so about last week...

so here's my new pet ladybug.
it came in through my gaping window screen that can't be replaced until the covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
yeah, it's been real fun around here.

so i figure i should at least check in weekly during this weird time of life, just to show i am in fact, alive.  this last week was mostly just go to work, come home from work.
i did get a little crafty on the week days, prepping curved blocks to sew for one of about a half dozen baby quilts that will be sprinkled through the next few months.  after about a week, i think i'm finally adjusting to getting up on time.  now going to bed on time, is another story.  i haven't quite seen midnight much during the week, but i have absolutely seen 11:40pm on the regular.

my car crossed the 200k mile mark on it's odometer.
when lockdown began, i was certain that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
but with a 5 mile commute to work, it has absolutely made my gas tank last a whole lot longer.
it for SURE needs a carwash though.

my aide and i zoom bombed some of our our preschoolers on wednesday, and it was the cutest and most chaotic thing ever.  one of the mom's asked "is this what circle time is like?" as they ran to go get different toys to show off.  one. hundred. percent.
i was really struggling at times to feel the passion i had a few years ago quite a bit during this school year.  i think last year really wiped me out followed with so many littles this year.
i miss it so much.
i tried my hand at cooking something new on thursday, and finally made the meatball recipe erika shared with me forever ago when i was on the quest to cook my own food.
that's one thing that this quarantine has made me do... and i'm pretty sure it has helped save a fair amount of money as well.
oh, and here's that recipe, in case you were curious: baked italian meatballs
friday night i did a baby quilt start to finish.
boo yah!
okay, so my pieces were all cut out earlier in the week... but it's done and ready to quilt!
saturday was equally productive, but in spurts.
i sewed my house for our sacmqg shelter at home project that out guild president has come up with.
the basis was a house that represents that member during the current "shelter in place" period that we are all experiencing separately but together.
well... here's mine ;)
i'm quite pleased with it!
you will absolutely be able to tell where i live on the sacmqg street!

i didn't get any more quilt tops or parts thereof done today, but after a round of laundry, joann's rejection, in n out failure and a mask wielding trek through a walmart grocery store, i was back at it and made 2 quilt backs.  one for the aforementioned baby quilt, and one to go with the jelly roll race quilt top that i made a few weeks ago.
FINISHED PROJECT POSTS MIGHT HAPPEN SOON, GUYS!

after a celebratory pizookie and another load of laundry because the 4 legged roommate sneezed on my fabric, it became time to turn in after a productive saturday.
and for the crime report, here's a mugshot of the sneezer to add to the crime file.
sunday was a day of being a lazy bum.
mostly because i knew today was coming.
so i decided to attack this:
so this laundry basket basically became my catch all the last few weeks for fabric and scraps and other randomness, so it was time to deal with the situation at hand.
fabric was sorted, organized and put back in cabinets and drawers where it should be and the laundry basket was retired to the closet where it belongs.
the rest of the day was essentially spent eating or binging shows on netflix.

and now it is monday.
guess what... i'm back at work!
yes, quilt shop work, but also child care.
today was originally the last date given that we would return to the preschool classroom before the district decided to shut down for the remainder of the year.
i'll be working the essential worker child care that is being held on campus where my classroom was... and will actually be in my classroom.
am i fearful of returning back to work?  no.
i miss being in the teaching realm so much, and i'll be working with kinders with some pretty great coworkers.
i'm mostly curious about how the schedule will run, and getting the feel of the "new normal" that is approaching.
oh... and getting up at 5:30 again... yuck.
i'll be going straight from child care to fabric chopping, so it will be a week of full days in again for me.
i guess my chunk of unemployment was all worth it for this in the end?

fingers crossed for some sewing productivity in the mix after all this!