[TBD]: February 2021

Sunday, 28 February 2021

Freedom

Today was a great day with the end of my quarantine. I was able to come upstairs much to the delight of Lola who was equally excited to be able to spend time with me again.

The first thing moved upstairs - the Keurig

After moving everything back upstairs and getting some laundry done, I was back to spending time downstairs as Lola scrapbooked with MBM.

No screens needed to have a face-to-face lunch

After lunch, we made our way to Niverville for a three year old birthday party. The kids were sure excited to have someone else to play with today and made it a busy afternoon.

It’s nice to be back to “normal”. And Lola was not disappointed to have me wash the dishes today.

Saturday, 27 February 2021

Quarantine Day 13

Last day in the basement and quarantine!

I’m looking forward to getting back upstairs and back to a “normal” life. Today was pretty laid back, we were up late playing games last night so it was a late morning, getting out of bed at 10:15 and watching some movies this morning.

Lunch was great - breakfast and my favourite beverage, tomato juice. Ok, one of my favourites but it very well could be the #1.

This afternoon was equally relaxing with video games and then getting outside to shovel again. Hard to believe that it was snowing at -20*C but since when has it been normal?

I’m out of practice in framing my shots

Supper was delicious - chicken, lemon potatoes and Greek salad. And a cupcake for dessert. And then it was time to enjoy a coffee and read more of my book (The Bourne Identity, it’s nothing like the movie), a quick shower and now watching curling and talking to Lola waiting for the Jets game to start.

Two weeks have gone by pretty fast. It’s a good thing there was lots for me to do, it made the experience much more bearable than if I would have been stuck in a hotel with only a few things to keep me busy and occupy my time.

Friday, 26 February 2021

Quarantine Day 12

Happy Friday!!

Work was routine for a Friday, planning to finish early but working late. Supper was delicious - Pizza Friday. I was able to get outside for a bit to shovel the snow that fell this afternoon. Talking to Lola, the last time I was outside was on Tuesday when I had to get my phone from the delivery driver.

This picture is a week old, I didn’t get one today during the day

Now, I just finished doing laundry and am watching a movie while I wait to see if we are going to play some games tonight. Hopefully we don’t have to wait much longer, I’m starting to get tired already.

Thursday, 25 February 2021

Quarantine Day 11

Yikes, I almost forgot to blog today. Good thing Lola reminded me. It was a busy day with work, lots going on. St one point I had to send this picture with the caption:

This is very appropriate for days like today

As the day went on, the chilli for supper was wafting its way downstairs.

Supper was delicious (so was lunch). Tonight was a pretty relaxing night watching the Jets beat the Habs. Good thing too since the group chat with the Montreal boys was starting to tilt not in my favour based on the start of the game. But I knew the Jets would pull through.

Tomorrow we are hopefully playing some games with our Texas friends so I’m going to keep this post short so I can get a good night sleep. Games nights don’t end very early.

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Quarantine Day 10

Today was a sad day - it was the end of the beef and barley soup that was delivered on the weekend. That soup was sure delicious.

Today was routine otherwise - work, lunch and soon to be supper before watching TV remotely with Lola. The trash talking has also started with colleagues in Montreal for the Jets vs Habs game tomorrow. With a new head coach in the picture for Montreal, we will see how they stand-up against the Jets which seem to be playing pretty well lately. Hopefully they can keep up that momentum.

I'll leave you with this funny picture of Lola using the new "memojis" on the iPhone 11 and 12. You can use them when FaceTiming (like we did) and have the head and lips move with the audio. The head is a little bigger than real-life but still, technology is crazy...

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Quarantine Day 9

Instead of starting off the same, I’ll just jump right into the events of the day. I got s new phone today from work, my other one was certainly showing its age, not lasting a full day on wifi on a single charge. I had to run outside to get the package from the Purolator driver which was fun when I was also in the phone. I made it and got the phone setup tonight.

I got some more 6 year old artwork and some stickers from, I’m assuming, an almost 3 year old. It sounds like the kids were very excited to see Lola in the morning this morning and then again after school. At one point, the three year old (L) brought the iPad out of her room after resting from her minor surgery to sit at her little table just as Lola was sitting at the dining room table. Pretty cute.

Supper was good, left overs from our delivered anniversary meal from the weekend along with my final piece of gluten free carrot cake. Apparently there is one piece left upstairs but I’m told it’s not mine. Lol.

After finishing setting up my new phone and then a couple miles on the bike, it’s now time to watch some tv with Lola.

I also got a summary of my activity from the past week from Fitbit, I’m not sure how I got some many floors climbed:

Monday, 22 February 2021

Quarantine Day 8

Not much to report today - was pretty routine with work. Got my test results back (negative!) and enjoyed lunch and supper with Lola. Lola is off to Niverville for the night to babysit tomorrow morning while our friends take their other kid into the city for surgery on her thumb. So I'm all alone tonight, in the basement.

Luckily, Lola is always looking out for me and didn't leave me without any food for lunch tomorrow. I could likely have survived with granola bars, cereal and dried pasta. Beyond that, I would have made a mess trying to get into canned soup with my tools downstairs and am not too sure how I would have made tomato soup with the Keurig. But I won't need to find out any time soon.

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Quarantine Day 7

Well, it's been a week of quarantine. The time went by pretty fast. Lola can't wait for me to move back upstairs so that I can resume my dishes duty but she has been keeping up and doing a fine job so far.

Today was pretty laid back - some video games in the morning, another COVID test early this afternoon, some BodyFlow this afternoon along with a quick virtual visit and then supper. There was also some time to read my book, play Scrabble (on the app) and do some laundry. Now that I look back at it, it was a little busy.

Disinfecting the alarm after I had to disable it this morning to leave the house at 11:30

Definitely needed the stretching

Once again at the drive-thru test site, there was no one in line when I arrived but this time there were four other vehicles when I left. Still a very convenient service - hopefully my results come back as quickly as last time and with the same result.

Supper was delicious - Lola's parents wanted to bring us supper and it did not disappoint. The perogies, meatballs, chicken wings and carrots were excellent. I'm looking forward to left overs for lunch tomorrow! We also had a short visit this afternoon when they dropped off the food. Lola was outside with them and I was able to stay in the warm and cozy indoors talking on FaceTime.

Tonight's plan - read some more, watch some tv and then the Jets game. I doubt I will make it through the entire game with another 9pm start but hopefully I will see enough of the game to know the outcome.

Last night's Anniversary Dinner - sushi!

Saturday, 20 February 2021

Quarantine Day 6

I'm feeling reminiscent today, thinking back over all the years Lola and I have been together since it is our 11th Anniversary. We have shared lots of great memories over these years and have many photos documenting our adventures. Here are just a few from over the years (wow this took a long time to collect from previous blog posts).