I ran out to pick up something for breakfast and the person at the register had her mask under her nose. And she was wearing gloves, but she was on the phone, taking an order, and her gloved hand holding the phone was resting against her bare face. The same hand which she used, without changing gloves, to hand my bag of takeout breakfast to me.

I figured she'd been there for a couple of hours at least. Since they're only doing takeout there's a lot of phone answering going on. What are you going to do, change your gloves after every call? But, yeah, I did some careful opening and cleaning procedures at home. To the extent that I could. Biscuits and washing are non-mixy things.

People who are wearing gloves, I think, are only doing it as a reminder to self, or do not understand cross-contamination.

I personally think gloves outside of medical situations are a waste because you have to change them so often it just produces a ridic amount of trash.

IMO, the masks become more comfortable/unnoticable the more you wear them. I am almost to the point of just leaving it on at my desk when I go to work. (reminder - I need to wash my mask today).

It does become easier to wear masks the more routinely it's done. I started wearing an n95 like 8 years ago for the severity of my allergies & asthma, and I have at times forgotten I was wearing it. A big psrt of that, though, is determining the correct fit for the contours of your face and airway, which takea repetition to learn like any other skill.

It is morning. I am awake. Reality is (probably) happening.

I washed my mask yesterday while at my dad's house, but then LEFT it there, and I'm scheduled today to make an incredibly rare trip in to the office (most outside vendors and referring MDs know what's up, but not everyone does, so apparently the mailrooms are a nightmare of teetering boxes full of everything from office supplies to pipettes to FedEx packages full of patient records to surgical loupes to phone and database service bills to who even knows what).

So, what I guess I'm doing this morning is making a mask. Having all the materials (including enough close-weave mask-approved cotton for two layers) but lacking a machine, I'm scanning the interpipes for the easiest sew-by-hand patterns out there.

She's from Colombia, Zen. So they have all sorts of delicious tropical fruits dirt cheap, but terrible apples apparently!

A woman who used to work in my office was from Central America (forget which country) and she once told me about her first experience - well, experiences - with peaches. The first one, she cut open and saw the pit ... seemingly, with tropical fruit, if the pit isn't nice and smooth, there's something wrong with it (going bad, insects, whatever) so she threw it away. Tried again with another peach and saw the same thing. I think she threw away three peaches before she asked and was told that the not-smooth pit was fine.

JZ, here's a link for a no-sew mask, if you get desperate. [link]

I think you have to send an email to get the pattern, but here's a link from when I did that: [link]

3-minute video: [link]

There's also an extended version on the page at the first link in this post.

The woman's website also has some sewn versions, I think. It's a major homemade mask rabbit hole. Just scroll down the home page: [link]

I did get 2 masks completed last night and another cut out, so at least that got done. Goal is to get 2 more done tonight. Then I think I have a family of 5 to do and I will be caught up with requests.

I feel like someone here asked for one that I am missing.

I almost never go out so I've just been using bandannas.

I know that knits are not the best, but my tied-up t-shirt part is so comfortable! And I can put something between the two layers if I'm going somewhere. I'm not that pressed when I'm just going for a walk. ALTHOUGH I still saw a couple of people out with no mask this morning when they became mandatory here yesterday.

Drinks wise I've only made dark and stormies and Paloma-ish (grapefruit soda and tequila and lime).

I wanted to get grapefruit soda yesterday, but I already had too many groceries! Stupid walking to the store.

She was also flabbergasted at some of the many tropical fruits we really don't get. They have such good fruit there but it didn't occur to me they don't get good apples or cherries or blueberries (she's never had those! And only canned peaches!)

That is so interesting! You kind of forget that some things are still regional (even if it's just about demand).

People who are wearing gloves, I think, are only doing it as a reminder to self, or do not understand cross-contamination.

The latter, I think. There are some places around here that have signs up that you aren't allowed in WITH gloves.