The ground keeps shifting

April 14, 2020

I read a couple of articles yesterday explaining that no we haven’t become lazy isolation is tiring. Having read them I think really they say change is hard and frankly that wasn’t news to me. This morning though really brought it home to me. At 7am Iwas scrolling thought my tabs to come and blog. I had a plan for the day, well not much of a plan but still. As I went past I checked for a deliver slot from Tesco, and holy cow there was one. Well several actually. I check constantly and its more or less a routine now. Check fail move on. I was completely thrown by the option to shop. The website is crazy slow, presumabaly overloaded and I barely got my order in in the 2 hour limit. Well I say order, I mean wish list. It was quite stressful trying to beat the clock, and remember what I wanted, I mean I really didn’t expect that to work. So a really nice event becomes destabilising and stressful. Normally a shopping trip takes a lot less than 2 hours and way less thought. This is why people are tired. I am quite sure I am not the only person that happens to. The point of this long rambling start, simple, be nice to yourself. Understand that you are off balance a lot more often than usual, be that from good things or bad.  Take time to do fun relaxing things. I am still making time for my long Sunday bath. With a film, maybe a drink, and whatever fancy products I find. My habit of buying good bath stuff when it is on sale is now paying off.

In other news, I am remembering how much I love cooking, especially baking. Last night I made naan for the first time yesterday and assuming I can buy flour I will be making those again. Simple quick and very tasty. Sady it wasn’t my best chenje lamb but it was satisfactory. Followed by home grown rhubarb crumble. I also got the next part of my quilt designed yesterday, and after my crazy start today I think that is what I will be making today. I had plans for much more intense work but really not the best idea right now. Maybe this afternoon.

Fenrir has had an upset tummy the last few days. We assumed it was too many training treats and gave him bland food for a couple of days. Had it not been a pandemic and a major holiday I would have called the vet, but puppy and upset tummy do go together. Last night we found out the issue, he has managed to eat a bit of fabric. Given how closely he is supervised I am grudgingly impressed. I think it was either off a toy or his bedding. It has been a few days of lots of cleaning. Youngster with a tummy upset has very little warning of accidents, so while annoying I can’t really be upset with him. Today he seems to finally be feeling better. I hope he will learn to not eat fabric, but I suspect it won’t be just this incident.

Looking at the pictures I uploaded I realised I didn’t post the finished jigsaw. As it fits the theme thats is a major ovesight. So here it is,

 

Do zoom in and have a good look. Colin Thompson jigsaws are full of hidden details and repeated textures. I am sure he would design amazing quilts if he wasnt busy with jigsaws. I am trying to convince myself I don’t need his massive 18000 piece one. I am, for now succeeding.