Month: May 2020

When this all started on Friday the 13th in March, we never expected it to last this long. We are getting close to being under the stay at home directive for 3 months now. It looks like they will start to slowly allow businesses to open back up over the next few weeks. But the kids will finish out the school year on remote learning.

I once again ventured to Costco. That means I made it 4 weeks without have to go there. I once again filled up the cart and stocked up on food. Hopefully I’ll be able to make it that long again before having to go back.

This week we traveled up to Berkeley to move Kayli out of her college apartment. One nice thing about the pandemic is the lack of traffic. It was nice not to get stuck waiting in traffic for hours like we normally do. While we were there we took some graduation pictures on campus.

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This was also Ziggy’s birthday. (Technically it was his adoption day.) Ziggy is Falyn’s bearded dragon. Falyn made a cake to celebrate the day.

This week’s COVID-19 cases totals:

• World – 5,588,020
• USA – 1,706,226
• California – 96,868
• Orange County – 5,469
• Westminster – 104

This week marked Kayli’s last week at UC Berkeley. She had her last finals and has now officially graduated. We had ordered her graduation items last month and were worried the wouldn’t arrive before Saturday. They finally got her on Friday, just in time for the celebration. Sadly, the dress we ordered did not arrive it time. It was stuck in customs at LAX.

She spent the day she was supposed to be attending her graduation ceremony at home watch a virtual minecraft graduation ceremony and celebrating with just immediate family members.

We ordered sushi for dinner from her favorite local sushi restaurant and I made an angel food cake with chocolate frosting per her request.

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This week’s COVID-19 cases totals:

• World – 4,885,970
• USA – 1,549,357
• California – 80,265
• Orange County – 4,434
• Westminster – 75

This weekend Falyn participated in a Scouts BSA Virtual Camp-in. She set up the tent in the living room and the camping stove in the backyard so that she could cook us lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday for her First Class Rank cooking requirements. She made quesadillas for lunch, a lo mein stir fry for dinner, and eggs, hash-browns for breakfasts. It was all very yummy!

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Gallifrey’s 7 birthday was this week. The kids made decorations and a cake to celebrate. I’m not so sure that Gallifrey appreciated it, but the cake was delicious!

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Dan and I again managed to get away for a picnic lunch at the park. It really helps with the monotony imposed by the quarantine to get outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.

Sunday was Mother’s Day. I had a nice relaxing day, which included spending time in the spa. Falyn made me breakfast, Dan got take-out for me for lunch, and Dan and Aidan made dinner. I got this nice card from the kids.

This week’s COVID-19 cases totals:

• World – 3,619,523
• USA – 1,376,317
• California – 67,917
• Orange County – 3,557
• Westminster – 60

Kayli had her last college class this week. I know it wasn’t what she had pictured for the end of her college experience. In two weeks she will graduate with no graduation ceremony. We will have to travel up to Berkeley to move her out of her college apartment by the end of the month, which is when her lease is up. I plan to take her graduation pictures while we are there. Even though there won’t be a graduation ceremony we can at least take pictures.

We have been supporting our favorite local small businesses to try to help keep them in business. We can order online and then stop by to pick it up while maintaining social distancing. Our favorite local brewery is Four Sons Brewing. We were excited to see our favorite food truck, Kaya’s Kitchen, taking online orders for pick-up at Four Sons last weekend. I had been missing their tator tots and thoroughly enjoyed them.

I continue to work out M-F at Mo-Mentum Fitness’s 8 am Zoom class. The Mo-Mentum instructors do a great job keeping you engaged in the workout even though you are not at the gym. It is nice to see all my workout friends each morning and gives me a reason to get up and get going each morning.

I love this time of the year when all the flowers are blooming. Here’s what my rose bushes in the front yard look like right now.

I did try a new recipe this week, but neglected to get pictures. I made homemade egg rolls. Everyone loved them and I will be making them frequently from now on.

This week’s COVID-19 cases totals:

• World – 3,619,523
• USA – 1,188,122
• California – 54,859
• Orange County – 2,743
• Westminster – 47