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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Wednesday) to midnight (8pm Thursday Eastern Time).

Poll #23750 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 80

How are you doing?

I am OK
69 (86.2%)

I am not OK but I don't need help right now
11 (13.8%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
33 (41.2%)

One other person
26 (32.5%)

More than one other person
21 (26.2%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

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From:

feng_shui_house

NOM NOM NOM. Now I feel hungry. :^)

Can't eat right now, I'm currently wearing a homemade face mask, trying to get used to it, so when I DO have to go out (hopefully not for a month) to get groceries, I will have trained my body to accept it and not have these ITCH ITCH I MUST SCRATCH impulses.

Darn, I failed and scratched. OH, well, training is slow.

From:

we_are_spc

...

I need someone to discribe how to make a non-sewing face mask. I have a desposable one that I dab with hydrogen peroxide, but I want a washable one, or two.

-T~

From:

feng_shui_house

I found a good one. It uses only a square bandana, handkerchief or scarf (the bloggers use one that’s 18 inches by 18 inches) and two hair elastics.

Here are the instructions from the post.
To make this easy DIY face mask even easier (not to mention more comfortable), use hair elastics that are slightly worn in, so they’re not too tight behind the ears, and pick a scarf made with a cotton blend rather than flimsy silk.
Here’s how to do it.

1 Place the scarf or handkerchief facedown on a flat surface.
2 Fold the top half down to the midline of the scarf, then fold the bottom half up to the midline.
3 Flip it over so that the seam faces down.
4 Fold the new top half down to the midline, and the bottom half up.
5 Flip it over again so that the seam faces up.
6 Loop a hair tie over each end of the folded rectangle.
7 Fold the free sides of the rectangle in toward the middle, layering one side over the other.
8 Flip it over! Loop the elastics over each ear to wear, making sure the mask covers your mouth and nose.

I include the link for others who might like to view the video, too.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/how-to-make-a-diy-no-sew-face-mask-with-fabric-and-hair-elastics

Note: In the video, the hair elastics get put on about 1/3 of the way across the fabric, so the fabric that extends past them can be flipped over to nearly meet the other elastic.

I hope this helps!