The Quiet Girl

 So, people, I tested positive. I felt some sinus pressure and congestion last week, and had a 99.1 temperature. So I tested, and I was negative. I got some rest. The fever didn't come back, so I thought I was fine. I took my Mucinex and Sudafed and returned to work the day after I tested negative. On Friday I tested again, and.....it was positive. It was positive even though the congestion was decreasing by the day and my temperature was normal. I even felt well enough to do 20 minutes on the stepper the day before. Today I have minimal congestion, and will probably clear up soon. I have been napping frequently and doing art and music, and drinking kombucha, apple cider vinegar, kefir, and green smoothies. I also have made vegetable soup with chicken and bone broth. I drank hot chocolate with 95% cocoa chocolate and cacao.  I just finished working on a snowglobe. I have worked on this project since before I got Covid, but I finished yesterday during quarantine. My boss gave me wha

 I'm excited. Do you know why? Flare jeans are coming back! I have been buying many a pair and stocking up on them as they return to style. I found a pair of light-washed flare jeans at Loft for $39.99 this fall when they were having a sale. I decided to modify them and put slits on the sides, to look like a pair of flare jeans I saw online, but didn't feel like paying $88.00 for them:                                                         They will do just fine, they are more than good enough for me and comfortable.   I have also seen full-blown bell bottoms for sale and being in style now. I love hippie-style bohemian clothes. I honestly thought these jeans were outrageous when they first showed up, but then I saw an old friend wearing a pair, and I liked the way she looked in them. I decided that I, too, would board the hippie van with the jeans. I ordered a pair of bell bottoms with metal rhinestones up the legs from Venus. I couldn't be happier (and hippier). I wore