February 3, 2021

I woke up in my new bed right there in the living room. I’m sure this is the open concept so popular today. Hey, the kitchen’s right there too. And the door to the porch must remain open too so things don’t  freeze. The small diesel stove works miracles, no ice anywhere inside. I did find a fly walking slowly near the kitchen window. I let it be.

My writing has been a bit blocked by setting things up, mostly my devices. Hopefully, by Monday I’ll be caught up and my quotidian routine will be established. I am quarantined until February 16^th. I can’t go inside anywhere other than my house or the clinic if I get an appointment for the vaccine. I can be outside. So today I walk/ran out the road during the snow shower. I could manage a pathetic shuffle on the plowed portion of the road. But farther down the road in the deeper snow it was most definitely a walk. The temp was about -11. It’s not cold when you’re moving. I shoveled my deck twice and stacked my wood pile. It felt great and seemed fun owing to the novelty I sure.

At 5:00, I was able to connect to my regular Santa Cruz Zoom group. It worked better than at home. Everything is good. I think I’ll have enough food to see me out of quarantine. If I think I’m sick of powered milk now. . .