I’m pretty sure if you’re reading this you can relate to these first two COVID-19 thoughts of the week:
- I’m not bummed about events getting canceled… I am bummed about losing the time I would have spent with people at those events.
- I hate that the COVID-19 climate has made us naturally scrutinize every social media post we see. “How far are they from their house?” “Why are they out with friends?” “Why does their hair look freshly cut?” “Why do they look like they have a manicure?” “When is this photo from?!” I do NOT want to be thinking these things! It’s none of my business! But the thoughts are there. UGH.
Ahh, manicures. I miss them so much. I succumbed and ordered some new polish so I can paint them at home. I have polish, but much of it is old/unusable and needs to be thrown out.
Last manicure I got on March 5th. This is one of the colors I ordered – OPI’s Coral-ing Your Spirit Animal.
I miss my nail technician and hope she’s doing okay. I wish I had her contact info.
Last week I read Kenosha does not plan to open their public pools this summer. That was a strange sort of reality check for me. Like… wait… it’ll be summer, it’ll be hot, what will the kids do?! I loved going to the pool as a kid (and still love being in the water as an adult). I get why they will not be opening pools, but it was definitely a slap in the face from reality. (They also announced yesterday that Fourth of July fireworks are postponed to Labor Day weekend.)
One of my first thoughts when everyone started working from home was how forked we’d all be if the internet service providers/WiFi stopped working. And then it happened last week, and it was just as sucky as I thought it would be (for work – I can always use 4G LTE on my phone). Our service provider was having tower issues and even after they were “fixed” service has been spotty. Thankfully, I can hotspot when I need to work, but that doesn’t work well for video calls on the computer! I hope no one else is dealing with this!
I’ve had some crazy thoughts pop in to my head like “now would be a good time to adopt a cat!” Um, no, Kim, no it would not be. You do NOT need another pet. Funny thing though, I was talking to Rachel about that and right after our conversation this beautiful “stray” showed up on our deck…
This cat is so friendly. I hope that means they belong to someone on our street. I opened up the cat house in case they need a place to crash!
I was telling Anne and Xaarlin how I’ve not done a single burpee since we’ve been under our stay-at-home order, and they said I needed to add that to my list of COVID-19 Inspired Changes Worth Keeping. Ha! Ha ha ha.
I’m still learning how to use the grocery order app from the store (Woodman’s) that has the most of what we need (therefore, I order from them the most). Lessons learned:
- It is NOT like the Walmart “Grocery” app where you can add things to your order after you place it. You cannot add things. You can remove things, and you used to be able to increase quantity (but you can’t anymore).
- If something shows up as unavailable when I am placing the order and I pick a substitution, they just remove the entire thing from my order because it was unavailable to start. They do not use the substitution. F*ck. Now I know – just order the substitution. Derp.
- Ha, this one is funny. They changed their delivery window availability from two weeks to three days. So you used to have to wait two weeks to receive an order (because the entire two weeks would be unavailable), but now only have to wait three days, yay! So I got my order ready, and was up at midnight to check the time slots on the newly added day and nothing was available. I kept checking each day and still all the time slots were “unavailable.” I mentioned this to Steven and he’s like “they need to fulfill all the orders that were placed when it was still a two week window! So the three day window is not actually active yet.” He’s so smart. The three day window was finally opened last weekend and I placed an order. Also, I now have dreams about being up to place my Woodman’s order. Sigh.
- Have you seen headlines that with the meat shortages people will be buying more fake meats? So far we’ve still been able to get the frozen/refrigerated ones we use from stores! I think it would be great if more people try them – they are some really tasty options out there! Let me know if you want suggestions.
Speaking of food, a few weeks ago when I was cleaning the dining room I removed the leaf from the middle of the table. It’s not like we’re having guests over any time soon! And you know we eat all our meals on the couch. The dining room table is just a spot for the cats to jump on and run across when they are chasing each other across the house… and to sit to watch the wildlife.
Steven and I are shocked we haven’t gotten sick of cooking at home or reverted to making one of our laziest meals (something we call Cous Cous Caboose – our goal is to not make it ONCE during our stay-at-home order). When we were talking with friends about it Monday night, I realized it’s because cooking is not a total pita since it’s all we have to do each night. Ha. Since we have nothing else going on, cooking doesn’t feel like as big of a chore (to me, anyway). And the meal planning is making it easier, too! I have a funny meal planning story I will share on Friday…
I’ve definitely noticed a tofu shortage lately! I’m not a huge fan of the fake meat- the new ones like Beyond are disturbingly “meaty,” but my husband and son love them. I’ll stick with tempeh and tofu. I agree that it will be great if more people try them- I think meat-eaters will be pleasantly surprised!
I’ve heard people talking about a tofu shortage! And yes, Beyond and Impossible are crazy real – I like them but have heard lots of people say how much they don’t!
I agree that they’ll be pleasantly surprised. Fake meats have come a long way! 🙂
No Burpees?!!! Funny you should mention that today. Our WOD today is 100 kettle bell swings and 100 burpees over kettle bell for time. I’ve been dreading is since I read it.
Also, it’s funny how different this time has been for you guys than it has for us. Cooking is still a royal PITA but that’s probably because we still go in to work everyday and try to work out after we get home. And, we are still doing our own grocery shopping but stopping at Target on the way home when we need something.
That sounds tough! I hope it goes well!!! Fingers crossed!
Yeah, we are definitely experiencing this pandemic very differently. Our cooking style would be very different in we were in offices all day and cooked when we got home. Are you still doing your meal service? I hope that is helping some, although you still have to cook it :-/
Oh my gosh!! The stray cat is stunning!!! Next time you can get a hold of her, feel her tummy to see if you can feel if she has a spay scar. Hopefully she does or you may have more than one friendly stray! We have some that come to eat and sometimes stay. There were 6. One we caught and he lives the good life with Larry’s nephew and wife. 2 have disappeared. 😔 Three still come. I cannot get a hold of them yet, so no spay/neuter. One of them is very pregnant. As well as their mother. Sigh……
We have been ordering take out a couple of times a week. Partly because I get sick of cooking, but mostly because we are trying to support our small town eateries. Most of them chose not to reopen just yet. It is too hard to social distance people in there establishments. We likely would not go into to eat just yet anyway.
Ha, they showed me their belly the other day but when I went in to pet, I got claws, so I am not sure that will be happening 😉 But I should try to check!
Oh gosh, you are going to have some kittens soon. Sigh.
It’s going to be so weird to eat in a restaurant after not doing so for so long, right? I saw some pictures of restaurants reopened in TX and they had some tables marked that you could not sit at them, to social distance.
I’ve heard of a possible meat shortage what with so many pork and chicken plants closing. It will be interesting if this comes to fruition. I don’t like fake meats so we’ll probably starve, haha. No, it’ll be fine. We don’t meat every day, anyway.
I hope that beautiful cat finds his/her home, but I also hope you get to keep it. That’s not wrong, is it?
Our grocery store has caught up with the length of order time, which makes me feel like I don’t have to place a huge order when I do shop. This coming week it’ll be much smaller than it has been, and my bank account will be thanking me, LOL.
I know, I miss the people at the events we were going to do. We won’t get to see our kadults and our son’s new girlfriend because our trip to Universal Studios was canceled. Booooo on that. 🙁
You won’t starve – you have all that ice cream! LOL, I kid. I hope you can still find what you need if there is a shortage!
It’s definitely not wrong to want it both ways 😉
That is good about your store! We’ve been placing much bigger orders too, similarly to you, because I am not sure what they will have, and it feels so odd!
Oh gosh! You really need to meet her and we need to hear all about it! 😉 How are the kadults?
Haha, your use dining room table usage sounds a lot like our dining room table usage, minus the cats. Back in the days where you could hang out with others, we’d eat at our dining room table when we had some friends over for a semi-regular game night, but when it’s just us? We’ve literally eaten at the dining room table one (1) time in four years, and that one time was about a month ago. It’s a useful work from home station, but we always eat on the couch, too.
I am so glad it’s not just us!!! We always eat in front of the TV! We use the dining room when we are in a hurry (like, I have 20 minutes between meetings on a weekday for lunch).
Our kitchen table used to be a place for the cats to hang out too. We even had a cat bed there for Shelby. Now that we’re all working from home though, it’s where I have my “office” set up. I’ve found cooking easier too since there isn’t the time pressure and the I’m so hungry, let’s just get take out on the way home from work issue.
Aww! Where is Shelby’s cat bed now? Ha, did you try working with it there? I find Starbuck sitting ON my keyboard whenever I leave my laptop out! Thankfully she stays off of it when it’s on my desk!
Yes! Although I miss picking up Chinese food on the way home every few weeks, ha!
I left her cat bed next to me on the table and she comes to visit sometimes 🙂 But she doesn’t seem to like it as much as when she had the whole table.
LOL, you’re crowding her!!!
I ordered groceries online for the first time ever this morning and the first available pick-up was a week from today. I am curious how it will go. I would have never done this if it hadn’t been for Corona…
Also, no burpees – hooray!!! I do so hate them… 😉
I am curious too! Let me know how it is! I hope they have what you want! (and isn’t in kind of tricky to know what you will want in a week+ time? Ha)
They’re the worst!
Yes, very tricky, but I decided to order the staples I usually buy there and thus my order was very large…
So far here, no tofu shortages…
I still can’t get over how stunning that cat is. LEMME HAVE HER/HIM. I saw a new stray cat when I was walking yesterday and s/he was soooo pretty, but ran away from me. LET ME LOVE YOUUUU.
I’m overly scrutinizing social media posts, too. I don’t love that I do that! But it’s hard not to wonder why some people are being so lax and how this is going to affect things even more. Our governor is opening restaurants and retail stores starting Monday (at 25% capacity), so I’m interested to see how things shift. (Not for me, though. I’m way too paranoid to go to a restaurant or even Target right now!)
So stunning!!!! Oh my gosh, I think your transformation (if you were doubting it at all) in to cat mom is complete – it’s a sure sign when you are wanting to love every cat you see <3 I have to send you this graph about that the next time I run across it!
Right! It's so hard to see it and be like "why are you still running in a group," etc., when they have told us TIME and TIME again not to? Sigh. I will be interested to hear how things change there Monday! We don't plan on rushing out when things reopen, either!
I’ve been wanting to paint my nails while SiP too, especially since I’m not going to the gym. (But I’m cooking and washing my hands a lot, so that might not work out so well.) Where did you get your nail polish? Do you do all of the fancy steps, like base and top coat when you do your own nails? I’ve never gotten all the know-how and materials to recreate any of the manicure experience, so it’s pretty pathetic when I paint my nails at home.
I can identify with what you said about the pool announcement taking you by surprise. These things sneak up and surprise us, even though we’re all somewhat adjusted to the weirdness by this point!
Oh yeah, washing and cooking is going to chip them. But if you don’t mind redoing them every few days, it’s all good! I used to buy polish at Ulta but I am using Amazon now. I usually get OPI, even though it is not vegan 🙁 I do a base coat so the polish doesn’t stain my nails. I feel like that, with two coats of color PLUS a top coat is too thick so I skip the top coat! I recently bought a cuticle trimmer and that’s been great to have. I’d just recommend a base coat (I like Orly or Seche) and whatever color you like on top! That’s all you need 🙂 I just got a blue I really like and you may too – https://www.amazon.com/OPI-Nail-Lacquer-Mexico-Move-mint/dp/B082BJZDLZ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=23D3ES7V16HDS&dchild=1&keywords=mexico+city+move-mint&qid=1588857211&sprefix=mexico+city+move%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-2 “Mexico City Move-Mint”
It totally did! And I have seen more and more closing! 🙁