New Routine

I've not yet settled in to this new routine. It's been almost a month of everyone staying home. I'm still not adjusted to juggling the paying job, helping with school work (thank goodness it's not high school math but this new way of teaching math is way beyond me), caring for the horses, and trying to figure out how we'll support the Sanctuary. I guess supporting the Sanctuary is no different than any other year. But it shouldn't be my paycheck supporting the Sanctuary. We need donations and grants and there's just no time to go in search of those when everything else is going on.


We had somewhat nice weather this weekend and the next two days are supposed to be beautiful. I'm getting excited to get outside more and enjoy the fresh air. Hopefully then I can actually be with the horses and not have to be in all my winter gear. One of the many downsides to winter is that I have to wear glove and that means when I pet the horses, I don't actually get to feel them. It's weird how I need that touch, to be able to feel their hair and their warmth. I think it must have something to do with helping me stay centered.


It is amazing how life can change so drastically in a blink of an eye. Our world was rocked at the end of February and we are still dealing with coming to terms with it. And now the pandemic has altered our lives so I'm just not sure how to handle life at the moment.


I'm probably a bit too outright with my worries on this blog (and in the evening checks on Facebook). Probably more than I should be but when you have kids and animals, you have to make sure that they don't see or feel your worry or stress (and there's been a lot of worry and stress lately).


I had hoped to start a new project this week but that didn't happen. We'll see how this week goes. The days blur together any more. They keep pushing out the pandemic so now it could be August before the curve is flattened. It definitely change all of my summer plans and we will have to rethink some of our fundraiser ideas I was hoping to do.


So if you're bored and want to help out with the Sanctuary, I have a TON of ideas that I could use your help. I know the evening checks on Facebook get a little boring and this blog is boring without pictures but I could use your help in other areas. There's a lot more I'd like to be doing but my kids and the horses have to come first so everything else ends up falling away. But if you're bored, I can use your help. And don't worry! I'll focus on areas that you want to help with rather than something you may not want to do. There's always something. My brain is always addled but I can come up with stuff to keep you busy AND to help the Sanctuary!