12/31/2020

Well, the year is finally, at long last, almost over. I started the day working from home. It was slow, then there was a small flurry of work. My coworker ended up going into the office after all, so she did most of the production for it, which will make my Monday that much easier. Then it just really tapered off. I watched When Calls the Heart and made the gingerbread cake from the mix we got for New Years. My boss decided to call it quits early so I logged out around 2:15pm instead of 5pm which is always a fun treat!

I needed to pick up a prescription and a few other items from Bartells, so we went out while it was still light and walked past the fire destruction from the other day. It's so sad. We walked to the drug store and I was able to get everything I needed. I dropped the water holder of my humidifier the other day and it cracked and started leaking, so I needed to get a new humidifier. I got a great deal, assuming that the humidifier works well!

When we got back we watched some more Hobbit specials before putting in our order for Azteca. It took way longer to get our food but I can't be too surprised and am happy that they're doing so well still. We ate it and are now watching Last Holiday, one of our newer favorites. We might watch High School Musical, our traditional New Year's Eve movie, and back to Hobbit specials. 

This year has been terrible, but there have been good moments too. I made it to the end of the year. That alone is an accomplishment worthy of celebrating! So many people weren't so lucky...

12/30/2020

It was such a slow day at work today! I went into the office and there was only one item in the in-box. I did busy work till about 11am and then came home to finish the day there. My coworker decided to go in in the afternoon to do her stuff so she can stay home tomorrow too. There were some referral jobs, but only one production job, which will be finished up on Monday. I suspect tomorrow will be pretty slow too. Maybe a bit of a flurry as people get the last of their work done, but mostly slow. We'll see if I'm right.

I ended up binge-watching the rest of season one of When Calls the Heart on Netflix while I worked. It's a lovely show. I also had prepped the pork roast for our dinner in the morning, so it made getting it ready for dinner much easier. It's huge and there will be many leftovers for other things like pulled pork and stew. I also cleaned out the fridge this afternoon. It looks so nice now!

We're watching all our tv shows that have New Years episodes, and will probably end with Hobbit specials.

12/29/2020

Well, last night did not end peacefully. Around 11:10pm, I started smelling something in my room, sort of a burning smell, and I thought maybe one of the fans was shorting out or something, so I turned them off and still smelled it. On a whim, I opened my bedroom window to see what I could smell, and the smoke was coming from outside. I didn't get a sense that it was our building, because it was thick enough to have the alarms going off in the building, but it was nearby. I went to the lanai and could see flames shooting into the sky to the left. It was far enough away that I knew were weren't in immediate danger, but I could tell it was the strip mall with our favorite restaurants on fire. The kind of fire that the building wasn't going to survive. I ran and got my sister and then got my n95 mask because the smoke was too much for my lungs. I stayed on the lanai with my mask on but there were a couple times I had to come inside because it was too thick. She ran down to get a much closer look. I wanted to go, but I thought that somebody with asthma, who is still recovering from covid, probably wouldn't be making a good life choice by choosing to inhale copious amounts of really unhealthy smoke. The N95 mask really helps though! I highly recommend one.

We were up till about 12:30am and had to shower and set aside our clothes and my blanket for the laundry cuz it was smoke-filled. We aired the place out as best we could and it took me till about 2am to get to sleep. I was really sad because those businesses are mostly women-owned, Black-owned, and Asian immigrant-owned. They were just trying to get by in a pandemic and now their lives are ruined in the dead of winter, in a pandemic. It's really upsetting. The fire department determined it to be arson, and I'm hoping insurance will help these businesses rebuild, but it's going to be a long time before they're back.

I worked from home today, which was nice. I was able to do the laundry, and we aired the place out some more. I was able to be tired at home without worrying about going to the office and crashing there. It was pretty busy for the most part, but not bonkers, so it was good. I was able to make a proper lunch, and eat it. We decided to change the rest of the week, so I'm going to go into the office tomorrow instead of Thursday, cuz that's supposed to be a deadsville day and won't be worth the trouble. We'll all stay home Thursday. Works for me! I also filled and ran the dishwasher and started a rewatch of When Calls the Heart on Netflix because it's being taken off there at the end of January and I want to see if I can get through it so all I need to do is get the latest two seasons from the library.

I did not do the treadmill today. I'm just too rundown and on the verge of headachy from last night so I just skipped it. I'm so tired tonight! Leftovers for dinner tonight. We watched Ghostbusters 2 and now onto some Hobbit specials.

12/28/2020

Today was the bonkers day I thought it would be at work. It wasn't so bad at the office and I did come home before the end of the day but it built up over that time and was out of control again by the time I got online. I ended up having to stay on an extra half hour to get it all under control. I need to do better with eating during office days because I ended up snacking through the day and my blood sugar was super out of control. But, I got some nice gifts from my coworkers, including a $200 check from one of the court reporters!! I'll have to see if my new phone is smart enough to do the deposit function so I don't have to mail it in.

My other coworker got me a box of chamomile tea for Christmas so I'm trying it tonight to see if it helps put me to sleep! Tonight I made curry chicken and rice for dinner, and now we're relaxing and watching While You Were Sleeping. It's a cute movie.

I had a whole list of stuff on a to-do list but since I worked late, and then was so headachey and my blood sugar was too low, I ended up not doing it. Hopefully I can get some of it done tomorrow. I work from home tomorrow and Wednesday.

12/27/2020

Today was a lazy, indoor day. I did laundry and took out garbage and recycling, and filled and ran the dishwasher, but that's about the most of the chores I did today. I also prepped some cooked chicken breast to make dinner with tomorrow after work.

Most of the day was spent with our LOTR rewatch. We did the third Hobbit movie commentary and then more of the first movie specials. We will have stuff to watch for days!! I also did my blog dish, which I will write about next in my food blog.

I go to the office tomorrow. I am just assuming it's going to be a super busy day since people will have had a long break to get caught up on transcripts and we had a few extremely busy days over the past couple weeks, so that stuff is going to start coming in. I have to think though, that I have the easier job to put the transcripts together and get them out the door, rather than do the electronic side of things and email them out to everybody. It's not fun either way, and my feet will be so sore tomorrow night, but I will work from home the next two days before going in again on Thursday. We do get Friday off, though, so that'll be nice!

12/26/2020

Today was errand day. We had to go get gas, get a refund for my sister for a place that double charged her on accident. Then we picked up a couple doughnuts from Top Pot and goodies from the Greatful Bread bakery in the next neighborhood. Then we went to Fred Meyer. We had some groceries to get, and some decorations and storage things we needed to take care of. We got some really great deals, but it was exhausting! I did not do a walk today because that was enough exercise for one day.

We watched Home and the Boxing Day episode of MASH when we got home and then started on the commentaries for the Hobbit movies in our LOTR watch. I was really excited because my order from Etsy came in the afternoon and now we have a lovely fairy house winter decoration for our tree, and a spring one and another spring decoration to use next spring. I always find the best stuff on Etsy, and love supporting small businesses, so it's a great match for me. 

 

We decided to keep the Christmas decorations up till New Years and then switch them out for winter decorations. I have a box of winter decorations but we are slowly getting some things for our new apartment that has a new configuration. I'm excited about it!

12/25/2020

Well, another Christmas is done and over with! The day started off with breakfast, in which I burned the bacon, and opening presents at home for a bit before going to my parents house for a masked, socially-distanced round of opening presents with them. We stayed around 45 minutes there before heading back home and starting with our LOTR marathon. We have gotten well into the third Hobbit movie so far.

Lunch was tacos, always delicious. After the first movie ended, we took an outdoor walk. It was a bit tougher than yesterday as I'd had some asthma issues earlier and it wasn't quite out of my system yet. But it was nice to be outside again before it started raining again.

I'm wearing my coziest jammies today and my thick socks with dog-faces on the feet. It's nice and cozy but we still haven't turned on the heat here so it gets cold occasionally. Dinner was leftovers from last night, very tasty! I didn't do any baking today, but I will probably on Sunday when I make another one of my blog recipes. I have two weeks to make up after this week so it's going to be Christmas at my place for a while yet. Can't complain about that!

12/24/2020

Today has been full of baking and cooking from the moment I got up till I sat down to dinner a while ago. I made my sister's chocolate pie, my cranberry pie, a glaze for the ham, got the chicken wings marinated and then cooked, and the funeral potatoes. This was an approximation of what our family normally eats on Christmas Eve together, and it was all delicious! It made enough for at least dinner tomorrow too. 

We watched the last of the Christmas movies on our list: A Christmas Story, I'll Be Home For Christmas, and now, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. We have the last of our specials and shows to finish out afterwards, and that's it! We managed to get through the list in time, yet again!

We did a couple errands this morning. We went to Bartell's to get some stocking stuffers and then up to Safeway for a few last groceries. In the afternoon, I took the first outdoor walk since recovering from Covid. It was really cold and hard to breath, but the walk itself went very smoothly and it was just lovely. I'm going to try to do that on days when I have daylight hours free to leave the house. 

This year's Christmas sure has been different than normal, but it hasn't been too bad. It's given my sister and me a chance to do some stuff we've always wanted to do. You always have to make the most of it, and I was determined to do just that!

12/23/2020

Worked from home today. It was on and off busy but tapered off in the late afternoon. I tuned into the Hallmark channel all day, seeing as I only have a couple more days of Christmas movies to look forward to! In the new year, their schedule goes back to normal. It won't be too bad though, I've missed The Golden Girls all this time! I'll be going to the office Monday and Thursday next week, and I was told there are some more presents waiting for me there, so that'll make what I'm assuming will be a pretty heavy day on Monday, easier to handle. The saddest thing will be no more Christmas music to listen to anymore...That's always the saddest part about Christmas. Turning on the radio the day after and it's back to regular music.

After logging out, I walked on the treadmill. It was a bit of a rougher walk seeing as I'd had to use my inhaler earlier in the afternoon. Plus, my knee started twinging, so I had to slow down to keep from injuring it. After I finished, we took out the garbage/compost/recycling and went outside to see if we could see the planets. We think we could see them but it was very close to the horizon and they were pretty far apart. I didn't bother to take any pictures.

Leftover pizza for dinner and It's a Wonderful Life tonight. Lots of cooking and baking tomorrow. It should be a nice day.

12/22/2020

Today I went to the office and stayed till around 2pm before coming home to finish the day here. It wasn't as busy as Monday, and I finally decided to just get all the shredding caught up for once at the office so we'll end the year with all the shredding under control. There was a present for me at the office that I thought was from my coworker but it turns out it was from my boss cuz he asked me this afternoon if I'd gotten it. It's under the Christmas tree now cuz we have no presents under it yet.

My sister got pizza for dinner and I was able to text her in enough time to get one for me too. Papa Murphy's $12 Tuesday deal is great and I was just tired of leftovers for dinner. I have enough for dinner tomorrow and a lunch serving I'll freeze for another time.

Tonight was Elf and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. We ran outside to see if we could see the planets, but were too late. We'll try tomorrow around 6pm and see if we can see them. Tomorrow is my Friday and I am very much looking forward to it!!

12/21/2020

What a day! It was so busy today working from home, it was bonkers! My coworker had to leave early from the office because it flooding, so she had to make sure she got home safely. Luckily, she did. I'm going into the office tomorrow and will finish out what she had to leave behind. We'll see how much new stuff we get tomorrow too, but if I'm lucky, it won't be a full day at the office.

I watched a lot of JAG episodes this afternoon. I'm quite enjoying it. I enjoyed it the first time so I'm not surprised I'm enjoying it again! After logging out for the day, I walked on the treadmill again, and managed to go the fastest yet! I won't do the treadmill tomorrow since I'm going into the office. I'm going to try to balance out office and non office days and exercise, at least until I'm back up to snuff.

It snowed tonight! First snow of the season, on the solstice! It's not supposed to last and it's tapering off, from what I heard. But it snowed before Christmas!!! This is very exciting! We heard it might snow and planned on watching White Christmas tonight but this is the first time we've ever watched the movie and it has actually snowed!

12/20/2020

Today was our annual Santa Clauseathon, in which we watch all three Santa Clause movies in one day. It's always fun. In between the movies, I took out the compost/garbage/recycling, put some mail in the mailbox downstairs, and we ran out and got Wendy's for lunch. Always delicious.

After that, I walked on the treadmill and was able to walk the fastest and longest since starting to recover from covid. I found I did better by increasing in smaller increments to help keep my breathing under control more. I didn't have any problems, but after my shower, while getting my dinner ready I did have a bit of an issue with asthma. I can't tell if it was a result of the exercise or not, because there was quite a bit of time in between the exercising and the start of the asthma. 

Relaxing with some Disney Christmas specials tonight. My blog dinner was amazing and I will be writing about that in a minute! Working from home tomorrow.

12/19/2020

Today was a lazy/relaxing day. I watched two of my Christmas movies that my sister doesn't care for, while she was watching two movies at my parents' house that I am not as interested in. She stopped by the store and picked up MOD pizza for us on the way back home. We settled in for an afternoon of Ab Fab and Vicar of Dibley Christmas episodes. Then we watched the Ugly Betty Christmas episode we have, and are now watching one of the Muppet Christmas movies.

I did start in on my blog cooking for the weekend too, though. I'll write about it more tomorrow, but it was pretty labor intensive. Hopefully it'll be worth it if it tastes as good as it looks. I have to wait for the flavors to meld overnight to try it, though.

Tomorrow will be more of the same with a few more chores thrown in, and making my blog project entree and probably inventing a side dish to use up one of my dessert ingredients, which sounds weird now, but will make sense tomorrow!

12/18/2020

It was a super busy day today, which is unusual for a Friday! I suspect it's going to stay that way until we close for Christmas next week. People want to go into the holiday with no work on their to-do list, which means it's bonkers for us to get it done for them during that time. It'll just make having all of Thursday off that much nicer! I was able to get the sink under control and filled and ran the dishwasher, and got all of the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Christmas episodes watched, as well as one of Little House on the Prairie.

After logging out for the day, my sister and I ordered a variety of stuff to try from the nearby teriyaki shop and ate it at home while watching Mixed Nuts, one of our newer favorite Christmas movies. Now we're watching Disney Christmas cartoons and shows for the rest of the night. More movies over the weekend, it's the big plan for us.

12/17/2020

Today I went into the office. It wasn't as busy, and I wasn't as exhausted, which is good. I was able bend over better today without it bothering my lungs, and that was exciting. It was a shorter day and I left about an hour and a half sooner than Monday. I had to take a transcript to an office in the connected building next to us on my way out, which was interesting. I got to take the freight elevator!

I came home and showered real fast before logging in to finish the day remotely. It was super slow. I'm glad to be working from home tomorrow. I watched the last two ER Christmas episodes this afternoon and plan to start in on the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman episodes tomorrow.

Simple yet tasty dinner tonight: fried polenta slices with spaghetti sauce and mozzarella and Parmesan cheese on it. Watched An Avonlea Christmas and now watching Arthur Christmas. My winter bedding was super cozy last night and hopefully I'll sleep well again tonight. The eye mask is definitely helping out.

12/16/2020

It was a very busy morning today. I was stuck at my desk till about 10:30am before it slowed down enough to make a bowl of cereal for breakfast. I think people were making up for not having enough time to turn in anything yesterday. It slowed down a lot after that and I was able to catch my breath a bit. I started working on transferring my dvds to the new cases my sister and I are working on. It should help save space and make using them easier to deal with.

The highlight of the day was finding out that we're going to be closed on Christmas Eve even though the plan had been to be open a half day. I'll go in next Tuesday or Wednesday depending on which day he wants me to go in, and then have a nice long Christmas break!

After logging out, instead of walking on the treadmill, I worked on getting my bedding changed. I've wanted to do it for a while now but haven't felt up to it till now. My lungs were a bit iffy after bending over with the dvds, so I thought this was a good use of my energy. Bending over is rough on my lungs. It seems to be that things that squish my lungs mess with the scar tissue in my lungs and makes my breathing ragged for a while. I'm hoping that will go away after a while, but there may always be issues post-covid, unfortunately.

Leftovers for dinner tonight. Watching Yours, Mine, and Ours. One of my all-time faves. Tomorrow I go back to the office. It'll be interesting to see how a non-Monday goes!

12/15/2020

It was a very slow day working from home today. Most of our people were on assignments, some of them doubled up, so they had no time to turn in anything. We will make up for it in the next couple weeks though, so I will enjoy these moments when they come! I had some paperwork I brought home from the office to work on in the slow times, so I actually stayed occupied the whole time. I still have some for tomorrow too. I did manage to get the sink under control, made chicken salad for lunch, and ran the dishwasher, and got dinner going. I found out we'll be closing around noon or 1pm on Christmas Eve day, so I can start planning out Christmas Eve dinner plans. We have the food planned, but now I can start scheduling it all.

I did the treadmill after logging out and am still pretty much at the same level that I was last week. I'm exhausted now. Between that and going back to the office, hopefully I'll continue to get stronger and faster, but I am learning not to push myself too hard. 

Pork spare ribs and rice for dinner tonight. Leftovers tomorrow. TV shows tonight.

12/14/2020

I am exhausted!!! I went into the office for the first time since getting sick and I am very much out of practice. My feet and legs have no energy in them. I stayed till about 2:30 and then came home to finish the day there. My lungs did pretty well, for the most part. A couple actions are bit rough at the moment, but it'll get better in time. I work from home the next two days before going in again on Thursday. I think I'm going to need those days to recover!!

I took a shower as soon as I got home, and I wasn't very hungry for lunch but knew I needed something, so I ate a bowl of cereal. No treadmill on office days, for the next few weeks at least till I'm a bit more up to snuff.

Dinner was leftovers from last night. The meatballs are definitely as good the next day, but the potatoes weren't, unfortunately. I'm not shocked. Potatoes don't reheat very well, generally speaking. I ate some popcorn to fill in the cracks.

Watching The Preacher's Wife tonight and might actually have time for a second movie. We'll see what we end up with. Hopefully I will sleep very well tonight!

12/13/2020

Today was a good blend of chores and movie-watching. We started up driving up to Burger King for a car breakfast, and then to QFC which is in the same parking lot. We forgot a few essential items yesterday and got them. Then it was back home to start our Christmas Carol marathon, where we watched every version of the story we have. In between, I got the kitchen under control, including some rearranging I have been wanting to do for a while. I did three loads of laundry, and folded and put it all away. And I gathered and took out all the garbage, recycling, and compost.

My blog meal is in the oven and should be ready soon. I already tried the dessert at lunch today and it's fantastic! More on that in my food blog later tonight.

I am preparing to go back to the office tomorrow. I'm charging my ipod, made sure I have some snacks in my backpack, and will prep my breakfast and snack tonight before bed. I'm anxious about going on the bus again, but will be more aggressive about not being near people who aren't wearing a mask, or wearing it properly. Since I'm going to be working from home for the majority of the week from now on, I'm going to take home a few things from work like my Christmas countdown that has been sitting there since I left. I'm anticipating a long, full day, and being exhausted afterwards. If I'm lucky, I won't be too tired, though. I won't do the treadmill on office days, at least until I'm fully recovered and back up to snuff energy-wise.

I'm pretty tired, so I'm hoping I'll sleep well tonight. I have discovered that putting my eye mask on when I wake up seems to help me fall back to sleep better. I guess it was just a little too light, even though it's this time of year. I wish I'd figured that out sooner!

12/12/2020

Today was a nice day. We ran some errands, did some grocery shopping, and got nearly all the stuff we'll need for Christmas, which will save us time down the line. We got Taco del Mar for lunch, always a delicious treat! We watched both Madea Christmas things: the movie and the play. Now we're watching Black Nativity before the new Hallmark Chanukah movie starts at 8pm.

I am also working on my blog project dessert for the weekend. It's not perfect, but I think it's going to be tasty. But more on that tomorrow, of course!

We called our grandmother today to check in with her after losing our grandfather on Thursday. My dad is doing ok, and she seems to be ok too. We're going to wait till the summer to have an outdoor celebration of life for him. That'll be nice because we can social distance better outside.

Covid recovery progress: I was able to unload all the groceries out of the cart onto the conveyor belt without feeling winded and like my lungs were rebelling against me. This is a big difference from the last couple times at the store. It's exciting to see and feel progress. It's still slow-going, but it is going.

12/11/2020

Today was a pretty busy day working from home. It made the day go fast. I watched The Holiday and the pilot episode of JAG since my dvds are starting to show up. I always forget what a good show it was. I'm glad I bought it. I also heard from my coworker who said the plan now is whoever is in the office doing production, the other person will be running the transcripts desk. This is a huge relief for me since so many times I had to try to straddle both and it's just too much. This will be definitely reduce the stress and tension I feel. And going down to two days will also help. I've gotten used to working from home entirely though, so it'll be strange to go back to the office, even if just two days a week.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear the ridiculous lawsuit from Texas, which pretty much is the last nail in the coffin for the Trump Administration. Monday the process to confirm the electoral college voters takes place and I'll be curious to see what drama comes up with that, if any. If we make it through that, there's pretty much nothing more to be done.

After logging out of work, I did not walk on the treadmill. Instead, we picked up Red Robin take out and I gorged myself on fish and chips, and onion rings. It was delish, as usual! Now we're watching Four Christmases.

Sad family news: My grandfather passed away yesterday evening. He was 92 and very ready to go, but it's always sad to lose a loved one. I have a lot of fun and happy memories of him though, and that's where I am putting most of my energy. I did have trouble sleeping last night, though. Hopefully I'll sleep better tonight.

12/10/2020

Pretty steady day today working from home. Busy morning, till about noon, then it was slow till about three, then it was off and on till the end of the day. I watched The Christmas Candle and the last two episodes of Call the Midwife that are currently available on Netflix, which just happened to be the Christmas special, so that was well timed. I'm really sad to be caught up with the show. It's sooooo good! There was no talk and I did not bring up going to the office tomorrow, so I think it's just going to be working from home again tomorrow and then going in Monday instead. That'll be ok by me, because it'll give it just that much more time beyond the 2 weeks post-Thanksgiving covid surge we're experiencing and would be perfectly happy not going out in.

After logging out, I walked on the treadmill again, and this time I didn't have to slow down part way through. I'm only going half speed, but my full length of time. I'm really excited to have hit this milestone in my convalescence. I took out the compost afterwards and brought up the package that was delivered today for my sister. I'm hopeful that I will be able to do more exercising more often now.

One more day, and then the weekend. We're planning on picking up Red Robin for dinner tomorrow night. Should be tasty! Hopefully getting the exercising more under control will help get my sleep more under control as well.

12/09/2020

It was a pretty steady day working from home today. I watched Love Actually and an episode of Call the Midwife today. Plans changed when somebody needed to come into the office tomorrow so my coworker will be going in tomorrow instead of me. I will see if she wants to have me come in on Friday, otherwise, I'll just plan on coming in on Monday.

My lungs are feeling better and I was able to walk on the treadmill after logging out of work for the day. I go slowly so my breathing doesn't get too fast, but it does feel like my body gets a workout. I'll get back to normal eventually. I finished out season one of my Batman watch while walking, so that's fun!

I ordered all the other seasons of JAG the other day, and several of them arrived today. I'm looking forward to doing a rewatch in the New Year. Disney Channel Christmas stuff tonight.

12/08/2020

As busy as it was yesterday, it was super slow today! It was a very relaxing day, not much happened. I watched the Waltons Christmas movie, and a couple episodes of Call the Midwife. I got through some more of my Atlantic Monthly magazine, as well.

The highlight, or lowlight, of the day was finally getting a bill from Seattle City Light, for an overdue notice on bills they never sent me in the mail. And of course I can't get their online stuff to work, so I have to wait till tomorrow to call and sort it all out. I can pay, obviously, I'm just more irritated with the fact that this is the only bill that's managed to make its way to us. I need to make sure the address is ok and that the info is all sorted out.

Leftovers again for dinner. Last night cuz I am tired of leftovers! Something different for tomorrow night, but not sure what yet.

I managed to sleep really well last night, and walked the hallways today after work. Hoping for another good night's sleep tonight too!

12/07/2020

Today was a busy day working from home except for the last couple hours when it just slowed down to nothing. And of course this was the day that I needed to stay logged on 40 minutes late for a very last minute expedite for somebody. But it wasn't too bad. I'm feeling more "lung-y" today so it wouldn't have been a good day for me to do the treadmill anyway. I barely had time to make lunch and clean out the sink today and then when it slowed down, I was just drained and too tired to do chores. I did watch an episode of Call the Midwife on Netflix, though.

We decided that we have time in the evenings for movies, not just tv shows, so we're watching Edward Scissorhands tonight on our Christmas movie watch. I love this movie so much. Leftover chicken stew for dinner tonight. Probably tomorrow night too, based on how much rice and stew I still have to eat.

I'm hoping for a good, full night's sleep tonight.

12/06/2020

Super lazy day today. We straightened up the place a bit before my parents stopped by for a few minutes to pick up and drop off some stuff, and to look at all our Christmas decorations. After they left, we watched some Christmas MASH episodes before leaving to go out and pick up the groceries we had ordered for pick up. We've really enjoyed doing it this way. There are some things we have no choice but to go in and get because they aren't on the online options, but for the most part, we're finding it helps cut down on impulse shopping a lot. It's also safer, and saves time. We'll definitely continue it during the pandemic, but even afterwards, we were talking about continuing to do it like that.

Today was our "action Christmas movies" day. We did Jingle All the Way, Shazaam, and now we're watching Die Hard. I didn't do any other chores except to fill and run the dishwasher after dinner tonight. I did make my blog meal, which I will write about soon in my food blog.

I go back to the office for the first time in about a month and a half on Thursday this week. I'm going to try to do some exercising after logging out leading up to it to make sure I have the stamina for it. I think it'll be good to try it on a Thursday instead of a Monday. I'm always curious how busy it'll be on a Monday. Sometimes it's super busy and sometimes it's shockingly slow. Only time will tell!

12/05/2020

Today started with a nice time sitting in my chair in my room reading for a bit. Then we went on a bit of a walk so I could get a garland for my bathroom mirror and a candy cane from Bartells. My sister needed to mail some stuff so I waited outside the post office while she went in and dealt with that since there were too many people inside when we were there. Then we picked up Papa Murphy's pizzas for lunch before heading home. 

The pizza was delish, and my mirror looks festive with the garland on it. We had a "Grinch-athon" today. We watched the two Grinch movies, and the Glee Christmas episodes, the first of which is a Grinch theme. 

We went out to get a few groceries that we couldn't get from the order we placed for pick up tomorrow, and decided to pick up food on the way back. Apparently the rest of the city decided that too, and every drive thru was ridiculously full. We waited in the Wendy's line for a while before giving up and seeing if the teriyaki place was open, which it was not. Who closes on 6:30pm on a Saturday night??! Burger King's line was too long, so we ended up at Subway where there was no line and we were in and out super fast! Now we're full and settled in to watch the latest Hallmark channel Christmas movie. Should be fun!

12/04/2020

Today was another really light day for work, always nice on a Friday. I didn't do many chores though I did water the plants and got the sink under control. I managed to watch A Princess for Christmas today from my Christmas movie list. The week ended on a nice note, work-wise.

After logging out, we went out to Joann Fabrics for a few Christmas items we still need. One of them I didn't find there so tomorrow when I go out to get some slow-paced exercise, I'll stop by Bartells and try to get it there. Then we went to Ivars to get fish and chips for dinner. Because I'd had a visual migraine this afternoon, a caffeinated beverage was a must, and dinner was delish, as usual!

Christmas tv shows tonight. Hopefully I'll get another good night's sleep tonight!

12/03/2020

It was a very slow day today working from home. I was able to work in the den for a bit, got the dishes under control, got the front hallway under control, put up the Charlie Brown Christmas tree, and cleaned my bathroom sink today, as well as watch Bridget Jones's Diary for my Christmas watch. And then ironically, we got jobs to add to the calendar at the very end of the day and I ended up staying on an extra 15 minutes to get it all done!

After logging out, I walked on the treadmill for my normal length of time, but only at half speed. I'm very tired now and hopefully it'll help me sleep through the night tonight. I have missed being able to exercise properly, but slowly but surely, I'm getting back into it again.

Leftovers for dinner tonight. More Christmas tv shows tonight. Popcorn in a little bit, I think...!

12/02/2020

It was another busy day working from home, but I was able to get a few things done in little bits of spare time. I cleared off the tomato plant off the verandah and filled and ran the dishwasher. I was able to watch Holiday Inn in the afternoon.

When I logged off for the day, I took out the garbage and then walked the hallways for a bit. My energy is definitely returning and I'm feeling stronger again. This weekend, when I can go outside in the daylight, I want to do some small walks. To my bus stop and back, maybe, and around the cul de sac. I really need to get out in the fresh air for a while.

Ham and au gratin potatoes for dinner tonight. Leftovers tomorrow. Boy Meets World Christmas episodes tonight. Not an exciting day, but a good day.

12/01/2020

It was another busy day working from home, but a little better paced. I was able to get a few chores done. I stayed on the Hallmark channel all day, but eventually I'll try to start in on my Christmas list. Only 25 days till Christmas!

Once I logged out, I tried to do a little bit of walking in the halls but my stomach wasn't happy with me so I cut it short. I did manage to sleep really well last night, and hopefully I'll do so tonight too. I was exhausted and drained all day today. I'm still doing a bit better. Today I still didn't need cough meds and didn't need my inhaler either. I'm still coughing a bit, but not anything like before. Not really sustained, just here and there.

Tonight we're catching up on our Monday shows, including the Disney sing along, which is super cute. Taco leftovers and more roasted potatoes for dinner. Finally ate the last of the Thanksgiving cake too. Nothing too exciting today, but it was nice and sunny out during the day, which was lovely to look at!