really an outdoor dog.

I sit in the dining room.  Sometimes to make dinner feel posh.  Sometimes to make sure I am not eating breakfast or lunch at the desk.  And at the moment.. there is clutter but sitting here anyways.  Love the Waterford in the center.  The Island Shop placemats and bright flowers. The art I FINALLY HUNG on the wall.

We play musical chairs in the living room.. right end of the sofa, left end of the sofa, club chair (as my mom would call it).  Back room.. leather love seat.. swanky Pottery Barn chair.  Change the seat.  Change your perspective.

Have read a few books. Have ordered a few more.  Oops ordered a cookbook on Kindle..  have an intense swim workout book arriving next week.

Rode my bike.. on the trainer.

Ran.. ran faster than I have in a while.

Walked...Conrad like that.  At least for shorter distances.

And have swam a wee wee bit.

Listened to music.  Go to music I always listen to.  New music.  Right now Bon Iver is singing with Taylor Swift... lovely.  Danced around the house to the new Jessie Ware album.  Remembered why I enjoy Ben Howard and Mumford and Sons so much.  Have missed concerts.

Installed a white board.

Bought a pair of Aftershokz.

Found some new coffee.

Looking at face masks.

Resigned a board position I held.

Signed up for a mediation course.. gonna learn about chakras.. following it up with a transitional life coach.  See what that does.

Researched other places to live... UK, Ireland, Iceland, Bermuda, SC coast...

So as much as we say we have been kn quarantine, lock down, social isolation..

LIFE has still gone on. GROWTH has still gone on.

And it has been wonderful in it's new perspective of COVID.

So let's see what week 21 brings.