Impulse

You may see quite a few fiber braids if you follow my account. I hand dye wools and silks and blends for people who hand spin for knitting or weaving and also people who felt. I got into this 7 years ago now first focusing on spinning then pivoting my business to just doing dye work. When I made that choice I had no idea that I was setting myself up for a win during the pandemic. People have been turning to their hobbies in this time and my people who sell their woven goods or hand spun yarns  etc are also busier now than ever. I am so grateful for this. 

Yesterday I took my very screwed up neck to the chiroprator. I had no idea they would be open during this shut down but they seemed to be deemed essential. They had told me on the phone that they took every precaution and not to worry.

I get there, in quite a bit of discomfort, and found the receptionist was not wearing a mask. they were still using their waiting room that had magazines in it. There were no gloves or masks at the door or any signs of operating in a pandemic other than a sign on the door saying, "If you are sick, stay home."

Then the chiropractor comes out with the previous patient (neither wearing masks) and he calls me in before the previous elderly gentleman has a chance to walk down the hall (without a mask) and exit the building. I stayed where I was until the fellow left. In my head I am thinking I will never be back and weighed staying with the pain I was in. I stayed. He cleaned off the table which was good but no gloves. 

He told me of how they had been seeing sick people and because he had worked on them, they were not having to go to emergency at the hospital with their Covid. I could only think of the sign on the door - no sick people? When were they coming in? At a specific time only?

When I got home, everything went into the wash and I had a good scour in the shower for a longer than usual time. I back tracked with my disinfectant cleaning and felt very conflicted about what had just happened. Is my bar set too high for human behavior? Do I have to lower it then run like hell to stay out of the way?  This doctor told me that Covid had been around a long time. Yeah buddy it has - but this is a novel one and it kills people. Just sayin'.

Later I got an email from the doctor's office thanking me and that I should consider removing mucus forming foods from my diet to help in this pandemic time as a way to fight off Covid. I sent it to the spam folder and spent some time emailing friends  that I know who have used this man's services regarding how my visit went.

I feel very very very strongly about masks. It's not just about protecting me. It's about protecting humanity. Yesterday actually broke my heart. It keeps breaking these days in so many ways.  I am grateful to work at home and be able to turn off the outside world at times and just be in my art work. I am so fortunate.