Isolation has been somewhat productive so far. I've read almost 100 books in 2020 at this point and there are still 4 months to go. A lot of the books have been the sheer escapism of cozy mysteries, though there's been a few others of more substance. I've also been working a lot on my art and have completed 2 paintings since isolation began. One is the platypus (below) and the other is a pair of narwhals jousting. There's a couple other pictures in various states of progress, so I'm not sure what will get done next.
I've also decided to participate in Inktober again this year during the month of October and am working on the preliminaries so that I can just start the finished pictures when the month begins. Though I've not joined in since 2016, I'll be doing the weekly drawing as I did before. It's usually too much pressure with also preparing for the holiday craft shows at the same time, but this year there won't be any craft shows for me, so I should take advantage of the flexibility. I'll need a total of 5 pictures for the weekly goal and have ideas for 4 so far, so I'm pleased with how things are going.
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Since I can no longer go to the Y, I need another way to get some exercise. I Bought one of those exercise DVDs, but I just don't do it as often as I should and one time I hurt my neck, so that plan has not worked out as well as I'd hoped. So I bought a stationary bike from Amazon and I arrived recently, but needs to be assembled.Getting it up to my apartment was a workout in itself, since the box weighed around 40 pounds. I thought I'd be able to slide it up the edges of the stairs, but that didn't work, so after much struggling, I managed to turn it end over end up the stairs & then scoot it over to my apartment door & just inside.
Some of the reviews said they'd put it together in 45 mins. but I know my experience will not be that swift. It will probably take me a couple of days. I wanted to vacuum the carpet before starting, tp prevent any dust or dirt getting onto the parts. I'm hoping to begin working on it within the week and will be keeping in mind that the important part is that however long it takes, the main concern is that it works in the end. Then I can pedal my way to fitness.
