This past week went by very quickly -and yet I feel like I’m stuck and not moving. Which is practically the case. Because of the reno’s, Hubs and I are limited to three rooms in our house- bedroom, kitchen and bath. We are mostly empty nesters. We have become accustomed to each having our own side of the house. It has been helpful to have our own space, healthy even. I think so anyway.
We have been in close quarters for two weeks now. We are isolating with our 16 year old blind, deaf, and stinky but precious little Cody. Cody typically has the run of the whole first floor. All of his usual markers are gone. We have to keep very close tabs on him for his bathroom breaks. I won’t elaborate, but suffice it to say we cannot leave him alone with all the noise and disruption. He’s had more than his usual number of accidents.
Thank goodness we can tag team so we can get out for gym workouts. Sitting around eating cookies, chips is not so healthy nor helpful.
Monday
I took G shopping for groceries. We went to T & T, the Asian grocery store to get some favourites for the next couple of weeks. They don’t have a great selection of Asian stores at her school. The plan was to drive her back after my workout. She usually takes the bus. I offered to drive her back because it is faster. I enjoy spending more time with her.
Got my Bodypump workout in, but it got windy and snowy. She decided to go back to school the next day – so the three of us plus Cody watched TV in the bedroom. Cozy times.
Tuesday
Drove back to university town – a much better drive in the day. So many trucks on the highway, but at least it was light and not snowing. It’s very interesting to see how clean my daughter is compared to her roommates. They’re great girls, but my daughter announced that they should put up a cleaning calendar. The fridge was packed with expired goods that she went through, most of which were not hers. I couldn’t stand the unidentifiable orange crusty goop that seemed to be the source of the unidentifiable smell. It lined the bottom underneath the crisper drawers. I cleaned it up before heading home. I did this just like a mom would. I’m not a typical mom, so that’s saying a lot!
That evening I went to my regular book club with the neighbourhood ladies. I’d missed the last one before Christmas! It was hosted by my friend who has just moved out of our neighbourhood into her newly built house. What a showcase home, absolutely stunning.
We didn’t really discuss the book pick – “Thursday Murder Club”by Richard Osman. It was a fun read, lots of characters, reminiscent of the TV series “Only Murders in the Building”.
Wednesday
Chinese Lunar new year! I stayed home the whole day. The guys were doing the floors, so I couldn’t really do any writing. I couldn’t do any thinking either. I did, however, watch a couple Netflix movies:
The Storied life of AJ Firky . Quite well done, I enjoyed the cast in it, quirky but effective casting and acting was subtle. And a story with a twist. I was pleasantly surprised by David Arquette’s performance as a sweet character in this. Based on a book by Gabrielle Zevin who also authored of Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, which I loved. I may have to read the book.
Babes – what a laugh riot! It covered a lot of topics around motherhood, parenting, girlfriends, family. A lot of things they don’t tell you when you’re expecting, and what really happens after you have the baby. There were some gross out and laugh out loud moments for me. I love movies where the comedy goes so quickly it hits you seconds after you digest it. Dialogue and chemistry was amazing – you could tell the main actors are comedians.
And Stephan James, Toronto actor, was on there much too briefly.
Thursday
Had a coaching session on zoom. Always nice to meet new people.
I then took Mom to Walmart. She wanted to use her new Walmart Mastercard. I tried to talk her out of getting a new credit card it, but she wanted that $15 cashback. They have a new hot Chinese food counter there. She treated me to takeout lunch and dinner. There was so much food for the both of us and then for me and Hubs for dinner. You can’t beat Walmart for affordability, I have to say.
I am glad to have the time to spend with Mom. She will turn 88 this year. She is still going strong. She still has it in her to get annoyed with my Dad and how he wasn’t the perfect husband. He’s been gone 16 years and she has a long and near perfect memory. I am trying to capture her stories for memoir purposes, but she ends up complaining most of the time. At least she’s still feisty about it all. And truth be told, my Dad did have shortcomings.
Thursday evening I got to the gym again – Bodyjam 110. Not too impressed with this release. I’ve done it three times, hopeful that it would grow on me. The choreography is quite boring. The arm movements are a little silly. It’s slow, so it’s not much of a workout. But it was fun to dance with the class, more of a social thing. I may skip and do Combat on Saturday instead.
Friday
Just came back from an impromptu dinner out at Turtle Jacks before a concert. Last day of January – which was not quite dry for me, more of a Damp January. I snuck in a glass of wine on Tuesday night, and a nice cold Coors Light on tap tonight.
And the concert – 54-40, an Alt Canadian band from Vancouver. They can still rock after being together since 1981 – wow!
I have homework this weekend – need to write a scene. That’s on my agenda.
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Friday Round up
This past week went by very quickly -and yet I feel like I’m stuck and not moving. Which is practically the case. Because of the reno’s, Hubs and I are limited to three rooms in our house- bedroom, kitchen and bath. We are mostly empty nesters. We have become accustomed to each having our own side of the house. It has been helpful to have our own space, healthy even. I think so anyway.
We have been in close quarters for two weeks now. We are isolating with our 16 year old blind, deaf, and stinky but precious little Cody. Cody typically has the run of the whole first floor. All of his usual markers are gone. We have to keep very close tabs on him for his bathroom breaks. I won’t elaborate, but suffice it to say we cannot leave him alone with all the noise and disruption. He’s had more than his usual number of accidents.
Thank goodness we can tag team so we can get out for gym workouts. Sitting around eating cookies, chips is not so healthy nor helpful.
Monday
I took G shopping for groceries. We went to T & T, the Asian grocery store to get some favourites for the next couple of weeks. They don’t have a great selection of Asian stores at her school. The plan was to drive her back after my workout. She usually takes the bus. I offered to drive her back because it is faster. I enjoy spending more time with her.
Got my Bodypump workout in, but it got windy and snowy. She decided to go back to school the next day – so the three of us plus Cody watched TV in the bedroom. Cozy times.
Tuesday
Drove back to university town – a much better drive in the day. So many trucks on the highway, but at least it was light and not snowing. It’s very interesting to see how clean my daughter is compared to her roommates. They’re great girls, but my daughter announced that they should put up a cleaning calendar. The fridge was packed with expired goods that she went through, most of which were not hers. I couldn’t stand the unidentifiable orange crusty goop that seemed to be the source of the unidentifiable smell. It lined the bottom underneath the crisper drawers. I cleaned it up before heading home. I did this just like a mom would. I’m not a typical mom, so that’s saying a lot!
That evening I went to my regular book club with the neighbourhood ladies. I’d missed the last one before Christmas! It was hosted by my friend who has just moved out of our neighbourhood into her newly built house. What a showcase home, absolutely stunning.
We didn’t really discuss the book pick – “Thursday Murder Club”by Richard Osman. It was a fun read, lots of characters, reminiscent of the TV series “Only Murders in the Building”.
Wednesday
Chinese Lunar new year! I stayed home the whole day. The guys were doing the floors, so I couldn’t really do any writing. I couldn’t do any thinking either. I did, however, watch a couple Netflix movies:
The Storied life of AJ Firky . Quite well done, I enjoyed the cast in it, quirky but effective casting and acting was subtle. And a story with a twist. I was pleasantly surprised by David Arquette’s performance as a sweet character in this. Based on a book by Gabrielle Zevin who also authored of Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, which I loved. I may have to read the book.
Babes – what a laugh riot! It covered a lot of topics around motherhood, parenting, girlfriends, family. A lot of things they don’t tell you when you’re expecting, and what really happens after you have the baby. There were some gross out and laugh out loud moments for me. I love movies where the comedy goes so quickly it hits you seconds after you digest it. Dialogue and chemistry was amazing – you could tell the main actors are comedians.
And Stephan James, Toronto actor, was on there much too briefly.
Thursday
Had a coaching session on zoom. Always nice to meet new people.
I then took Mom to Walmart. She wanted to use her new Walmart Mastercard. I tried to talk her out of getting a new credit card it, but she wanted that $15 cashback. They have a new hot Chinese food counter there. She treated me to takeout lunch and dinner. There was so much food for the both of us and then for me and Hubs for dinner. You can’t beat Walmart for affordability, I have to say.
I am glad to have the time to spend with Mom. She will turn 88 this year. She is still going strong. She still has it in her to get annoyed with my Dad and how he wasn’t the perfect husband. He’s been gone 16 years and she has a long and near perfect memory. I am trying to capture her stories for memoir purposes, but she ends up complaining most of the time. At least she’s still feisty about it all. And truth be told, my Dad did have shortcomings.
Thursday evening I got to the gym again – Bodyjam 110. Not too impressed with this release. I’ve done it three times, hopeful that it would grow on me. The choreography is quite boring. The arm movements are a little silly. It’s slow, so it’s not much of a workout. But it was fun to dance with the class, more of a social thing. I may skip and do Combat on Saturday instead.
Friday
Just came back from an impromptu dinner out at Turtle Jacks before a concert. Last day of January – which was not quite dry for me, more of a Damp January. I snuck in a glass of wine on Tuesday night, and a nice cold Coors Light on tap tonight.
And the concert – 54-40, an Alt Canadian band from Vancouver. They can still rock after being together since 1981 – wow!
I have homework this weekend – need to write a scene. That’s on my agenda.
How was your week?
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