So the world is a very strange place right now. A worldwide pandemic has sent everyone to their homes except for essential errands. People keep a 6-foot distance from each other, wear masks, do lots of video calls, and wash their hands religiously. I have missed human contact so much, especially hugs. I have been doing lots of things to try to compensate for the loss in myself and hopefully in others.
Empty toilet paper aisles. People stocked up in anticipation of hunkering down for extended periods. Also gobbled up…cleaners, hand sanitizer, soap, gloves, medical masks, distilled waterBoggle works really well over video chat. My kids and some of the Taylors and I play each week. I text out puzzles each day (well, most days) for people to figure out. Sun Art Paper is one of the things in the Aunt Jen Adventures surprise boxes I made for all of my nieces and nephews. I do a weekly video call with Christensens and with Taylors and we do an activity together. Fun with colored LEDsThermoplastic polymer is super fun to play withJuni’s creations 🙂Hand lenses give you a different view of the worldSculpture-ades 🙂Roasted marshmallows with my heat gun…perfect!Playgrounds, tennis courts, fitness centers … all closed, but lots of people out on bike trails and walking dogsEaster was super strange. We decorated eggs like usual but no family gatherings. We did a virtual Egg Hunt where families hid their own eggs and then others in the video call told them where to look. Slightly better than nothing I guess 🙂I prepared a Breakout Box for each family where I helped them on a video call as they solved puzzles to open locks to get at the s’mores makings inside. We have built several jigsaw puzzlesOnline tutorials for drawing Disney characters are fun 🙂I made lots of masks and gave them to peopleIt’s a good thing that these PJs were too big…used the excess for a couple of cute masksSteve and I climbed on the roof to watch a flyover that the Air Force did to thanks health care workers all over the state. I admit that I was a bit freaked out Drive-up COVID testing. Totally a thing. Mine came back negative. Teo and I also got walk-up tests another time and those were negative tooSteve bought me a pool for my birthday. Took forever to set up, we had to install a temporary fence (land order a permanent one), and it took a couple of weeks and a solar cover to get it warm enough…but now it’s lovely. With pools being closed, swimming with my swim tether in the back yard has helped keep me sane. Sweet birthday wishes really made my day. Jennifer sent me a skillet cookie from Chili’s 🙂Teri and the Freelands Heart Attacked my house and got me an inflatable lobster for my new pool and nummy chocolate 💚Robin brought me sunflowers and a sneak hugJul brought me the sweetest picture frame and a Me Minifig with a sweet cardUp close 🙂Made from the sun art paper 🙂Ada did lots of cool art on her new iPad Face shields, masks, and keeping 6’ from people is how stores roll nowWent camping at Palisade Lake by myself a couple of times. Easy to social distance and super good for my psyche being out in natureThe second time they had Stand-up Paddleboards for rent. Loved it! 🙂Discovered Diamond Art…love it! 🙂Planted a garden in the front planter area Also planted more vines along the front porch railing. In the back…tomatoes, peppers, squash, and cucumbersAda and I went camping at Snow Canyon. We hiked when there were very few people aroundMade crazy looking firesBought a shade canopy in St George (and spent a few hours chilling on a church lawn) because it was so hotDespite the incessant wind flapping our tent and keeping us up forcing us to sleep in the car the second night, we had a great time together and really enjoyed this beautiful place Oh and we totally saved this cute turtle from being road kill 🙂Enjoyed Disney clothing in lieu of Disneyland 😦Drive-by celebration for Emily’s graduationVoted by mail 🙂Played taskmaster by zoom. This is Isaiah’s longest chain (jackets tied together)Hugs through a giant sheet of plastic! Teri built an airtight pod to visit through 🙂Distanced picnic and outdoor movie nights at HQEscape boxes by zoom call (love the treats at the end!)Intricate leg artScience time with aunt Jen So bored I spent over a week time-lapsing gel beads dehydratingBuilt lots of puzzles including these crazy ones that move around and have a secret piece in the middle even time-lapsed a fewFirst New Year’s Eve with just us and no big party at our house. We did play Zoom Concept with Taylor’s. Played lots of Shapsu while listening to audiobooks
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