My Corona-cation is...

Pachimac

Pachimac

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going okay. I'm not having much mojo to scrap lately though. How about you?

I made a photo book for my MIL who is isolated in a nursing home of the family, and after I finished that, I just can't seem to find where my mojo went to.
 
I'm such a introvert that it hasn't been that bad. I miss seeing my mom but we talk several times a day on the phone and I see her on her porch once a week, or more. :)

I think I have gotten more scrapping done in the last week than I did in the last 4 months. LOL. I'm finally feeling better and over that crappy viral induced asthma crap and my arm is finally healed enough that I can be on the computer again. As long as the coronavirus stays away, life is okay.

I hope you get your mojo back. The photo book for your MIL is a fabulous idea. I bet she loved it.
 
Mine is going okay. As far as the stay-at-home social distancing thing, it really isn't a change for me. I don't have IRL friends who live nearby, so I never hang out with people anyway! I like staying at home haha. The thing that is causing problems is lack of work. I'm a medical transcriptionist, and though you'd think there'd be a lot of work with that, there isn't as the clinic has cut back on hours. So I am trying to get a handmade jewelry Etsy shop up and running so that I can hopefully still pay the bills!
 
As an introvert, I've been preparing for this my whole life!!! Hahaha...

Seriously, I'm down to 2 days a week at work and I honestly am not hating the secluded life at all. I wish I was a little more motivated to get things done around the house...but I'm not. My husband works from home, he's in the banking industry so he's busier than ever. My kids both work for Wegmans which makes me nervous...but so far so good.
 
I have been working from home since before it was mandated. Our company did some test runs when China was locked down and they announced on 11th March that we would all work from home until further notice. However, I retire TODAY so that is exciting. It is a bit of a fizzle after 22 years, but I am sure we will do a party when this is all over. I am not worried about it. I was hoping to get a nice retirement bonus, but that did not happen!

We have been taking the social distancing pretty seriously. My mother is 91 and pretty fragile. My husband is the only one who goes out. We went out once so he could give blood and once to my son's house. There we just talked through a fence and dropped stuff off and picked up fresh oranges from his tree. We maintained the social distancing there too.

I have been doing stuff around the house, but plan on having a big cleanout after I retire. I am pretty excited about that.

I also have a list of stuff that I am still doing:
  • Bible Study through Zoom
  • Book Club through Zoom
  • Daughters of the British Empire emails
  • I am in the middle of an online writing conference
  • Crafting (we have online craft groups)
  • Scrapping
  • Survivor
  • Creating memorial videos (I have one in the works right now)

I intend to learn some of the Adobe products I am not really familiar with. I do a lot of video work and I want to enhance some of the things for that, for title work, etc.

I want to revamp my wardrobe. Not with new clothes, but with alterations to my existing clothes. I like most of what I wear, but maybe the sleeves are too long, or the tunic is too long. I am excited about tailoring a lot of what I wear just for me. Maybe repurposing a lot, too. I have some lovely dresses that I don't wear too much because the bodices are not cut quite right. I am planning on turning them into skirts for church, and things like that.

I have signed up for a 52 week revamp your craft room project. I don't exactly have a craft room, but close enough! I will work on that after retirement.

Anyway, I have always had enough to do to last a lifetime. I guess now is the time to start!!
 
Chilling at home with my family. We have been watching a lot of movies. Myself, I do a variety of things like yoga, reading, writing, playing Pokemon, and scrapping. Survivor is a nice distraction. Really, my days haven't changed a lot (I am also an introvert) I just have more people around while I do it. :)
 
I'm on my second week of staying home. I am definitely a home body. BUT....for some reason my mojo is GONE....GONE GONE GONE!! I'm struggling really bad. I don't know if it's because of what's going on or that I really just haven't been feeling very well for a while now. Hopefully something will change quick.
 
I'm still working (at home) and so far my workload has been about the same as always. That may change from week to week but for the most part, I think the schedule is going to stay the same. My doctors are doing telehealth consults rather than in-office visits but still dictating on each consult so I'm working the same as always.

Having my hubs home 24/7, moving my daughter and her cat back home here changes my schedule, we are hanging out more and spending time going for walks and chatting so my scrappy time is a bit less than usual.

I haven't lost my mojo but have definitely been more distracted and kind of brain foggy from all that is going on around us. I haven't been scrapping in the evening for awhile like I normally do b/c I'm busy with family but I'm still scrapping a bit during the day.
 
It is now day eight of being at home and I'm lovin' it! I can always find something to do besides scrapping,but why would I.LOL.
Seriously though, I truely enjoy being at home as I have always worked full time, so it's kinda nice to be able to chill at home for a change:)
 
Been home since March 15. 2 pm.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Like many of you above, I am also so an introvert. I am in my 70's now and in self isolation at the request of our government for those in high risk categories. I can always find something to do at home and have never been afraid of my own company. I chat regularly by phone, email, text with family and friends, I read, I scrap, I socialise here at GS, I do craft......I have a list of less fun things I need to do but I look at them and think..I have plenty of time, Ill start that job tomorrow...The saddest thing for me is that I have spent the past two years in limbo after my hubs passing and this year I resolved to get out of my funk and make some sort of a life for myself. I started involving myself in several out of the house activities , joining groups and meeting new people, becoming more involved in the few activities I managed to keep up after his death. Now I will have to do it all over again at the end of this. I wonder what our world will look like after Covid!!!
 
I am in the same boat. Some days I am ok and am able to get a page or two done but others I am miserable. I am so worried and stressed all the time that I almost feel like a sort of depression. I think all the time that I might have it, though I've been in my house since early March. I just truly can't take it anymore. The numbers do not seem to be going down and I fear that in NYC we will never get outside again. I find myself crying all the time...this has left me emotionally and mentally drained.
My kids have not been outside in almost four weeks and it breaks my heart when I tell them they can't go outside to play. They cry and than I want to cry to.
Sending good thoughts to you all.
 
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Where in NY are you from? I live on Long Island.

We do try to get outside a little bit. We play in the yard, go for a walk around the block or go on a car ride to nowhere. It doesn't help when the weather is gloomy.
 
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