Day 8 of Self-Imposed Quarantine

Well, hello for our little corner of Tippecanoe County.

Yesterday was a bad day for me.  I woke up from bad dreams.  I was crying.  I felt like we were doomed.  I dreamed about situations similar to the novel we read years ago in Novels class, On the Beach, and I was scared.

I was sitting on the bed upstairs, still in my pajamas, when Gary called me downstairs because someoe was here.  With tears in my eyes, I greeted Blaine and Landon.

Landon and I talked about his 4-H project, Foods, and found the appropriate materials online and printed them.  Great-Grandma's Peanut Butter Cookies will fit in fine for this year's project.

We all talked about plans for the next few days, implications of what was coming, and how we were handling things.

Landon gave me a hug when they left, something I had been discouraging for a few days, but I know I really need to feel his arms around my waist and squeezing me, waiting for me to kiss him on top of the head like I always do.

After they left, Gary told me I needed to be careful what kind of mood I was portraying because Landon picked up on so much of my emotions.  I hadn't thought about that.  I need to be more cheerful and optimistic, especially around the kids.

Later I spent lots of time in the sewing room and I finally finished Nick's quilt.  I say that word 'finally' but I really hadn't been working on it too long.  It looks good, and it is probably my favorite of the three I have made.  I like the big squares and I like the fabric that I used.  I hope Nick likes it.

Movies?  Two nights ago we watched  The Good Liar with Helen Mirran and Ian McClellan.  We had seen the previews several times in the theatre but it wasn't showing when we had time to go to the movies when we were back home again (since we usually go to movies when we are on vacation).    We bought the movie, finally watched it, and really enjoyed it.

Last night we re-watched The Upside with Jack Black and  Bryan Cranston.  We had seen it before, and we really liked it.  Then we looked at reviews which criticized it for being a bad remake of another movie which we hadn't heard of before.  We watched it again last night and really enjoyed it for the second time.  What do the critics know?

Today I was trying to get back on track with cleaning since I missed yesterday.  After I showered and dressed for the day, I cleaned the bathroom upstairs, then I started on the bedroom.  Once again, we have lived in this house about 19 months or so, and I keep things cleaned up every week.  We eliminated a lot of the clutter when we moved.  But there is dust and cobwebs, and some things just haven't been moved since they were first put into their places when we moved in. So I did some clearing off and moving and sweeping and dusting off baseboards and such.

We changed the sheets today too. I would have washed the blankets, but I did that the last time the sheets were changed in anticipation of putting the newly finished quilt on the bed.

Food yesterday?  We ordered the double cheeseburger, fries , and drink special and a tenderloins, fries, and drink from The Sandwich Shop yesterday for a late lunch  I ate an English muffin with peanut butter and jelly for breakfast.  No dinner for me.

Today's lunch was a taco salad for me and a chef's salad for Gary from Stone House.  We ordered two slices of pie, one peach and one rhubarb, and two long johns as well.  For dinner we had the leftover sausage gravy over biscuits.  I ate my pie after dinner since Gary ate his after lunch.

Not sure if there will be a movie night tonight or not.  Not sure of the plans. If not, I am starting a new book.

So much for Day #8.  Onward....