Weekend Eight

Weekend eight was filled with sunshine and time spent in it. Both days we walked/ran a bunch of miles. Saturday we went down to the creek for a little bit. Matt made a quick Target run for prescriptions. And movie night was yet another showing of Mary Poppins. I finished reading Little Fires Everywhere on Friday evening, so Matt and I started watching it on Hulu. The book was a good quick read. I can't deal with books made into movies and shows. I don't know why I do it to myself. Just read the book. The show will then annoy you. I'm still listening to Before We Were Yours on Audible and am enjoying that too. 

Sunday was a perfect weather day. Matt and Quinn made me a special Mother's Day book and a future purchase of a fire pit. I think Matt must be getting bored to agree to the fire pit I've said would be fun for a few years now. We made a cheesecake today and made our own pizzas for dinner. While I was prepping pizza ingredients, Quinn convinced Matt that they should gift me a car wash. All day long she had been asking me to help her wash my car, but I told her that I wasn't doing it. Matt definitely was not feeling it either, but I guess she talked him into it. I'll take it. It was a great weekend!

And in case you are wondering...the flamingos graduated this weekend too. 

A+ Day

Back when all this started, there was a day that Quinn was so lovely to be around all day, and I just bragged and bragged about what an A+ day is was. There was no whining, no arguing, everyone was pleasant all day. Naturally, the next day was a disaster. Every now and then Quinn asks if she's having an A+ day. I usually tell her she could always try to have an A+ afternoon. Yesterday I had to tell her that after she was just a pouty grouch all morning, including on her Zoom meeting with her teacher. I do get a little joy out of that since she's just so lovely at school and reserves her true self for me. Yesterday's other main event was a grocery pick up from my beloved Wegmans. We got lots of good things, and it was so much better than my other grocery pick up last month. 

Today was truly an A+ day for everyone. I went on a long walk by myself this morning. Quinn did her to do list items easily, and we were able to get outside before the rain. In addition to the normal events, she also had her first live Zoom ballet and tap classes which went way better than I thought it would. Matt usually doesn't get to see dance, so he was able to observe while he worked. It was a good start to the weekend. 

Under Siege

If you know me well, you know I have a serious phobia pertaining to birds. I really can't handle them. I have some good stories in relation to this, including one when I pulled into the high school I will be working at to interview and there was a swarm of birds circling overhead. I questioned backing out. I thought it was a sign I wasn't supposed to be there. A quick google search revealed it's actually a sign of good luck. I still don't believe that, but I guess it worked out.

My house is also located in a bird haven. It's like the damn aviary up in here. I mean the amount of birds is insane. It's also terrible. Being home all day, you really get to know everything that's going on on your street. You also get to know everything that's wrong with your house. Currently, we are under siege. There are birds making nests all over the house. They aren't even paying rent. And now they are costing me money. I'm so mad. Today we did step one of the bird removal from the vent on the side of our house. Next we have to have gutters and downspouts cleared, and then have them removed from behind our windows and roof overhang. Bye economic stimulus. Just rude.

In other news, Quinn's a fighter in the Civil War. That's what she told me after my run today. This is what her uniform looks like. Also the Elsa dress is back and there's flamingos playing a game of soccer in the neighborhood.

Popsicles

Today included social distance socializing! I miss socializing the most. We checked off the homeschooling items this morning as well as some of my school work, and then headed outside for a walk. We happened to run into our neighbor friends and mostly the moms were so happy to see other grown ups that we ended up standing around chatting and then having a socially distanced popsicle outside. I think the kids enjoyed the playdate too.

This afternoon included a quick bike ride, a Zoom meeting, and making pancake batter for dinner. I also did get back outside for my miles, since it never did end up raining today. I started two new books yesterday and today. Last night I started Little Fires Everywhere and today I started Before We Were Yours. I am not a two books at one time person. I've never understood those people. I have been listening to Audible while walking/running and was mostly just listening to the free stuff and shorter stories, but decided to try a book this time, so Before We Were Yours is in audio format and Little Fires Everywhere is in print. We'll see if I can handle it. 

We Miss You

Check out this video the staff at my school put together. It's awesome. I love my coworkers and miss getting to see them in person everyday. We had a brief staff meeting this morning, and I am still working on a few school things tonight and throughout the day today.

I'm working tonight because it was just too beautiful a day to spend inside! We even got out the sprinkler late this afternoon. We also spent a lot of time playing with random things in the garage. It was a fun day. And come to think of it, I think it was the first day since this started that the Elsa dress never made it on her body.

Weekend Seven

It's been an action packed weekend. I'm tired. Saturday was one of the most beautiful days that we've had in a long time. We took a walk to our local high school to have a better view of the Flyover by the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds. They flew directly over us which was pretty cool. After walking home and getting some lunch, we decided to drive to my new high school to look at the senior parking spaces that they painted. They were really good and fun to look at while Quinn rode her bike. We came home for movie night and everyone was tired from all the fresh air. We also took our "Front Porch Picture." I have been wanting to take on, but never got around to it, or someone threw a fit about being photographed, so we finally got to it on Saturday. It's pretty accurate...Quinn attached to the side of my body, everyday outfits...

Today was a little less exciting. It rained all morning, so we cleaned up and organized some neglected areas of the house. We were able to get outside for some miles and bike riding this afternoon before dinner, and in between FaceTimes with grandparents. We finished out the weekend with a few board games.

Past Self Present Self

I often think about what the 'January me' would think if she saw the 'Now me.' I don't think January me even knew what Coronavirus was, or had heard that word really. Sometimes I scroll through my early March pictures just to see what we were doing the days before March 13th when it all came to an abrupt halt. I saw this video today, on another very typical pandemic day - academics, fresh air, tv, food - it's accurate. Can you even imagine your January Costco run knowing about this?