27 March 2020


Friday 27 March, 2020

Greetings from the independent territory of Tinyapartmentia!

Woke up this morning (and in the middle of the night) with my upper left molars screaming at me.  I have a temporary crown on the bottom that popped off last week (I stuck it back on like a cave person).  I was supposed to have that replaced with the permanent crown last week, but with our province shutting down all non-essential services, that apparently meant dentists.  I’ve had the temporary crown for 3.5 weeks now.  Ironically, it’s not really giving me much trouble, other than worrying about keeping it clean, but ever since the appointment the top half has been killing me.  It happened before, when I got my other crown, I think it’s because of the needle going into the back sort of arch area between the upper and lower jaw, but it’s been a long time.  I’ve been taking Advil for the pain the whole time.  Hopefully I don’t run out.
Today I’m trying out having a list of things I want to do, each day.  I don’t want the days to run into each other, because that way lies madness.  So, even this week when I’m “on vacation” I will have things to do, tasks to accomplish.

Today it’s:

8am – get up (…827…)
8am (ish) to 1030am (ish) – have breakfast (eggs on toast and tea) and watch Good Mythical Morning and Kimmel's Quarantine Minilogue
1030am (ish) – forage for groceries
1115am to 1pm – come back to Tinyapartmentia and watch our prime minister’s daily address, and watch the local news.  Tidy during commercials.  Have lunch TBT.
1pm to 2pm – walk on the treadmill
2pm to 230pm – stretch
230pm to 8pm (ish) – what’s on TV?  Yesterday there was a Picard marathon, which was cool.  Tidy or something productive during commercials
8pm (ish) – watch violin instruction videos and begin learning to play
10pm – Bedtime (trying to be strict with maintaining wake-up and bed times, to maintain a routine)

We’ll see how it goes. J

26 March 2020


Thursday 26 March, 2020

A state of emergency has been declared for my province, and my now my city.

A state of emergency is about to be declared in my apartment too.  I’ve been staring at these 4 walls for a few weeks, and now that I’ve been working from home, it’s just me even more.  I mean it’s always just me, but now it’s JUST ME.  Am I making sense?  I dunno…I have nobody to ask!

And if I did ask…what if I got an answer?!

What's the difference between a state of emergency for a country vs a province vs a city?  Hey!  That's something to do!  Woohoo!  LEARNING!!

Today I washed my dish towels by hand, like Laura Ingalls, because my apartment's washer is broken (of course).  I have other stuff to wash, but I'm not sure how to go about it.  Jeans and stuff need to be scrubbed somehow right?  Damn my modern city knowledge!


I've been very selective of where I get my COVID-19 information.  There's so much half-information, fake information and overall hysteria that I'm just not partaking in anything but actual facts, from reputable sources.  Luckily my local news has taken a very fact-based approach, which while being thorough, isn't mining every little whisp of information, sensationalizing it, and putting it out there as "fact".  I'm also making it a point to only watch the news once a day, not 3x like I could be. 

I need to maintain a sense of balance and normalcy, even though these "difficult/challenging times" that everyone keeps calling it, are anything but normal.  I don't need added angst, things are angsty enough already!