Thoughts, ideas and facts

$700 dollars spent, 4 hours of shopping, 2 hours of kitchen cleaning after a ham glaze package and a dish detergent from the store leaked all over, 2 hours rearranging the kitchen cupboards to hold all of the purchases. 1/2 hour spent wrapping gifts.

Saving the mopping of sticky ham glaze for the morning. And now a well deserved rest, I'm pooped out in so many ways. Except for tahini I got everything I need, and I'll try to get to the halal market tomorrow.

I'm looking at google in all of its wisdom and glory today, trying to figure out how to stay safe when I'm not at home with a compromised immune system.

Too many no no's. No sun exposure at all (multiple medications and retina damage), no being out in public without protection like surgical masks, no dining out, etc.

Anyway, I strongly dislike being told "no". I will go out, I will be in sunshine, I will go places where there are crowds. I will have a life I can enjoy and have fun in. So there!

Cruising the Internet showed me about a jillion ways to protect myself from the sun, most of them highly unappealing. Protection from other people and their germs, no offense, is just as bad. Surgical masks ain't purty at all.

The solution ends up being a variation of what I had initially thought of, Muslim headcoverings. Many of them are worn in such beautiful ways, it seems there are as many ways to wear them as there are women. A lot of the styles are designed to be worn with a veil across the face. An ugly surgical  mask can be hidden underneath the veil. 

Modest clothing won't be an issue, any time the sun is up I need to be covered completely. Since its a must for health and safety, I'm now looking through my wardrobe to see what is lacking. My wardrobe is fairly modest already. It was a fairly new creation over the last 2 years. Weight loss and a rapidly changing life made it necessary. 

It feels great to look nice and to be able to dress appropriately for any occasion. Most of my clothing for the last 30 or so years has come from thrift stores and vintage stores. Many were high end designer clothes, and many were cheap kmart type clothes. Other than underwear and shoes I can count store bought clothes over the years on one hand.

 Now my Clothing is beautiful, some pieces amaze me every time I look at them. It's classic and extremely fashionable with a nod to vintage styling in the summer portion. I have hats, gloves and an obscene number of purses. Just about everything needed. I do need some longer skirts, but that should do it. 

I'll learn scarf tying in order to be protected out of doors and in crowds. A couple of books ordered from amazon on that topic have arrived recently so I'll have time to practice and get used to wearing them.

Now, the big huge elephant in the corner..... My beloved Subaru has been sold today. This is where it really sinks in that I am blind, that I will never again get behind the wheel of a car and drive. That my disease cannot be cured is now fact, and it hurts to know that it can only get worse at this point. 

Enough for tonight........