Mask Mandate

The school year is approaching soon and we are learning the kids will all be mandated to wear masks. Now it is up to each district to decide how to enforce those mandates. Why not a nation wide guide? Ex: a red light we all wear masks, yellow light means inside masks and outside optional, and green light no masks required…?

Choices

Today I finally went swimming. I started the day, blessed by my significant other with some breakfast and my favorite coffee. I’m really thankful for little moments like that. So I started the first task, meaning to accomplish it. At the end of the day, I didn’t, but I made a lots of progress and am excited to finish it tomorrow. That was just the first task. 

While I was organizing, I looked at two gifts I’ve been given and thought about a third. One: A Silhouette Machine. Two: A sewing machine. Three: Real Estate School. 

I started the real estate school. I partially threaded the sewing machine. I failed the last test of the first class of the real estate school and was told I need to retake the entire class. I cried. I hardly cry about anything related to something like not passing a test in school. I cried and called the real estate school to get a refund for Michael. It was a great gift because I’m still enrolled, though really discouraged. That was just the first class. 

I’ve lined up a ton of projects for myself with the sewing machine. One of which is a maternity clothing line with mostly recycled clothes and materials. Six months pregnant and I have yet to learn how to use the sewing machine. Now my kids are ready for me to sew them some clothes so they can tie dye. 

The Silhouette Machine is similar to learning a foreign language. I still want to learn it. 

It made me question what I’m choosing to do with the gifts I’ve been given. 

I’m happy I made space for the baby and that I went swimming with my kids. 

Score

 The power hour is starting to become a routine. Thank you God, I didn’t know if that would ever happen.

Keyboard

 My keyboard is not working so I don’t want to type that much.

Happy Progress

 This weekend brings us into mid July and the weather feels hotter than ever. We’re almost to one month left for summer vacation and then school starts again. I’ve been trying to get some great organizational skills in place for the upcoming school year because once it starts, the baby will be on his way shortly after. Lots of changes to make still, but every time I make progress I am happy. 

Fourth of July Follow Up

 

General Welfare Promotion

 I saw this post recently where two people were talking to each other and there were tiny dots representing how much bodily fluids were exchanged throughout that conversation. Then it showed two people having a conversation the same way, wearing masks. The mask wearers definitely protected themselves and the other person from any type of bodily fluid exchange in the conversation. 

This illustration made me think that the normalization of mask wearing could actually be a way to promote the general welfare of all people. If students wear them at school, our kids will probably be healthier than if they didn’t. Receiving proper care while experiencing symptoms is important, but the normalization of mask wearing is an added precaution that can become a daily habit for extra protection.