Hello from the other side of Colorado's "stay-at-home" orders! We're hearing from our public officials that the economy will slowly (and I mean slowwwwwly) start to re-open. It's exciting and, quite honestly, confusing and scary. We're still being urged to stay home if possible (instead of "stay-at-home" they're calling it "safer at home"). I've been feeling quite overwhelmed these past couple of weeks navigating this lengthy pause with the business and there are a lot of decisions to make on how to proceed.
Not to mention the fact that I'm still growing human life inside of me.
This really is a major part of my confusion surrounding this cautious re-opening of the economy in Colorado: I'm still an immune-compromised person because I'm pregnant. As much as I'd like to get back into the world (with a mask, with social distancing, with extreme care), I just don't think that it's my time yet. I will be circling back with my doctors to see what their opinion is here, but I'm pretty sure I already know that I'm safest at home for the time being.
Here's what know else I know. I recorded over 40 training videos while in isolation. These videos allowed me to train my new seamstress, Bri, without ever having to be physically next to her. I also know that my studio space is a safer environment than other office buildings since a single person can go to work there and not to physically close to anyone. So, while I might be home-bound, it's looking like Bri is pretty excited to get into the studio and it seems we are going to be able to have her do so safely.
Anyone else just feel an intense sense of emotional whiplash through all of this? There are times when I sit on the couch and I'm so daunted by what's ahead that I literally. can't. do. anything, It kind of feels like standing at the bottom of a mountain and not feeling at all sure that you have the right gear, but you're being asked to climb.
So, I guess you can see here that we're trying to figure out. I'm thinking about all of this day and night. Proud of all of us who are cobbling together some semblance of a life in this madness. Proud of all of us who are taking extra time to rest during these wild times.
Oh, and it's worth mentioning that we've been able to work with some new fabric we had ordered before we were shut down. I'm so thrilled for you to see our newest pant 1 fabrics: chalk and toffee organic cotton twill (you can see a sneak peak of toffee pant 1 above). These fabrics will also soon be coming to pant 3 and I have a beautiful new print coming to smock 1 and t-shirt 4 after that.
Sending so much love!