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Quick, while no one’s looking...

10/27/2020

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Lockdown means we’re all spending a lot more time alone. Unless, of course, you’re quarantining with a house full of kids. But still, there’s more than ample time to do things you might not otherwise do if someone was watching.
 
So, let’s get embarrassed together.
 
The characters in Careful-ish make all manner of “self-grooming” choices that they normally wouldn’t. From the ever-popular “digit in the nostril” to digging out dollops of ear wax to be disposed of later, the rules get lax. But what about me? What have I done when I thought no one was looking? Hmm...
 
It’s almost hard to think of something. It all seems so normal now.
 
Got it. I spent most of the summer in the same two pairs of shorts. I own two pairs of denim shorts. One is a traditional blue denim, the other is a light-blue, almost white denim. It got to the point where the blue shorts were for every day. The white ones were for fancy. Like, sitting in a neighbor’s back yard.
 
I’m here to say, those shorts are now really soft.
 
And how often was I washing them? I don’t think either pair saw the laundry before they’d been out visiting at least four times. Color me proud.
 
In a similar vein, it has become normal to sleep in a shirt I’ve been wearing during the day. Hey, it’s already on. And will I wear it the next day? Maybe. Well, OK. I do. The surprising thing is that Mr. Parker never mentions it. So, my next question is, did lockdown make him not notice or not care? Or is he doing the same thing? I haven’t noticed.
 
All this said, I do maintain some degree of dignity. I never take a phone call without wearing a bra. That’s a rule. It’s been a hard and fast policy since I began working from home over a dozen years ago. (Remember those cheery, pre-virus days?) Having the ladies locked and loaded just makes me feel in charge. But maybe, just maybe, my summer-shorts habit also made me feel in charge. It was neither fashionable nor polite, and maybe not even clean. But damn it, it was my choice to make and I made it. And in a time when our choices have become limited, that brings a kind of empowerment.
 
How about you? What have you done during lockdown that you would normally turn up your nose at? Or at least laughed at?
 
Cheers to all of our quirky behavior.
Honey

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Jacqueline Christie
10/27/2020 05:25:25 pm

Clothes- the same!

We got into this weird schedule of up at 5:00am
Work out in garage (we have a full gym) lunch as late as noon or as early as 10:30am - yikes!
Then bedtime at 8:30pm

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Honey Parker
10/29/2020 10:08:38 am

Our clock has been totally turned on it's ear as well. For me, I;m getting a much slower start. But days of the week seem to have disapeared. Every day is a work day and a hike day.

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