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Social Distancing Log
Apr. 15th, 2020 03:30 amFor April 14th.
I couldn't resist; I went out on a very brief Pokémon drive, mask on every second I was out of the car. Don't think Mom went anywhere; Dad used one of the masks I made to wish a friend happy birthday from a safe distance, but I think that's about it.
Side note, I used the pattern that's mostly rectangular rather than more fitted; I think I'll try the other pattern out once I've used up all the cloth I have ready, because the rectangular masks get under my chin in a way that feels like it's restricting my airway, even though I know intellectually that it's not. Put your finger under your chin right where it meets your neck and press up a bit, and you might get what I'm feeling. It's also hard to find a good way to position the mask with my glasses so the latter doesn't fog up, but that's also a problem with scarves, so I don't think it'll change much just with mask shape. Maybe if I add a nose wire, but I'm not holding my breath. Worse comes to worst, I can navigate the non-driving world reasonably well sans glasses, and the car is a closed enough environment that, as long as I'm the only one in it, I don't feel like I'm endangering anyone particularly from not wearing a mask.
I couldn't resist; I went out on a very brief Pokémon drive, mask on every second I was out of the car. Don't think Mom went anywhere; Dad used one of the masks I made to wish a friend happy birthday from a safe distance, but I think that's about it.
Side note, I used the pattern that's mostly rectangular rather than more fitted; I think I'll try the other pattern out once I've used up all the cloth I have ready, because the rectangular masks get under my chin in a way that feels like it's restricting my airway, even though I know intellectually that it's not. Put your finger under your chin right where it meets your neck and press up a bit, and you might get what I'm feeling. It's also hard to find a good way to position the mask with my glasses so the latter doesn't fog up, but that's also a problem with scarves, so I don't think it'll change much just with mask shape. Maybe if I add a nose wire, but I'm not holding my breath. Worse comes to worst, I can navigate the non-driving world reasonably well sans glasses, and the car is a closed enough environment that, as long as I'm the only one in it, I don't feel like I'm endangering anyone particularly from not wearing a mask.
