{"id":945,"date":"2020-04-06T14:38:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T21:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/?p=945"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:45:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T21:45:18","slug":"isolation-week3-even-my-house-hippo-wants-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/isolation-week3-even-my-house-hippo-wants-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Isolation Week3 \u2013 Even My House Hippo Wants Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, March came in like a lion\u2026 but out like a jerk. Snow, frigid weather, nasty windchills. Like, what the heck Mother Nature? Yeah, we may be confined to the neighbourhood, but I still have to walk my dog! Instead of the hoodies and jeans I should be wearing, I\u2019m still donning snow pants and my ski jacket. Brrr!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why, Mother Nature? WHY!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This week has been, well, weird. After being in COVID-19 isolation for three weeks now, I thought I\u2019d start to get used to being cooped up in the house, but the cabin fever has been worse than ever this week. One day, I laid out on the bonus room floor to plan my April bullet journal. Another day, I organized my nail polish collection. I\u2019ve dusted the ceiling fan. I\u2019ve probably eaten my body weight in Jello pudding and drank a gallon of coffee a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can I help do a plan?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a nut shell, I\u2019m going nucking futz!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even my House Hippo is getting cabin fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A piece of Canadiana: the House Hippo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m hearing that this may be the new norm until at least July. That\u2019s another three months. By that time, I\u2019m probably going to be sitting in a corner singing French show tunes while I braid my cat\u2019s hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Try it. I dare you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa is suggesting we wear masks, now, but finding them is a literal needle-in-a-haystack exercise. So, I made some myself. A quick Google search came back with a pattern. Some miscellaneous fabric and my decades-old sewing machine later, and I had a couple of face masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also had lots of scraps for my House Hippo to use as bedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hopefully next week will be less snow-covered and less COVID-19-infested. Although we hit the grim milestone of over 1 million people infected, there’s hope on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, I will continue to stay inside, forget what day it is, and wonder where I’ve put my phone after coming back from walkies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My phone’s boring. Here’s a snow-covered bird feeder instead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stay well, everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Rissa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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