05/07/2021

It was a pretty busy morning working from home today. It tapered off a bit but I had a lot of busy work to do, so I stayed occupied. I got caught up with Supergirl and Kung Fu and watched some more of my Good Witch rewatch.

During the afternoon, the maintenance guy came and replaced out hot water heater. It was sooner than I anticipated, and it's lovely to have hot water without any rust in it now! I waited till he was gone and gave it the allotted time to fill and run the dishwasher. I also managed to sweep the hardwood floors today but didn't have time to dust or vacuum. Not sure I'll get to it this weekend or not.

After logging out for the day, we went to drop of the Mother's Day presents to our mom and then did the grocery shopping for the week. We want to get everything done today and tomorrow so Sunday we can just completely veg out in case I am achy and feverish from my second covid shot tomorrow. I got stuff to make easy meals that don't require a lot of work.

We got Tubs Subs again for dinner and I ate half tonight and saved the other half for the car ride to Poulsbo. I suspect the weather won't be as glorious as it was the first time, but we shall see. I'm going to take my camera anyway!

05/06/2021

Today was a busier day at the office. I spent nearly two hours on one set of transcripts that were super messed up. I also had to wait for the bus that never showed up and was almost late to work, so I was pretty stressed the first half of the day. I took a walk on my lunch break and went to See's Candy for some treats and came back in a much better mood!

I logged into the front desk again today and talked with my coworker afterward about it. On slow afternoons when I'm in the office, I'm going to log in for a while to keep getting more practice. I'm getting more practice on the phone and it's helping a lot too. I'm definitely getting more confident with stuff, which is nice.

I picked up Panda Express for dinner on the way home because I didn't want to cook tonight. I'm sooo tired today! SPN and JAG tonight. Working from home tomorrow.

05/05/2021

Today was a slow day at the office but I had enough busy work to keep me occupied. I ended up logging into the front desk again at the end of the day and I think it's good practice. I think I'm going to ask to do that more often on office days since it's easier to do stuff from the actual office computer instead of remoting in and logging in through the internet.

I went for a walk for part of my lunch break and did some editing for the rest of it. I'm making slow progress but any progress is better than none at all. I came back to the building and one of the most popular restaurants has finally reopened after a year and it had huge lines and people eating at all the tables around it and it was just madness. I'm happy for the restaurant though, and wish them the best. I never ate there before the pandemic because they focus on $20 salads and I just can't spend that much money on lettuce.

I read for a while in my room after my shower this evening. I always like doing that, it's so relaxing. Leftover tacos for dinner tonight and SPN and JAG before bed tonight. I did get the sink under control. Woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep so I hope I sleep well tonight!

05/04/2021

Today was a much slower day working from home today. I didn't do a whole lot of non-work things except catch up with some tv shows while I waited for stuff to come in. I had to run down and pick up a package from downstairs and it sort of set off my post-Covid issues I'm still working from so I didn't feel up to a lot of active things today. Plus I was really feeling some sinus pressure today. My hears got a big plugged and had problems unplugging. Gotta love springtime!!

I ended up logging into the front desk for a bit too. I need more practice with that and will get some more on Thursday as I cover for my coworkers who will be out of the office for a bit. I did have time to bake a cake and prep some of our taco dinner things, so that was nice.

I just felt like making one of our yellow cake mixes and since it's pretty much zero effort, and the heat isn't bad yet so I'm ok using the oven, I did it! It was dessert after tonight's taco dinner, and was delish!

Today is May the Fourth so we finally watched the first episode of The Mandalorian while we ate. I was totally lost and it wasn't my sister's cup of tea, so I'll keep watching it on my own time and see if I can start picking up the plot soon.

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, so the taco leftovers tomorrow will be perfect. I go to the office tomorrow and Thursday so having dinner already made on office days will be perfect.

05/03/2021

Today was really busy the first half of the day, like, bonkers busy. Then it really slowed down and a few things came in the afternoon, but I was also able to get all my daily items done, which was good. I was also able to get the by-hand dishes washed and even worked on some of my book editing, which is great. I got through a chapter and hopefully I'll be able to do some more tomorrow.

My sister and I are getting more geared up about getting a new cat. We're going to wait until after I'm fully vaccinated before really looking into it, but we've figured out where to put a litter box and food dishes and a bed, etc. We're going to reach out to management to double check on how the process works so that we're set up when we find the right cat.

Leftovers for dinner tonight. I was going to walk after work but it was raining and I was starving so I did not and I just ate instead and I regret nothing. Got the sink under control again and rearranged some stuff in my bathroom and bedroom to make sure my ideas of where to put stuff for a new cat would work out, and it will. We watched an episode of SPN and contemplated naming a cat Catstiel, if it's a boy. Now we're waiting for the 8pm shows. 

Hopefully getting a good night's sleep tonight. Last night was so cold again I needed socks and a blanket on my bed to warm up enough. Working from home again tomorrow too.

05/02/2021

The day started with me reading in my room and finishing a book I was close to finishing, so that was nice. Once we were both up for the day, we headed out to the store to do our grocery shopping. I ended up having to go to QFC for a couple things as well, but it's not too far from Safeway.

We got a roast chicken from the store and made a proper chicken dinner for lunch and watched the last episode of Big Shot to get all caught up and also watched the making of special for WandaVision. After that, we watched Thor in our MCU watch. During that time I also worked on my blog recipe, but I didn't like how it turned out so I'm not going to write it up. I wasn't even able to find two of the main ingredients for it and had to make substitutions, so I'm not surprised that it didn't work out, but ironically it wasn't that part that didn't work, it was the other part that I had all the ingredients for!

We also watched a few episodes of SPN and did our Disney movie of the week, which was Toy Story. I always forget how good that one is!

I took out the compost, garbage, and recycling before taking my shower and am now watching When Calls the Heart before bed. Not a huge adventure day, but a nice day. Working from home tomorrow and Tuesday.

05/01/2021

My parents came over this morning to help my sister with her room and it looks really good now. We had a good chance to get caught up with each other. They left after a couple hours and then my sister and I went out and bought some stuff for her room at Fred Meyer. We broke a lamp on the way out as we were going to throw it away, so that was fun to clean up.

My sister got some nice stuff and then we got Taco Time for lunch, came back, and watched the second episode of Hot Shot on Disney Plus and switched over to our Falcon and the Winter Soldier rewatch. Didn't do much during that, but I did make breakfast for dinner tonight and then in a search for an extension cord for my sister for the heating pad for her pulled muscle, I knocked over the spring decoration we love with the broom used to clean up the smashed lamp, and broke said decoration. Good times!!

On another note, I have recently begun feeling open to getting another cat and discussed it with my sister. I think we're just going to take it slow, but she did ask, and I confirmed, that there isn't a monthly pet rent here, so...Just a one time $300 deposit, which is pretty standard...Who knows, who knows...