Wipes dust off the tables and shelves, blows into the mic

[scarlettina]

Testing, testing. Is this thing on?

Hi there.

I've been keeping a hand-written journal since all of this madness began back at the start of March because I wanted to have a tangible record of these strange, strange days. But tonight, garyomaha wrote on Facebook about finally seeing HAMILTON, said I had to come over here to read his comments about it, and that was temptation enough. (Spoiler: He liked it.) Now I have to shake the dust out of the curtains, vacuum this damn carpet, and see if I can still attract friends and influence people. Or something. Maybe liquor will help. There's some unopened bourbon in the liquor cabinet. Also some wine, if that's your preferred poison. Ask the cabinet for what you like; it will provide.

How am I? Living this pandemic life. I'm having a medical procedure on Thursday, so this morning, I went and got a pre-surgical Covid-19 test and now have to quarantine myself until it's time to go get myself cut open. It's nothing serious; I have trigger thumb in my left hand that's gotten so chronically painful that surgery is the last option. The last option before what? I don't know. I expect I'll wake up at some point with the finger blown up like a blueberry, like Violet Beauregard in WILLY WONKA. It's well on its way. It's gotten painful enough that it interferes with my sleep. So yeah. It's time to deal with it.

In other news, I'm not writing, I'm barely reading (focus is hard these days), but I am crafting up a storm. My brain isn't being super-verbal, but it's enjoying facilitating visual art, so at least there's that. Wait, can I insert a picture here?



Yeah, so that's my first junk journal, made of stuff from around the house. It's hand-bound using hemp twine. The cover boards were made using a cereal box covered with pretty papers. The pages inside are made from random stuff--looseleaf paper, printer paper, pages torn from old books and so on. And it's all decorated inside. It's been fun doing it.

And then, I've been working from home. I've done it before, but this is the first time I've done it for any length of time, and it's the first time I've set up a dedicated workspace. It makes a difference. Do I want to do this forever? Jury's out. I'm liking not having to deal with a commute. I miss other people like whoa.

And if my narrative voice seems a little more, I dunno, satirical than in the past? Well, that's how I'm feeling these days. Like everyone else, this isn't how I imagined life would be, and I'm a little jaundiced at this point.

No promises about being a regular around here again. We'll see. But it's nice seeing old friends on the Reading page. Perhaps I can be tempted back after all.

Comments

[annofowlshire]

It’s nice to hear from you, even if infrequent. (PS: used to be Shadawyn in another alias)

[scarlettina]

:: waves hello from across oceans and continents ::

[garyomaha]

Your presence is welcome! Stop by every so often and kvetch -- it's good for the soul.

[jreynoldsward]

So happy to see you over here again! I've missed your blogging.

[girasole_ladyhawk]

Hi there! It's good to see you here as well as there. The craft things are so pretty. I have always liked pretty, and now I crave it as I crave ice cream.I can only eat ice cream that I make (so allergic to so many things) and I cannot craft, well, anything, so I love to see what others have made.

[cordjostler]

There is definitely something special to a handwritten journal. At one point I had the idea to handwrite entries and then scan/photograph them to post here. One of the many things I've not gotten around to.

[scarlettina]

In your copious spare time, I'm sure. :-)

[cordjostler]

ugh. there is so much time right now, and I should do things like this, but instead I just look at the internet over and over and fret.

[scarlettina]

I know the feeling; trust me. :: sigh ::

[ckd]

I am happy to see you here; even though I've been able to keep up with your posting elsenet, the LJ/DW tree-threaded comments model is a much better match for the way I think than the FB model of "top comment, then everything in reply is a single thread".