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Ugh, yes we did. One of our friends stopped by today — my husband offered to help him get copies of a large sized plan for some work he’s trying to get done at his house (sometimes it helps being married to a civil engineer!). This is also the same friend that did our recentContinue reading “Day 32 — Friday, April 17, 2020 or we just plain failed at social distancing today…”

My husband is a man who likes his routines — Thursday evening we order pizza from the local pizza shop (the same pizza every week, by now they must have the darn thing in the oven before we call…), Friday we used to walk up to the local Irish pub for beers and burgers, SaturdayContinue reading “Day 31 — Thursday, April 16, 2020 or thank goodness it’s pizza night!”

Seriously, that seems like a really long time to be stuck in the house. 4 whole weeks… What might be even more surprising? How little I have actually accomplished around the house! Sure, I have been working remotely every work day. And I’ve been doing all my normal chores — laundry (why is it endless??),Continue reading “Day 30 — Wednesday, April 15, 2020 or I can’t believe I have been home for 30 days!!”

Our 11th wedding anniversary is this weekend. Typically we’d go and do something fun to celebrate — maybe we’d find a local craft beer festival and go out for a nice dinner. Last year we went to DC to run in a big road race, visit one of my good friends and check out someContinue reading “Day 29 — Tuesday, April 14, 2020 or I got an early anniversary present today!”

My husband did our weekly food shopping on Saturday. While I was unloading the plastic shopping bags, I decided that it might be a good idea for me to wipe everything down before I put it away. I used a spray household cleanser (non-toxic!) and a paper towel. I sprayed the paper towel and wipedContinue reading “Day 28 — Monday, April 13, 2020 or some days I feel like I just make no sense…”

Today is Easter Sunday. Now normally I would go to Easter Mass — typically by myself, because my husband doesn’t like to go. Most families show up to church in bright fancy clothes, typically I show up in yoga pants and a sweater (and I might have just come from a hot yoga class, don’tContinue reading “Day 27 — Sunday, April 12, 2020 or a social distancing Easter Sunday”

It was definitely spring-like weather here today! Sunny, about 60 degrees, but the wind was crazy! My whole attitude changes when the weather gets warmer. And with everything that’s going on outside my front door right now, I will take anything positive! We pulled out the patio cushions this afternoon — this is a recordContinue reading “Day 26 — Saturday, April 11, 2020 or maybe the weather is finally turning!”

A couple months ago, my husband and I started the process to refinance our house — we wanted to use some of the money to pay for part of our bathroom renovation and then use most of the rest to pay for the renovation of our master bath, which we should probably do sometime nextContinue reading “Day 25 — Friday, April 10, 2020 or today we did business transactions the social distancing way!”

Yes, I did because I had Zoom work meeting this afternoon — 18 folks chatting through a video conference platform on a new project. So I actually put on makeup today! First time in 24 days! I still wore my yoga pants and fuzzy socks, but I put on a cardigan sweater with a bigContinue reading “Day 24 — Thursday, April 9, 2020 or I actually put in some effort in my appearance today!”

Yes, I was feeling a little bummed today and I’m not really sure why. Maybe it was the dark, cold, rainy weather this morning. Maybe it’s because I have been working at home for just over 3 weeks. Maybe it’s because I didn’t go out for a walk at lunch. It’s probably because I gotContinue reading “Day 23 — Wednesday, April 8, 2020 or today I was feeling just “meh”…”