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Sarah is a thirty-something Texan who works as a freelance writer and reads a lot of books.

She loves renovating her house in Dallas, being married to a very tall Dutchman, and having zero guilt about her pleasures.

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Well. I think I’m almost better.🤞Yes, I’ve heard the stories of people feeling better for a few days and then having symptoms return, so I’m a little nervous to declare this OVER but I’m hopeful. I haven’t coughed all day and my lungs are hurting a lot less. My breaths are deeper and I didn’t wake up with fever today. 🙌 Once I’m fever-free for three days I can stop avoiding my husband so much. And after seven days my doctor said I can go out of my house, but with a mask to be extra safe. 🤗🎉 Fingers crossed it’s over. (And yes, this bath bomb did stain my bathtub and bath pillow and remind me why I mostly use super basic white ones. 😂)

This image from Emma is how I feel quarantined in my room right now. 😭😂 Health update: My breathing got worse yesterday so my husband found a telehealth option we have in Dallas for likely/at-home COVID-19 cases and they helped me within half an hour! I got an inhaler to help me breathe and some pills to help with the dry, painful cough that has picked up over the last two days. The doctor agreed I likely have it, but unless I can’t manage at home there’s no reason to go take one of the limited tests, so... I’m hiding away in my bedroom for now. I woke up without fever today for the first time in seven days, although it did come back around 3pm. Still! It felt better and my body aches have reduced a lot. I still get really winded very easily though and can feel it make my heart race, so I’m taking it easy and hoping that (and the cough) will clear up soon. 💖 Please stay home and keep the spaces in the hospitals open for those who really need it. I can easily see how this can go so bad. And while you’re home, if you haven’t seen it yet, watch Emma! This photo of her dad is one of my favorite things about the movie and the entire movie is beautiful. 💖

Daydreaming about homemade cookies from bed today. I made these iced oatmeal cookies last week and we gobbled them all up since I couldn’t share with neighbors like usual. 💖 Still sick, still resting. No big changes from yesterday so maybe that’s good? Still have fever, get exhausted easily, and my lungs hurt but I’m managing. Mostly by just staying in bed, especially since I’m trying not to get my husband sick too. Hoping for an improvement tomorrow! Law school requires my attention and I can’t give it any right now. 💖💖💖 Stay home and stay safe! 🥰 Recipe: @sallysbakeblog

I’m as sure as I can be without a test that I have COVID-19. It’s not bad enough to need a hospital so I’m staying home and dealing with it here in hopes it goes away without needing any outside help. I had a low fever off and on for a few days then Monday it went up and hasn’t left without Tylenol since (and comes back as soon as the medicine wears off). I have asthma so I’m worried about that becoming an issue, but so far, while I’m winded and my chest feels tight (and hot?!), it’s manageable. I could do without the body aches and mega headache though. Fingers crossed this is it! 💖💖💖 I can’t do much of anything but rest or sleep, so when I’m awake enough I’ve been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons in bed. It’s cute just like the last version with lots more to do. Love it! 🥰 Please stay home and try to stay healthy for you and everyone in your community. If we all work together, this works. If we don’t, more people die. Do your part.

To help reduce the spread of COVID-19, @thedallasarboretum had to close during their beautiful annual Dallas Blooms event (before I got a chance to go!). 😭 But! While they’re closed, they’re doing #DigitalDallasBlooms to share it all with us the only way they can right now. 🎉 It’s a lovely garden and this event is especially fantastic. I highly recommend swinging by their account each day to check out a new part of the tour. The tulips are amazing.🌷 🌷 🌷 📷: @thedallasarboretum (from one of their Wallpaper Wednesday posts to make your phone’s home screen prettier.) 💖

Happy new-books-are-out Tuesday! If you’re home and bored, find something to read. I recommend something with a happy ending. 💖💖💖 I’ll be reading romance for the foreseeable future (and much of the past!). It’s so comforting. 🥰 My visit to Books Are Magic in Brooklyn earlier this month feels so long ago now. I buy books as souvenirs so I made sure to grab one there—Get a Life, Chloe Brown by @taliahibbert. 😍 Stay safe! 💖

We made a homemade Chicken Pot Pie yesterday. It was warm and delicious and just right for hiding out from a pandemic at home during the cold, rainy weather. 💖 I hope you’re got a cozy spot to stay right now too and that you’re healthy and keeping just busy enough to not go nuts from being inside. 🥰 Recipe from @sallysbakeblog, of course.

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