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Admist the Panic, I’m Finding Solace in Normalcy and Routine
Turns out, watching TV for 12 hours isn’t good for you
Today I will be starting my second batch of broccoli. Perhaps I’ll get my watermelon and eating cucumbers going, as well. My hands will dig into the dirt, will mist the seedlings growing and do what I always do in spring: plant.
Things may look a little different this year. I may be running out of soil and wondering if it’s even worth that curb-side delivery/pick-up my local nursery is offering. I’m not wandering the greenhouse looking at lovely plants and wondering if I go over the budget and how annoyed my husband will be. I’m not popping out to Rona to grab another indoor plant or a small bag of seed starting soil.
Things look different from the year before and the year before that, but I’m still doing the same thing. I’m still moving forward in life, finding my routine and finding that feeling I get when I stick to it.
With most of my work being home-based, not too much of my daily life has changed. I had to self-isolate myself from my part-time job due to a slight cough, something I never would’ve thought twice about months before, but in this climate, you have to be aware of every little difference in your body. Spreading an illness around when we are trying to amp up…
