Stay-at-Home Thread
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No, the problem is that because of corona the borders are closed and import is more difficult now. My mom is constantly on the hunt for cheap veggies. A medium-sized cauliflower is about $2.80 at the moment.
To be honest, I can't complain about boredom. University has just started again here and we have some online classes as well as getting online tasks to do. Apart from that, I use the free time to catch up some series and games I've been wanting to watch and play since quite a time. But that's of course not everything I do, I also take my time each day for taking a long, nice walk outside of minimum one hour. Luckily I live in a quite calm area where you can roam outside with hardly seeing anyone. Last week I also started to jog which I want to do each second or third day instead of my walk.
Besides, I listen a lot to music and last week I finally reassorted my CD collection, which is also something I had been planning to do for a while but never really found the calm for it.
Besides, I listen a lot to music and last week I finally reassorted my CD collection, which is also something I had been planning to do for a while but never really found the calm for it.
I just want to get out to the Guitar Shop when it reopens, to get my new bass guitar properly set up.
I haven't been able to play it properly since I purchased it just before lockdown.
I fucked around with the truss rod, but it doesn't seem right and I've decided to leave it to an expert.
I haven't been able to play it properly since I purchased it just before lockdown.
I fucked around with the truss rod, but it doesn't seem right and I've decided to leave it to an expert.
Sadly, I don't really get that benefit.
I've read articles talking about how people who are still fortunate enough to have a job, are actually saving tonnes of money right now. I'm not personally seeing any of that, though, since, for financial reasons, I rarely eat out... maybe 3 or 4 times a year? Plus I don't go to bars, don't go to movie theatres, and can't afford to travel. So between the increases in groceries and hydro, my expenses seem to be running higher than usual.
(Just an observation, not really a complaint. I know I'm very lucky to still be getting a paycheque.)
^same here!
And as I try to support the small shops in the vicinity, I actually buy more than usual. Plus: I need soulfood (marzipan, chocolate, tea, cake) which is rather expensive.
I have no boredom problem but my nerves ars beginning to suffer from the overall tension. For months I've had one bad thing after another happening to me and my nerves stick out 2 meters around me and curl at the ends. Usually, I'd have a walk in the park, a chat with the neighbours or a meeting with my needlework club to distract me, but atm all I have is audiobooks and some repair work (mending all the acid holes in an old lab coat, upholstering granny's old folding chair, stripping 20 layers of paint off an old bicycle). But slowly but surely my emotional resistance is beginning to weaken.
I think tonight I'll take refuge with my favourite jigsaw puzzle.
And as I try to support the small shops in the vicinity, I actually buy more than usual. Plus: I need soulfood (marzipan, chocolate, tea, cake) which is rather expensive.
I have no boredom problem but my nerves ars beginning to suffer from the overall tension. For months I've had one bad thing after another happening to me and my nerves stick out 2 meters around me and curl at the ends. Usually, I'd have a walk in the park, a chat with the neighbours or a meeting with my needlework club to distract me, but atm all I have is audiobooks and some repair work (mending all the acid holes in an old lab coat, upholstering granny's old folding chair, stripping 20 layers of paint off an old bicycle). But slowly but surely my emotional resistance is beginning to weaken.
I think tonight I'll take refuge with my favourite jigsaw puzzle.
I want to go to the zoo, which is weird because it's hotter than hell here and there's not enough shade at the zoo. But I'd really love to go, to see the animals, support the zoo and just spend the day somewhere other than my house.
^ I miss the zoo, too. But at least I am fortunate enough to live in the country and therefore see lots of animals. Occasionally, I meet the beaver when I go to work at 5:30 am. The other day I watched a young rat trying to carry half a bread roll through the high grass at the banks of the stream. Hard work for such a small creature!
In my neighbourhood we have a stork nest and the birds circle frequently over my house. And we have a few butterflies and a fat humble fly (looks like a small bumble bee but can hover like a hummingbird
)
In my neighbourhood we have a stork nest and the birds circle frequently over my house. And we have a few butterflies and a fat humble fly (looks like a small bumble bee but can hover like a hummingbird
)
In recent weeks, I've seen a mouse dying from collision with a going bicycle (not run over, just colliding with the side of the front wheel, and the mouse was trying to cross the street, so it's not like the cyclist was trying to hit the mouse), a hedgehog with its head in an empty can from a ripped open recycling bag (I kept around long enough to make sure the hedgehog wasn't stuck, it wasn't), and just this morning I spotted a raven carrying a long twig from the ground to a nearby roof.
Animals always seem to wait til the last moment and then jump right in front of a passing vehicle to cross the road. It's very weird.
One time a rabbit stopped in the middle of a busy road right in front of me and just sat there. Thankfully I was able to stop in time, but he wouldn't budge until I started honking my horn.
Kor
@rhubarbodendron , I bet you're delighted at today's news of zoos (as well as museums, playgrounds, and other public places) reopening soon in Germany.
I don't see myself spending more than 6 hours in the car to drive to and from San Antonio.
From Austin to San Antonio? I hope they gave you gas money.
I don't think I have ever been there. I've been along hwy 20-Abiline/Midland ish, because my Dad's family are from there--but I've rather made a point of not going out there if I can help it. San Angelo is supposed to a have nice state park, though.
Safe driving!