Living in Place

This morning, I got up, sat in my chair and partcipated in a live stream church service, music and all.  For the last week I have been doing the same with a morning prayer program every morning at 8.  This is just part of my new normal.

Officially, today I have been at home for two weeks-with one foray to grocery order where I left my wnidow up and had them throw stuff in the back of my Murano and one foray walking around the block where distance was kept. Unofficially of course, the two other people have been coming and going and both at least semi working with the public (changing clothes and shoes and washing up when they enter).  

Things don't look to change much. In fact I expect our governor to lock us down on Monday, although I am not sure what that looks like. Will we still be allowed to walk the dogs and go down the block? I know that food service, groceries, doctors and probably laundry will still be considered essential. 

I'm grateful to live in one of those states where the governor is stepping up and being very proactive across the board.  I think in most cases our governors are at the forefront leadership wise. Our President is sending mixed messages and disagreeing with the experts on a regular basis and giving bad advise that is not medically sound. It's painful to watch him say something, then watch the experts say "no, that's not right" and then watch him say it agian. The man is refusing to use the defense protection act immediately even though he enacted it. And NO you cannot re-sterilize and re-use hospital masks. Is it too late for Cuomo for president?

In other news, I have a confession to make. That schedule on the last blog post?  I did it for Thursday and mainly made it through Friday and then......poof.  Good intentions aside, for me a schedule is generally a fail.  Having said that, I've spent way to many mornings in my Pjs and way to many days in my chair doing nothing but reading or knitting with the occasional exercise thrown in. I've also spent too much time online, but since that's much of my "social" these days, I'm trying to not beat myself up about that one. Still, I could use some motivation. I've been treating my time like vacation or a kid's snow day, and we're gonna be here alot longer than that.

I need at least a teeny bit of structure because:  a. There are actually some things I'd like to do during this down time (creative wise, house wise, and preparation for Texas wise), b. I expect this to be my new normal for another month, and c. I know I'll feel better if I have some kind of routine, even if it's not as evolved as the one I talked about before. I've loved the fact, for example, that my church is streaming that morning prayer daily during this time and that I can use that to begin my day

So instead, I'm going to be much more relaxed, and say that every day I will TRY, Try I say,  to:

• Go outside if the weather allows (I have a huge back yard and need to take advantage of it, since when I move, I'll be into shared green space and patio-which will be fine when it happens)
• Exercise in SOME small way every day-either seated aerobics,  walking five thousand steps inside or outside, doing a yoga program or weights or aerobic program-and try and do my anke PT exercises daily
• Do some house maintenance and or house organization every day. Very much not a fan of Fly Lady but this is a chance to get some stuff done, I suppose
• Do some project/thing that is fun or challenging  (be it suggested by that social distance list above or not) that is not knitting (which I automatically do every day in front of the TV) or reading (which I do voraciously with no reminder whatsoever on any given day, since I read multiple books a week).
• Pray/meditate/journal daily (which I usually do as part of my morning or in bed ritual anyway).
• Communicate with those not in my house in some small way at least, be it talking to my family, interacting virtually with my women's group or only joining my support forums online.

Again, these are goals, things to aim for. I won't kick myself if they aren't part of my day, but I know I'll probably feel better if I do at least some of them!

I'm going to be blogging daily. Sometimes longer, sometimes shorter. Because we are all in this together, and this blog is a way for me to both keep track of how I'm doing and let everyone else know how I'm doing. Sometimes it will just be "these are the things I did today", and sometimes more. I always welcome coments but know that for many of you, ever single day is not the norm when it comes to following this blog. Either way, it's going to be an experience.