00:25:44 Kelli Perkins: A squirrel just raced by on my third floor balcony. 00:25:47 Mary Freier: Does the something have to be work-related? 00:25:52 Leslie Makela: I got mail from my granddaughters, and my grandson started to walk :) 00:25:55 Mindy Schafer: In all this craziness, we bought a house. 00:25:56 Shannon White: my tulips are starting to bloom 00:25:59 Amy Knepp: my family adopted a dog :-) 00:26:01 Evette Atkin: The tulips are blooming outside my window! 00:26:02 Dale Parus: 5-mile walk in the hills of the Ionia Rec. Area 00:26:03 Natalya Anton: Me and my husband are going on a date picinic in our backyard this weekend 00:26:07 Rachel Cleer: Looking forward to the nice weather this weekend. :) 00:26:07 Nicole Brobston: My boyfriend and I just moved into our new townhouse! 00:26:07 Melissa Malcolm: I saw my first Baltimore oriole of the year this morning! 00:26:07 Mary Freier: Congratulations on the dog and the house! 00:26:11 Samantha Loree: My husband finally allowed our dog to sleep in our bed :) 00:26:11 Brandi Tambasco: I have a new niece! 00:26:13 Debbie Mikula: I have one red tulip popping up in my garden 00:26:13 Jeanette Smith: It's spring! 00:26:16 Peggy Hemerling: It's been great to have some wonderful weather to enjoy being outside! 00:26:26 Tracy Karbel: I baked a cake for my brother’s birthday 00:26:38 Sheryl Mase: Governor Whitmer is doing a great job protecting us 00:26:41 Suchismita Misra: Had a beautiful yellow finch visit my garden !! 00:26:48 Jerilee Cook: Just got my new cushions for my patio glider and I now can sit outside in comfort. 00:26:50 Leslie Behm: I was honored with the Rotary Club of Mason, MI Rotary Hero. 00:26:56 Amy Rosen: Started ripping carpet out of home office! And it has already been picked up by waste removal this morning! 00:27:07 Michaela: My family just adopted a baby cow! We named him Thor! 00:27:10 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: personal: My youngest niece started walking and my sister was home to see it! (she works 3 days/wkly at a hospital) -- work: finally made a connection with a local church to partner for information packets to be distributed with their food boxes. 00:27:42 Cathy Chesher: Currently also listening to my husband and 2 year old granddaughter who lives with us, singing the ABC song while playing in their blanket fort they made. 00:28:27 Kristina Reynolds: I made beef stew and sat outside in the sun 00:28:36 Amber Sheerin, MLA: LOVE all the happy thoughts! 00:29:12 Meagan Brown: I've loved being able to make all the home cooked meals while I've been home during the closures. 00:36:07 Kelli Perkins: I have value if all I did today was breathe. Reminding myself. 00:37:24 Leslie Behm: I am glad that my administration recognizes and reminds us that working from home in this moment in time, we do not get a full 8 hours of work done. 00:38:02 Meagan Brown: That is wonderful, Leslie. Mine is understanding, too. It's such a relief. 00:38:41 Mary Freier: I have a colleague taking a day off today--he said his only plan was never opening his laptop 00:39:03 Leslie Behm: It is wonderful and in his forum this week he stated he does not anticipate layoffs when we get back. 00:39:31 Amber Sheerin, MLA: It varies day to day. 00:39:35 Natalya Anton: my overall health is better. I have more time to workout, drink more water and eat better. Emotional health has taken a huge hit 00:39:39 Jen Ryan: not feeling like myself 00:39:52 Sam Mayworm: Overall health is fine, mental health is not great 00:39:54 Mindy Schafer: Still feels a bit surreal 00:39:54 Kelli Perkins: Like there's a pall over me. Can't shake it. 00:40:02 Sharon Crotser-Toy: Health: good but with allergies. Emotional health: not so great. 00:40:04 Meagan Brown: Overall health is better, but emotional health is a struggle. Lots of anxiety. 00:40:10 Samantha Loree: I feel lost. I don't know what i'm supposed to be doing most of the time 00:40:12 Amy Knepp: Health is great, losing weight. Mental health is not so good. 00:40:17 Amy Rosen: Rainy gloomy days like today do not help. 00:40:18 Cathy Chesher: Physically feel fine. Emotionally - it's a roller coaster 00:40:32 Jeanette Smith: Confused. Anxious. 00:40:34 Sarah HASHIMOTO: I feel guilty because my life isn't all that terrible, and yet I feel down. 00:40:35 Sheryl Mase: Guilt - the gift that keeps giving ;-) 00:40:36 Sharon Crotser-Toy: So much better when the sun is out. 00:40:36 Debbie Mikula: Somedays better than others, minute to minute changes 00:40:37 Cathy Campbell: frustration to not have access to usual things 00:40:47 Suchismita Misra: Feeling fine but anxious as my son is a ER physician. 00:40:49 Leslie Behm: Started a virtual breakfast with a colleague to get us moving, develop some normal to our days, we did that at work. 00:40:55 Tina Hatch: Keeping busy has been helpful for me (work, decluttering house, exercise). My father passed away last week in Tennessee... I don't think it will really hit me until I can see my Mom 00:41:06 Leslie Makela: Physical health is great. Eating better and walking everyday. But it is amazing how exhausted I feel after 4 hours of working this way. I'm not nearly this tired after 8 hours of face-to-face work 00:41:14 Sarah HASHIMOTO: @Tina, I'm so sorry! 00:41:23 Jeanette Smith: Everyday tasks outside the home are so hard to manage right now. I hate leaving the house! 00:41:35 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: Oh, Tina, I'm so sorry! big long-distance hug (if you're a hugger) 00:41:36 Debbie Mikula: Deep condolences @Tina 00:41:44 Janet Batchelder: Getting outside more, walking the dog, gardening, sitting on the porch saying hello to people who walk by makes me feel much better 00:42:02 Leslie Makela: I know my screen keeps freezing and so does the audio 00:42:29 Evette Atkin: Preach! :0) 00:42:40 Rachel Ash, MLA: I'm so sorry Tina, my deepest condolences 00:42:41 Leslie Makela: Very sorry to hear that, Tina. Sending hugs! 00:42:44 Amy Comber Gross: Love that! Buy leggings! :) 00:42:45 Jeanette Smith: Bravo! 00:42:51 Debbie Mikula: How about wine and chocolate? 00:42:54 Amber Sheerin, MLA: YES! 00:43:04 Meagan Brown: Thank you so much for the reminders that we are all going through trauma and it's normal for us to experience deep changes. 00:43:08 Janet Batchelder: loving the carbs! 00:43:09 Jeanette Smith: pizza rolls at midnight 00:43:14 Sharon Crotser-Toy: Tina, I'm so sorry. You have our collective air hug! 00:43:22 Amber Sheerin, MLA: @ Jeanette: ditto 00:43:23 Steve Bowers: yes! pizza vindication! 00:43:27 Lisa Buttigieg, MLA: YAY! wine and chocolate! 00:43:32 Mary Freier: I read an interview with Padma Lakshmi once where she said that she packs clothes in three sizes for one season of Top Chef. We can lose weight after the pandemic is over, just as she does after the season. 00:43:39 Sharon Crotser-Toy: Chips and dip: Daily requirement! 00:43:41 Rachel Ash, MLA: yes pizza rolls! 00:43:48 Amy Comber Gross: Major insomnia here... feel like I can't sleep normal hours 00:44:05 Samantha Loree: loads of nightmares 00:44:06 Kevin Hawley: "Pizza Rolls at Midnight"? Is that the new Magic Tree House book? 00:44:22 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: I've been doing Sudoku or crochet with music before bed 00:44:30 Cathy Campbell: should be if it's not! 00:44:32 Anne Palmer: Insomnia, and chocolate, lots of chocolate 00:44:39 Leslie Makela: Hahahahahaha @Kevin 00:44:52 Amy Rosen: Lots of baking - I actually have lots of flour and yeast! 00:45:27 Jeanette Smith: I'm a hugger, this will be hard for awhile. 00:46:15 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: I've started headwrapping more often, love that head hug (not having to wash my hair every day) 00:46:28 Leslie Behm: my cats have decided to spend all their time sitting where I do which is unusual 00:46:33 Cathy Campbell: skyping Tigers... another new book! 00:47:19 Mary Freier: I liked the meme where they addressed the 100 pushup challenge as a group--if we get 100 people, we each only have to do one! 00:47:39 Cathy Campbell: I'm up for one! 00:47:42 Sharon Crotser-Toy: Been hugging my backyard tree. 00:47:53 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: @Sharon - yyaaasss! 00:47:54 Jeanette Smith: @MaryFreier..LOL! 00:47:57 Samantha Loree: the squirrels are taunting my dog I swear 00:48:20 Leslie Makela: I just saw a funny meme that said: Congratulations you successfully made it to the end of April. Welcome to Level 5 of Jumanji 00:48:32 Leslie Behm: that is great 00:48:40 Leslie Makela: It has made me laugh all morning 00:48:53 Samantha Loree: Laughter is fundamental 00:48:54 Amber Sheerin, MLA: I’ve been picking up crafts that I’d long ago abandoned 00:48:54 Meagan Brown: One of the most relaxing things I've been doing is sitting in the yard and watching the birds. 00:49:06 Jeanette Smith: I've been immersing myself in "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" 00:49:10 Mary Freier: The facebook group Crap Wildlife Photography provides lots of laughs 00:49:22 Suchismita Misra: I have been coloring it has been very relaxing. Doing yoga too 00:49:38 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: I'm revisiting books that actively make me laugh, even the second or third time around 00:49:41 Brandi Tambasco: Being creative, working with my hands (knitting, sewing NOT facemasks), without being on a device, has helped me. 00:49:48 Evette Atkin: @cynthiastanczak..Yes! #headhug <3 00:49:49 Meagan Brown: Writing letters by hand has been great. 00:50:16 Cathy Campbell: calling friends and family more often 00:50:16 Mary Freier: I knit during my many Zoom meetings 00:50:17 Steve Bowers: making new vids for my YouTube channel! 00:50:17 Natalya Anton: I LOVE animal crossing but I've had to tone it down because I was being to competitive with it 00:50:48 Leslie Behm: My siblings have decided that we will play text bingo 00:50:53 Jeanette Smith: @Natalya Anton...Competitive Animal Crossing? Wow! 00:51:00 Leslie Behm: I knit as well. 00:51:02 Mary Freier: online bridge 00:51:04 Meagan Brown: Gratitude journaling and writing thank you cards has helped my mental health greatly 00:51:09 Janet Batchelder: reading 00:52:04 Natalya Anton: yeah I play with my siblings and want to be the first to have everything. normally it isn't a problem 00:52:22 Peggy Hemerling: Bread baking has been therapeutic. 00:52:37 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: Yay, bread machine!! 00:52:59 Sharon Crotser-Toy: Knitting and Netflix 00:53:21 Leslie Behm: I had a friend who has been to so many stores looking for yeast and flour. He can pretty much tell you the best place to find things that are often out of stock in other places. 00:54:00 Evette Atkin: Sewing and Dungeons and Dragons with my College kids 00:54:17 Mary Freier: I have a friend who freaked out and ordered a bunch of flour online and it all came at the same time--she was offering flour to people. She thought she migh have 50 pounds 00:55:31 Leslie Behm: my sister's friend bought 70 lbs. 00:56:07 Mary Freier: I have learned that I don't bake when I'm stressed; I bake when I'm bored. I haven't been baking. 00:57:40 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: @Evette- Yes! Sewing on YouTube Bernadette Banner & Rachel Maksy 00:57:52 Cathy Campbell: my nap is next on the schedule! 00:58:06 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: An afternoon nap with my little dogs for cuddles 00:59:39 Leslie Makela: I have to admit: I never expected to be shopping distilleries for work supplies (sanitizer). You just have to find the humor when you can 01:01:15 Leslie Behm: Netflix just released "Coronavirus Explained" -- it is an informative but not when you need self-care. 01:04:18 Jeanette Smith: Toilet paper will make a lot of us happy! 01:04:22 Amy Comber Gross: I hope I can get to that point of growth, but right now I'm feeling like I'm barely keeping my head above water. 01:06:06 Janet Batchelder: Many in my community are helping others, This giving and compassion gives me so much happiness and hope 01:06:16 Peggy Hemerling: Please give title again. 01:06:19 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: @Amy You're not alone. We're treading water together. 01:06:40 Amber Sheerin, MLA: It’s okay that you’re not okay by Megan Devine 01:06:41 Amy Comber Gross: Thank you. (((HUGS))) 01:06:42 Brandi Tambasco: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34261775-it-s-ok-that-you-re-not-ok 01:06:46 Meagan Brown: WOW. That quote is absolutely breathtaking. I think we all need to read that one. 01:07:08 Michaela: I appreciate all the positive comments and support for each other! 01:07:14 Debbie Mikula: Recognizing some of the small stuff that others did that I probably ignored before. 01:08:48 Meagan Brown: Thank you for explaining that happy isn't always healthy. That really helps!! 01:09:05 Jeanette Smith: Agreed 01:10:17 Rachel Cleer: It's great to know that it's OK that I often feel all of these emotions. 01:11:04 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: People are also developing claustrophobia with the masks. 01:11:33 Samantha Loree: it's scarier when people are out not wearing masks.... 01:11:43 Jen Ryan: I put lips with a smile on my mask just to see peoples eyes smile. and not look so scary 01:12:43 Michaela: I love that you put a smile on your mask, Jen! 01:12:54 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: Do you have any other book recommendations for us and for our patrons? 01:13:06 kay williams: My husband is an essential worker. He's older, he has heart issues and I am worried all the time. 01:13:11 Mary Freier: I think if I tried to draw a smile on my mask, I'd wind up looking like the Joker. 01:13:38 Jen Ryan: I printed it and traced it on. 01:14:15 Steve Bowers: Scary, Kay. 01:14:17 Michaela: I hope all the best for your husband, Kay! 01:14:23 kay williams: We had that discussion yesterday 01:15:15 Sam Mayworm: Do you have advice for those of us living with others (family, roommates, etc) who are not compassionate regarding our anxiety? 01:15:43 Amy Comber Gross: Thank you for doing this. This was so helpful to me today. 01:16:03 Sharon Crotser-Toy: Any advice for panic attackers? 01:16:04 Cathy Chesher: Thank you for this. It is very helpful just knowing that others are experiencing the same things I am. 01:16:36 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: Advice for those seeking counseling for the first time? 01:17:04 Cheryl Burtrum: what was the earlier site you mentioned with "panda"? and self esteem? 01:17:17 Maryann Roberts: Thank you Amber and Casey! This was very helpful. 01:17:41 Amber Sheerin, MLA: Body Posi Panda: https://www.instagram.com/bodyposipanda/?hl=en 01:17:46 Eric Palmer: Great Zoom now I am going to eat pizza, chocolate and drink wine Thank you 01:17:58 Amber Sheerin, MLA: She has a couple of books as well as her instagram posts 01:18:18 Cheryl Burtrum: Thanks! 01:18:35 Jen Ryan: Thank you Casey, can you be my therapist? lol 01:18:39 CYNTHIA STANCZAK: book recommendations? 01:18:46 Samantha Loree: Thank you so much for having this session 01:19:02 Kelli Perkins: VERY helpful, took many notes and will share! 01:19:09 Casey Coker: Self Compassion Kristen Neff 01:19:09 Suchismita Misra: Thank you 01:19:10 Sarah HASHIMOTO: Sooo helpful! I didn't realize how much I needed this. 01:19:15 Tina Hatch: Thanks! This has been helpful. 01:19:16 Meagan Brown: This has been so fantastic. Thank you to everyone!! 01:19:25 Casey Coker: Anti Diet Christy Harrington 01:19:34 Michaela: thank you for doing this Zoom meeting! I took many notes as well! 01:19:42 Casey Coker: Body Positive Power 01:19:53 Casey Coker: Notes from your therapist 01:19:55 Sharon Crotser-Toy: So happy I attended. Thank you all so much! 01:19:59 Casey Coker: Lisa Olive Therapy 01:20:08 Anne Palmer: Thanks looking forward to hearing the recording. 01:20:23 Casey Coker: Birdspapaya 01:20:49 Tracie Alger: Thank you. This was so helpful to have a talk about self-care to be self-aware. To shift the focus to what is important and a priority. Just like the oxygen mask on the plane...you put it on yourself first. Take care everyone. 01:20:56 Casey Coker: Glennon Doyle Untamed 01:21:08 Meagan Brown: Untamed by Glennon Doyle was fantastic! 01:21:24 Tracy Karbel: Thank you for this talk! 01:21:37 Casey Coker: cokerc@bronsonhg.org 01:21:59 Janet Batchelder: Thank you for this, a lot of great advise to get through this the best we can. 01:22:03 Lisa Buttigieg, MLA: Thank you so very much Casey! So beneficial for me 01:22:12 Kevin Hawley: Thank you! 01:22:16 Debbie Mikula: Great session thanks Amber! 01:22:16 Steve Bowers: thanks! 01:22:17 Mary Freier: Thank you This was very helpful! 01:22:17 Amy Rosen: Thank you so much!! 01:22:19 Eric Palmer: Thank you it was a great zoom 01:22:22 Brandi Tambasco: Thank you! 01:22:27 Rachel Cleer: Thank you! 01:22:28 Amy Comber Gross: Thank you! 01:22:29 Cathy Campbell: thank a lot. good topic … we needed this! 01:22:31 Kelli Perkins: We're doing fantastic. LOL!!! 01:22:33 Steve Bowers: We love you Amber! 01:22:33 Dale Parus: Yay! 01:22:35 Peggy Hemerling: Thank you very much!! 01:22:48 Michaela: I learned so much thank you!