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Days in Quarantine

The days are starting to run together. Each day is almost the same. Ride my bike, watch some TV, discuss the state of the world with my quarantine partner Jan.
Monday I mixed it up a little by going out to Walmart to have my by-monthly blood test for one of my ailments. Fortunately it was not a fasting test so I went later in the day and there was no crowd. This was the first time I had gone out except for my bike rides in 3 weeks. I'm really getting goods with this social distancing. Jan doesn't think I should be enjoying it this much. So I went to the Quest in the Walmart near our home. I wore my homemade mask and took anti-bacterial wipes with me. I used the wipes to wipe the door handle, key pad that I signed in on, and the armrests of the chair I sat in. As I sat there waiting to get stuck my mind started to wander, as it often does. I thought about all the people I has seen in the parking lot and in the store wearing masks. I wondered what would happen now if I went to the bank. I noticed that they were open, an essential business I guess.
One of the other things I have been doing with my time is sewing face masks to send to my daughter. Jessica is a nurse in Tallahassee. She works in the step-down heart unit at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and a few days ago she sent me a request from the hospital to make cloth face masks for the hospital. I am getting ready to send the hospital about 20 using materials we had from quilting. Jessica said the hospital is giving them one surgical mask that they have to put their name in and it will be sterilized and reused. I guess its better than holding her breath. Fortunately the hospital does not have many Covid-19 cases at this time.
We are cooking in like most people now are. The other night I made paella. I really like making it, and eating it. It is fun and easy. The only problem is that it make a lot and there is just the two of us. So we gave some to Patty and Bill and have enough for another meal. I'm looking online for rice from Spain to see how that works. From what I've read paella should form a crust in the pan and I have not been able to get that yet. I'm not sure if it is the rice or the heat or the time. But I have plenty of that so once we eat whats left I'll try again.
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  1. P.A.April 8, 2020 at 1:48 PM

    lol 😂
    I’m working away making face masks from the instructions you sent, sending mine via a friend, Dr Fry, to take to the ED
    Love you

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