Quarantine Life: Enough Already

      This is exactly what we did on March 20, 2020, when we left the mission field and drove home from San Carlos, Arizona. From that day until now, we entered a state of suspension called quarantine/ stay-at-home/ lockdown/ socialdistancing/ whenisthisevergoingtoend?
       We have been home for 54 days now and 95% of that time has been spent within these four walls. I can count on one hand the number of days I’ve applied makeup or made any attempt at fixing my hair. I usually end up wearing whatever I put on to go for a walk in the morning but I still feel pretty proud of myself for at least wearing clothes and not my pajamas all day. I try to stay on a strict shower schedule and try not to let over three days pass before showering. I figure if nobody is around to smell me, who cares, and I don’t count Quinn. He has golfed most days if it isn’t too windy. 

      I literally struggle to remember what day of the week it is and the other day on the TV, I checked the information on a show to see when it first aired and it said, 'April 20' and I thought, “How can they put up a date that hasn’t even happened yet?!” After further contemplation, I realized it was now the month of May and so my thinking was in error.
      As I look back at this quarantine smoothie where everything has just blended together, a few things do stand out:

• I have made three quilts: 
• a green lap quilt made mostly with fabrics I brought back from San Carlos that were already cut out.  After two weeks home alone, I had the grandkids come and I taught them how to set up a quilt and tie it.   It is now finished and we are waiting for restrictions to lift so we can donate it to a worthy cause; 
• a floral one also made with mostly fabrics from San Carlos.   Once it was finished, I sent to Mary Early Bird for her daughter Summer.  Mary called to tell me it had arrived and we talked for about 40 minutes. She has called me twice since I have been home to catch me up on what is happening on the rez.
• a flannel baby quilt for Tina’s girl due in August. That one I made with fabric I already had and it hardly used up any except for the background. It is now at the quilters.
  

  

  

  
  
• Found out we are on “open” status as far as our mission is concerned. This means that when this virus madness passes, we will be called to serve again and finish the last three months of our mission. We may or may not end up going to the same mission. At that point we will have the option of choosing whether we want to go back out. If we can hold off until September or October to leave, I think we may go.
• I put together two puzzles.
  
  
  
  
• Golfed with Sandra and Quinn on several Saturdays.
• Drove to Jerome to pick up our paperwork and plants and visited with Jacob and Amber on their lawn.
• I have made 9 masks: 6 for Jacob, one for Amber, one for myself and one for Quinn.
• Got all the receipts from our mission sorted and organized so I can claim them as expenses on next year’s taxes.
• Quinn and I have been to the shooting range twice. We always enjoy going there and having a little competition which Quinn usually wins, but when we shot his Sig Sauer that he bought to be his concealed carry, I hit the target 4 out of 6 times and he hit the target 0 out of 6. I just have to mention that because he usually does better than me.
• I have been to Costco twice, JoAnn’s once, Keslers maybe twice and Walmart twice.
• Chad and Peachy came for a weekend. It was fun to get together, play games, visit with the family and eat together. Saturday night we watched Knives Out.  I can't wait until I can travel to St. George and stay with them.

  

  All of us together except Jacob and Amber.  Taken at Audrey's house on Sunday afternoon.
  

• Got to spend time with my grandkids and cuddling with Wes. They all seemed to fall right back into making themselves at home at grandma's house. Our time together has of course including rides on the new golf cart and throwing rocks in water.

  

  Wes at 2 months.
  

  

  Wes the first time he came to grandma's house.

  Kash holding his new cousin for the first time.

  

  Three boy cousins getting ready for pictures.
  
  

• Sandra and I scanned about 2000 of her slides and saved about 1000 of them. It was fun to see images I had never seen before. I think we did it in four/five different sessions. Now all the ones she wanted saved are jpegs and on her computer and a flashdrive.

  

  I loved finding this picture of Jerry holding Quinn.  Even the pickup in the background looks cool.
  

• This week I am sewing a blessing outfit for Wes and his blessing is scheduled for this Sunday.
• Still don’t have my 2019 taxes done.
• Have spent WAY too much time on Facebook and Instagram and watching TV.
• Have taken a lot of drives! Sometimes we take the Corvette, and sometimes we go to Sonic so I can get my peach/mango limeade.
• Stopped in to see Marlene’s new home and get a tour and have a visit. She is so happy to be in her own place and she deserves it after what she has been through. There are still several projects that need to be completed like her back deck built, holes filled, and lawn replanted.
• Some miscellaneous shots:

  

  Had a little snowstorm shortly after arriving home.

  

  One drive was to see the progress on the Pocatello Temple.

  

  

  Quinn's gifts for Mother's Day.

  Still seeing some beautiful sunsets.