56/366 extra day
Feb. 29th, 2020 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaidentoday started with taking some of philotera's possessions. most excitingly, pyrex graduated cylinders and a large (maybe 2L?) beaker. i'm looking forward to using them in my kitchen.
i also purchased one of her art pieces, an encaustic of California poppies. i need to figure out where it goes, but it is bright and cheerful and has the translucent depth of the medium.
i'm caught up on Picard and Clone Wars, and i've started the gusset increases on the sock i'm knitting, so a productive-enough day.
state of emergency declared here; the first (verified) COVID-19 death in the US was in a nearby town. i see my opportunity to go to a conference at the end of next month receding. our local drug store was sold out of hand sanitizer and face masks prior to the announcement.
i looked into DIY hand sanitizer: i found a sane recipe (you need 60% isopropyl alcohol in whatever you mix up) but the majority were put like 35 drops of essential oils into 2 oz of water. um, no. i think i'll skip irritating my skin and also failing to kill anything other than the lining of my nose. (seriously, these people who are worried about their skin and their children's safety are suggesting cinnamon oil. don't google pictures of cinnamon oil burns. *shudder*)
philotera's possessions. most excitingly, pyrex graduated cylinders and a large (maybe 2L?) beaker. i'm looking forward to using them in my kitchen. i also purchased one of her art pieces, an encaustic of California poppies. i need to figure out where it goes, but it is bright and cheerful and has the translucent depth of the medium.
i'm caught up on Picard and Clone Wars, and i've started the gusset increases on the sock i'm knitting, so a productive-enough day.
state of emergency declared here; the first (verified) COVID-19 death in the US was in a nearby town. i see my opportunity to go to a conference at the end of next month receding. our local drug store was sold out of hand sanitizer and face masks prior to the announcement.
i looked into DIY hand sanitizer: i found a sane recipe (you need 60% isopropyl alcohol in whatever you mix up) but the majority were put like 35 drops of essential oils into 2 oz of water. um, no. i think i'll skip irritating my skin and also failing to kill anything other than the lining of my nose. (seriously, these people who are worried about their skin and their children's safety are suggesting cinnamon oil. don't google pictures of cinnamon oil burns. *shudder*)
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Date: 2020-03-01 06:43 pm (UTC)