Quarantine Journals - Bleh

I'm tired and it's been a long day, so I think I'm just going to run through this bullet style again.

I didn't get any sleep last night because the dog kept barking. Once I finally got him to be quiet, I ended up laying in bed for an hour coughing. We've been spending a Tonna time outside, but the pollen count has been super high and now I'm feeling it. Richard was kind enough to let me sleep in a little bit.

We spent the morning outside gardening and working on the fort again. Took the kids for lunch, and then Oliver took a late nap. If you video games after naptime, then a yummy pasta dinner and some playtime with the kids. 

We've been warned of severe weather tonight for the last several days, and so I told Richard that it might be best to move my car away from the tree since they're calling for 80 mph winds. When I went outside to move it, I saw many of our neighbors out laughing and talking to each other without maintaining any kind of social distancing. That coupled with the fact that there of been a lot of post in our local groups about going out to eat on Saturday and going to get their hair done etc etc, just sent me off. I went into the backyard and started hail proofing the garden while trying not to have a meltdown. It makes you feel like you must be the crazy one that everyone else is acting like this is no big deal. But the governor's bullshit reopenings are just going to set us back months.

We wanted to release the butterflies today but with the weather we decided to hold off. Tomorrow is going to be nice and cool, so I guess it may be Thursday before we can let them go.

Meggan sent me a gift card for kohl's today for my birthday. Which was really sweet. She's trying to be an enabler with the aero garden addiction.

I think my dad's back must be doing better because he hasn't mentioned it.

Been having a good time chatting with friends on Marco Polo. People are really struggling... Especially, of course, the ones that are having to work full-time plus to do distance-learning and manage their kids. My friend who is always such a strong bad ass totally fell apart yesterday, and I realized how much she's been struggling with this from the get go but didn't wanna say anything to anyone.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Quarantine Journals - Plumbing Saga Continues

Image
I really want to try to go to bed at a decent hour, so I'm going to try and make this quick and snappy. The diggers came out and spent 8 to 5 digging the tunnel underneath the house. They told us that they would cover it to prevent the rain getting in, but they just threw a piece of plywood on top of it. The plywood isn't even as big as a whole, and I felt very angry that they didn't do what they said they were going to do by topping it. Also, no one ever sent me a picture, that picture that I saw was the one that Richard sent me when he went over to the house. We went back-and-forth about whether or not he would still go because it was so late when everybody finished digging, but it turns out they flipped the breaker in the front yard which meant that the freezer in the garage was off. So we had to go over there to turn everything back on, and he also got some more food and then brought over two Aerogardens and the tomato jars. Meanwhile, we had multiple conversations back...
Read more

Favorite things 2024

Okay, I'll give it my best shot! Favorite Treats for Both: Chocolate, Donuts, cupcakes, cookies, ice cream, baklava, M&Ms Favorite Treats for Oliver: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos, Hot chocolate Most candy, honestly Favorite Treats for Penny: Smarties, Skittles, Starbursts, Hershey chocolate bars, Kit Kats Favorite Calming Activities for Both: Sensory swing, fidgets, Legos, diamond painting (Oliver enjoys the stickers, Penny likes medium size projects), Kinetic Sand activities/kits Favorite Calming Activities for Penny: Slime (butter texture), Audiobooks, Baths, Dig Kits Favorite Calming Activities for Oliver: Slime (thick & glossy texture), Showers, Baths, and Water Play (sensitive skin so he doesn't do great with some bath products) Favorite Characters for Both: Pokemon Penny: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson Oliver: Super Mario, Spider-Man, Spidey & Friends Outdoor Activities for Both: Finding gemstones, exploring nature trails, exploring creeks, scooters, bik...
Read more

Quarantine Journals - A letter to the contractors, therapy vent

It has been a month since you told me this job was finished. A month of driving back and forth multiple times a week to review work only to find more errors. You told me you were done, and the fixtures hadn't even been installed.  Nothing had been cleaned—we couldn't even see the damage through the dirt. There was paint in the wrong finish, damage to my new mirror, a leak under the sink with standing water and water damaged paint in the vanities.  There were chipped tiles and damage to the grout on the floor in both bathrooms, and lines drawn in permanent marker on the floors.  There were multiple cracked and scratched tiles in the shower. The carpet had come loose in the hallway and the study.  The tile on the bathroom shelf had been redone 3 times and the grout was unusually dark.  The shut off valve did not work.  The bathroom door would not close.  The towel bar was falling out of the wall. And there were a slew of careless mistakes made with regards to painting and caulkin...
Read more