Friday, March 13, 2020

Nothing to get Dressed up for

I have a lot of attractive 'Sunday' best dresses, skirts and sweaters.  I wore them to Church and the temple, meaning I dressed up at least three times each week.  Now the temple and Church are canceled, unless someone wants my presence at their sealing, which is very unlikely.  On the other hand, with the cancellation of schools, I will not be required to get up earlier than eight each morning, and that is only because if I sleep much beyond eight my entire schedule of sleep will be tipped on its head.  My prettiest jewelry is not required since I wear it mostly for art meetings and going to Church.  It is now March 13 and I wonder if Church will start again before it is full spring.  Meanwhile my default daily wear is the comfortable yoga pants with boot cuffs that I also wear as pajamas along with a turtleneck shirt.  I altered some corduroy pants to fit me after losing quite a bit of weight last year, but they are still and not suitable for wearing at night.  I adopted the practice of wearing the yoga pants when I decided to dress in such a way that I could leap out of bed and quickly finish my usual morning ritual before driving kids to seminary.  On Tuesdays and Thursdays I would get up a half hour earlier in order to drive to the Provo City Center Temple to act as patron in an 8 AM endowment session.  So now my life is simplified.  The only thing I do now is drive up to Bountiful each Friday to take Hannah and Rudy to the park and McDonalds.  Today I had planned to maintain 'social distance' by staying in the car.  But Rudy was quite insistent that I join them in the park and I realized that my presence means a fair amount to him.  I would be more exposed to him by failing to join him. 
I am tempted to pack up all my fancy 'go to meeting' clothing, but things may change greatly before the season turns completely.  Today I faced sleet as I began my drive to Bountiful.  I stopped to get gas and my sweater was soon loaded with icy particles.  At least I got the plastic cut for my feeder wall.  I plan to finish it tomorrow.  I hope the weather cooperates.

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