Good morning. How are you? How are you coping with the Covid-19 “plague” driven madness? I am gobsmacked by the things that people are panic buying - why bottled water? (Covid-19 is not a waterborne disease.) Why toilet paper? (Nor does it cause diarrhoea.) I have ventured into the supermarket a couple of times over the last month and they are chaos!
We’re well. Haven’t been struck by a cold since before Christmas. I’m a little worried about my choir’s concert being called off next weekend, but it’s wait-and-see at the moment. (The committee sent out an email yesterday.). Oh and having got fed up of chanting “Happy Birthday to Me!” when washing my hands, I’ve swapped to chorus of “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of my Hair” from South Pacific.
Here is my update on my 20 20’s:-
1. Knit 20 balls of yarn (that's between 3 & 5 jumpers worth). 4/20 - This hasn’t moved much because I had to rip out and reknit the jumper that I’m creating, since I screwed up the above-waist increases. (Only ripped down to the waist. Am now, finally, on the shoulders). The fourth ball used up was on a pair of socks.
2. 20 minutes a day learning French (via Duolingo and TinyCards) for 20 weeks. Not started yet. Modified to 20 weeks.
3. 20 minutes exercise a day for 20 weeks.
4. Read 20 books. 2/20. False Value, by Ben Arronovich (the latest in the Rivers of London series). People Like Us: Margaret Thatcher and Me, by Caroline Slocock (a memoir of Caroline’s time as a civil servant in Downing Street. Fascinating.).
5. Try 20 new dinner recipes
6. 20 gardening sessions
7. Explore 20 new places 1/20 - the cathedral at Bayeux
8. Attend 20 "shows" (concerts/plays/films/BBC recordings/exhibitions) 3/20 - Frank Skinner’s “Showbiz”. The News Quiz. The Troy exhibition at the British Museum.
9. Do the 2020 Fashion On The Ration Challenge and keep within the coupon count. 17/66 coupons used. (Bought a trouser suit.)
10. Phone family/friends to chat 20 times (I'm hopeless on the phone). 2/20
11. Lose 20lbs
12. Mend 20 items of clothing (yes, that includes sewing on buttons and taking up hems) 2/20 - hemmed trousers from a suit purchased in 2018 (I’d only worn the skirt and jacket, not the trousers). Mended the pockets of a different suit jacket, bringing that suit back into rotation.
13. Declutter 20 items
14. Run 20 miles (but not all at once)
15. Save 20 x £20 out of my “allowance”(£400)
16. Make 20 site visits for work, earning mileage 20 times (it goes to the car fund). 28/20. I have one more week of my commitment in the Huntingdon office - I’m handing over the job to the new starter - then it’s back to normal and no claimable mileage.
17. Write 20 blog posts. 5/20
18. Log 10,000 steps on my Fitbit on 20 or more days (harder to do than it sounds). 3/20: 11.1.20 10505 steps, 22.2.20 10603 steps, 7.3.20 13527 steps
19. Have a party in the summer and invite at least 20 friends
20. Watch at least 20 programs that have been on the DVR since 2018. 0/20
- Pam
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Husband is starting on 3 weeks of work from home, Son's school closed Tuesday and is shifting to e-learning until April 6 at least (I have dire feelings that it will be longer, given the response to things at the national and state level - Missouri is trailing the pack). Cabin fever is setting in for me, since I can't do anything too noisy (i.e. laundry, watch TV) while they're doing video chats).
I didn't hoard TP, but I did buy two 24-packs. Just because there will be 3 of us at home, and I like a pack in each bathroom. Saves awkward walks through the house when I unexpectedly run out in one bathroom or the other. Didn't buy water at all.
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