My COVID Chronicles - Our little shack

Hey there, it’s me again. Just checking in after a few days at the cabin. A quick visual below. It’s nothing fancy but we still pinch ourselves and we love it all the same. As you can see it’s not the kind of cabin with a guest house, 6 bedrooms, and a dishwasher. There is no running water in the winter, and no furnace. We do love going out there and roughing it. It’s so tranquil and beautiful, especially in the winter.

It is our first year of cabin ownership. Hence the lack of seasonal winter photos.

The fireplace keeps us toasty warm. Oh and did you know there is such thing as a toilet seat that snaps onto a 5 gallon pail?

Yup there is. It’s quite comfortable. And there are bags special made for what you do when you sit on that old 5 gallon pail, strategically placed in our bathroom.

It’s our little shack on the lake.

We stayed there for as many days as we could muster with no shower, limited water, grocery supplies, and a shit pail.

Sorry for the visual.

It’s true

I’m teaching her to vacuum.

Is there ever a bad time for wine?

Netflix and chill- Maybe just Netflix.

As you can see by Brad’s wild hair outline we are getting to ‘situation critical’ regarding hair appointments.

I’m still having waves of crushing anxiety combined with dooms day scenario’s ripping through my brain. I have an involuntary eye twitch that has just returned. Mostly I just worry about the financial impact of all this.

I’m really trying to subdue this foreboding trepidation with something other than weed and wine.

Just kidding.. I also do yoga and I love to get outdoors, but somedays the need to self medicate is just too strong ;)

But out here, you could almost forget about that world wide pandemic spreading across our planet. Isolating was a whole lot easier. Especially the way we smelled. Just kidding we don’t smell. Well, maybe a bit.

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This photo was made on Tuesday March 24th.

According to paNOW, March 28th 2020 Muskeg Lake Cree Nation declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Roads going in and out are closed with exception of emergency and essential travel.

This photo is of a road block/checkpoint we could see from the highway on our way home to Saskatoon. The check point was to screen anyone coming into or leaving Muskeg Lake, ensuring they were not a risk of spreading the virus.

Some snow covered highway makes for an interesting ride home.

The day prior to making this photo, Princess Bad Ass, AKA Ayva- rolled in what we can only describe by her odour as a very dead fish carcass .. More than likely left discarded by some people ice fishing.

Thank you ice fisher people.

Serenity now…