daily update, Tuesday April 7
Stuff done today:
1. Cut my fingernails and toenails.
2. Wrote ~600 words of the Narnia/Naruto crossover, bringing the draft up to ~10,000 words. The end is in sight! (...And once I reach it, I will have SO MUCH EDITING, but hey. Fixing something that exists is always easier than creating something in the first place.)
3. Took my plants outside for the afternoon and brought them back indoors in the evening.
4. While I was taking the plants out, my diagonal neighbors' cat, Wilson, got into my apartment. I promptly closed all interior doors so she had limited space to roam, and attempted to pick her up and take her back out. She was very highly stimulated by exploring a new environment, however, and clawed and bit at me in protest (relatively gently, but still) so I left off the attempt and finished moving my plants. Then I shut the back door and opened the door between my living room and front room to tempt her into exploring a new area. She duly crossed the threshold and I shut the door behind us, opened my front door into the common stairwell, and opened the front door of the house to give her a clear line out of my apartment into the wider world. Then I grabbed my keys and went back into the rest of my apartment to prep for a walk and a grocery run.
She was still in my front room when I was ready to leave, but I think watching me walk out my front door persuaded her to follow. She prowled onto the front porch and I promptly shut my apartment door to keep her from reentering.
I should mention here that I cleaned the bites and scratches with a bunch of soap and water, then a generous splash of rubbing alcohol, and then some Benadryl anti-itch gel (generally intended for bug bites, but whatever) to counteract the chemical in cat saliva that is apparently one of the fundamental causes of cat allergies, since the two tooth punctures were swelling up like mosquito bites in a way the scratches weren't. The swelling and itching duly subsided, so score one for antihistamines!
5. Took a walk, nominally with the goal of buying a BLT for lunch, but also just to get out of the house and move around for my physical and mental health. I took a slightly longer way home than necessary because it was a lovely day and it's nice to see people even from a safe distance.
6. Took a nap.
7. Bought groceries.
8. Zoom meeting with my church's Board of Trustees to catch up on the past week and do some preparation for our regular monthly business meeting next week. I have agreed to look over some financial documents in case we decide to apply for an SBA Payroll Protection Program loan. The application isn't really geared to nonprofits, though they are clearly marked as eligible for the loan, so pulling together some of the required information will be tricky.
We are also unsure if we want to apply at all, since although we are going to take a big hit (lost rent, reduced pledges and offering plate intake, may not be able to run our big summer fundraiser) we should be able to limp along through 2020 as-is. It will just be hard, and then we might hit a wall in 2021 if we use up our rainy-day options now. The UUA is in favor of member congregations applying, but some wealthier ones have decided it's morally wrong for them to get loans when they don't need the money. That's cool and I support it! But my congregation doesn't fall into a clear-cut "we definitely DON'T need the loan" or "we definitely DO need the loan" category, so we're waffling.
...
I think I'll go websurf a little more and then fall into bed.
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1. Cut my fingernails and toenails.
2. Wrote ~600 words of the Narnia/Naruto crossover, bringing the draft up to ~10,000 words. The end is in sight! (...And once I reach it, I will have SO MUCH EDITING, but hey. Fixing something that exists is always easier than creating something in the first place.)
3. Took my plants outside for the afternoon and brought them back indoors in the evening.
4. While I was taking the plants out, my diagonal neighbors' cat, Wilson, got into my apartment. I promptly closed all interior doors so she had limited space to roam, and attempted to pick her up and take her back out. She was very highly stimulated by exploring a new environment, however, and clawed and bit at me in protest (relatively gently, but still) so I left off the attempt and finished moving my plants. Then I shut the back door and opened the door between my living room and front room to tempt her into exploring a new area. She duly crossed the threshold and I shut the door behind us, opened my front door into the common stairwell, and opened the front door of the house to give her a clear line out of my apartment into the wider world. Then I grabbed my keys and went back into the rest of my apartment to prep for a walk and a grocery run.
She was still in my front room when I was ready to leave, but I think watching me walk out my front door persuaded her to follow. She prowled onto the front porch and I promptly shut my apartment door to keep her from reentering.
I should mention here that I cleaned the bites and scratches with a bunch of soap and water, then a generous splash of rubbing alcohol, and then some Benadryl anti-itch gel (generally intended for bug bites, but whatever) to counteract the chemical in cat saliva that is apparently one of the fundamental causes of cat allergies, since the two tooth punctures were swelling up like mosquito bites in a way the scratches weren't. The swelling and itching duly subsided, so score one for antihistamines!
5. Took a walk, nominally with the goal of buying a BLT for lunch, but also just to get out of the house and move around for my physical and mental health. I took a slightly longer way home than necessary because it was a lovely day and it's nice to see people even from a safe distance.
6. Took a nap.
7. Bought groceries.
8. Zoom meeting with my church's Board of Trustees to catch up on the past week and do some preparation for our regular monthly business meeting next week. I have agreed to look over some financial documents in case we decide to apply for an SBA Payroll Protection Program loan. The application isn't really geared to nonprofits, though they are clearly marked as eligible for the loan, so pulling together some of the required information will be tricky.
We are also unsure if we want to apply at all, since although we are going to take a big hit (lost rent, reduced pledges and offering plate intake, may not be able to run our big summer fundraiser) we should be able to limp along through 2020 as-is. It will just be hard, and then we might hit a wall in 2021 if we use up our rainy-day options now. The UUA is in favor of member congregations applying, but some wealthier ones have decided it's morally wrong for them to get loans when they don't need the money. That's cool and I support it! But my congregation doesn't fall into a clear-cut "we definitely DON'T need the loan" or "we definitely DO need the loan" category, so we're waffling.
...
I think I'll go websurf a little more and then fall into bed.
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