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Sorry to Keep You on Tenterhooks
May. 5th, 2020 12:42 pmMost of this will go under the cut, but, yesterday, Mason and I drove to Hastings, MN, to get a COVID-19 test for him.
( Our novel coronavirus testing experiences... )
I don't know that I have much to say beyond that. Even though it all seems like nothing, it's been insanely stressful. I couldn't even muster the energy to practice my Japanese last night, and that's the one thing I've been pretty consistently continuing this whole time. I spent most of yesterday feeling worn out, emotionally.
Physically, we all continue to be fine. In fact, I spent some time clearing out another garden yesterday afternoon. We have a lot of various pocket gardens in our backyard and a GIANT maple tree that we planted to memorialize Ella's death (our first child, a daughter, who was stillborn.) The maple tree dumps a TON of leaves in the fall and we also get "donations" from our neighbors two huge oak trees. This last fall, if you remember, the frost and snow came so quickly, most of my lawn was still under leaf cover when things froze up for the season. So, this spring a lot of my garden prep has started with unearthing the gardens themselves. I also left a lot of leaf cover longer than I normally would in the backyard, because I've read it's good habitat for bees and other pollinators.
But, I'm also weirdly disappointed it hasn't started raining yet. The weather service has been promising rain and then NOT DELIVERING. I may have to "speak to the manger." My clovers need a good soaking, damn it!
( Our novel coronavirus testing experiences... )
I don't know that I have much to say beyond that. Even though it all seems like nothing, it's been insanely stressful. I couldn't even muster the energy to practice my Japanese last night, and that's the one thing I've been pretty consistently continuing this whole time. I spent most of yesterday feeling worn out, emotionally.
Physically, we all continue to be fine. In fact, I spent some time clearing out another garden yesterday afternoon. We have a lot of various pocket gardens in our backyard and a GIANT maple tree that we planted to memorialize Ella's death (our first child, a daughter, who was stillborn.) The maple tree dumps a TON of leaves in the fall and we also get "donations" from our neighbors two huge oak trees. This last fall, if you remember, the frost and snow came so quickly, most of my lawn was still under leaf cover when things froze up for the season. So, this spring a lot of my garden prep has started with unearthing the gardens themselves. I also left a lot of leaf cover longer than I normally would in the backyard, because I've read it's good habitat for bees and other pollinators.
But, I'm also weirdly disappointed it hasn't started raining yet. The weather service has been promising rain and then NOT DELIVERING. I may have to "speak to the manger." My clovers need a good soaking, damn it!