Self-Quarantined Four Days

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well.I am in Toronto and it has been four days of working from home this week and not really going out other than bringing the compost out. The Covid-19 pandemic has been spreading in Canada and so all stores, restaurants, and more have closed their doors to prevent furthering the spread of the virus. I am not sick, but decided not to go out to keep from adding to the spread of the virus and keeping healthy. This is like a bad dream that I can't wake up from. I miss being able to go out to work for a regular work week and looking forward to my wedding instead of worrying it will be postponed. I have called my venue and they said that for now we will wait two weeks until we make decisions and there are other couples still planning on having their weddings in May so that made me hopeful. I hope that we can and people will want to come. But I am becoming more open to having it postponed if it comes to that. It has been a hard few days of coming to terms with the fact that this can affect my wedding. I know it is not a big deal and our health is more important, but I have been planning for over a year and so it feels like a loss even though it isn't quite yet and it might only be postponed.

I have been continuing to knit the shawl, Being at home all week has given me more time to knit and focus on my knitting and reading goals. I have been knitting more of the Casual Lace Knit Shawl pattern by Purl Avenue. I am almost done and I am on the last line of the pattern now. It looks small in the photo, but I can't have the shawl pulled out completely on the needles yet so it will be wider.

I am still reading Good Morning, Good Life by Ana Schmittauer Landino.  It is very good so far and I can relate to the author's passion for morning routines as I love to have time in the mornings to myself before a busy day at work doing things for other people. I am now starting to read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. I am excited to read this book. My friend read it and said it was very good and it have been on my to-read list for quite some time. I am glad I got it as a Christmas gift from my Fiancé and eager to start reading it now.

I really hope that this pandemic comes to an end soon. I would be happy if these few weeks of stores, restaurants, and cinemas being closed make a big difference in flattening the curve. I would be ecstatic if that meant I can continue on with my wedding preparations as I had been before all this started. I feel for the other couples who had their weddings postponed or cancelled due to the pandemic this month. I have a feeling this will need to continue on longer to make the difference required. It is such a scary time and I hope we can get through it and see the light to life getting back to normal soon. For now, I will continue hibernating in my apartment and working from home, knitting, and reading.

Joining along with Frontier Dreams for Crafting On and As Kat Knits for Unraveled Wednesday.

Have a good day and stay safe!