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There is a lot about the lockdown that is frustrating, and it feels pointless to put it all down. Everyone else has the same frustrations, I'm sure.
It doesn't help that the weather's turned the last two days. It seems like the whole time we've been in quarantine, the weather has been marvelous. Blue, sunny skies, warm temperatures, cool breezes. The weather reports keep warning us about rain, but so far it's been gorgeous, to the point that Polish farmers are apparently getting worried about not having enough rain. (Which does seem like it could be a worrying prospect.)
Yesterday, the clouds moved in and the wind picked up, and there were some smatterings of rain. We even had some snow flurries today - nothing that even came close to sticking, but they did come down. The temperature dropped a lot, too. Nowhere near what I know some other parts of the world are getting, but after a whole month of sunshine, it's a little depressing.
There are some good pieces of news. I've been productive in actually producing meals instead of just baked goods. My freezer is now stocked with meatballs, chicken strips, pierogi, and tonight, a lasagne. None of this is kosher for Passover, mind you, and truth is, I'm not even close to avoiding breads in the slightest. I wanted to, I had every intention of doing it, but... my will power has evaporated like the blue skies, I guess. I don't have the energy to come up with a meal plan for me and for everyone else, too, and trying to make sure I have something to feed everyone for lunch every day is strangely taxing.
Other good things: the fabric I ordered is arriving tomorrow. Three days later than I'd been hoping, but by the time I'd ordered it on Thursday, the Polish government had already declared that Saturday would be a day off for everyone. And then Monday was a holiday, too, so when the store didn't process the payment until Friday afternoon, I was pretty much screwed for any package being picked up before today. It's in transit now, though, and it's set up to just be dropped on the top step so hopefully I'll notice the truck when it comes through.
And the last good thing is a rumor, but hopefully an accurate, or at least mostly accurate one: there's talk that small stores will be allowed to reopen next week. Right now the only places open are the groceries, pharmacies, and gas stations (as well as the tiny convenience stores known as delikatessys. Picture a store the size of your average living room, cut it in half, and shove in a bunch of shelving. Stuff the shelves with everything a regular grocery carries. That's a delikatessy. They are, hands down, marvelous.) I'm hoping "small stores" includes pasmantarias, but I suspect it'll largely be up to the shop owners if they want to reopen yet or not.
And lastly... the current plan is that school will reopen after 26 April. At that point, I'm probably going to have to decide if I want to return to Polish class or not. On one hand... I should keep up with the Polish. I'm not paying for the class, it's a good excuse to go to the embassy on a regular basis and have conversations with other adults and get out of the house and even have lunch with Bill occasionally.
On the other... we're leaving in a year, I have the basics, the class isn't really teaching what I want to know how to say, and I value my time more than the language acquisition. And I really, really want to keep staying ahead of the game on the books. I don't want to lose another year like I did last year. And that means keeping up production, especially when I lose every summer because of the kids (and will lose next summer definitely, because of another international move - though hopefully, the last one for a while).
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It doesn't help that the weather's turned the last two days. It seems like the whole time we've been in quarantine, the weather has been marvelous. Blue, sunny skies, warm temperatures, cool breezes. The weather reports keep warning us about rain, but so far it's been gorgeous, to the point that Polish farmers are apparently getting worried about not having enough rain. (Which does seem like it could be a worrying prospect.)
Yesterday, the clouds moved in and the wind picked up, and there were some smatterings of rain. We even had some snow flurries today - nothing that even came close to sticking, but they did come down. The temperature dropped a lot, too. Nowhere near what I know some other parts of the world are getting, but after a whole month of sunshine, it's a little depressing.
There are some good pieces of news. I've been productive in actually producing meals instead of just baked goods. My freezer is now stocked with meatballs, chicken strips, pierogi, and tonight, a lasagne. None of this is kosher for Passover, mind you, and truth is, I'm not even close to avoiding breads in the slightest. I wanted to, I had every intention of doing it, but... my will power has evaporated like the blue skies, I guess. I don't have the energy to come up with a meal plan for me and for everyone else, too, and trying to make sure I have something to feed everyone for lunch every day is strangely taxing.
Other good things: the fabric I ordered is arriving tomorrow. Three days later than I'd been hoping, but by the time I'd ordered it on Thursday, the Polish government had already declared that Saturday would be a day off for everyone. And then Monday was a holiday, too, so when the store didn't process the payment until Friday afternoon, I was pretty much screwed for any package being picked up before today. It's in transit now, though, and it's set up to just be dropped on the top step so hopefully I'll notice the truck when it comes through.
And the last good thing is a rumor, but hopefully an accurate, or at least mostly accurate one: there's talk that small stores will be allowed to reopen next week. Right now the only places open are the groceries, pharmacies, and gas stations (as well as the tiny convenience stores known as delikatessys. Picture a store the size of your average living room, cut it in half, and shove in a bunch of shelving. Stuff the shelves with everything a regular grocery carries. That's a delikatessy. They are, hands down, marvelous.) I'm hoping "small stores" includes pasmantarias, but I suspect it'll largely be up to the shop owners if they want to reopen yet or not.
And lastly... the current plan is that school will reopen after 26 April. At that point, I'm probably going to have to decide if I want to return to Polish class or not. On one hand... I should keep up with the Polish. I'm not paying for the class, it's a good excuse to go to the embassy on a regular basis and have conversations with other adults and get out of the house and even have lunch with Bill occasionally.
On the other... we're leaving in a year, I have the basics, the class isn't really teaching what I want to know how to say, and I value my time more than the language acquisition. And I really, really want to keep staying ahead of the game on the books. I don't want to lose another year like I did last year. And that means keeping up production, especially when I lose every summer because of the kids (and will lose next summer definitely, because of another international move - though hopefully, the last one for a while).
Cross-posted from Dreamwidth. Comment in either location.