No hat, but that was def me today

I had one of those days when I just didn't feel like doing anything. Almost the entirety of my day was spent in the living room, either on the floor or on the sofa. It was weird, stressful and unsatisfying. As of now, I still don't feel like there is anything that really should have been accomplished today, so I guess my unmotivated butt did just fine. I'll need to spend some time with my work tasks tomorrow morning, but on the whole, the weekend begins again. (It's the weekend now because Brian also is done with work for the week.)
Mom asked me what we were doing this weekend, and honestly, like, nothing. Sure, Mother's Day on Sunday, and I actually do have plans for that, but every other day of the weekend is a stone-cold nothing. Like the rest of you, I'm sure, I am getting super tired of hanging out at home and not doing anything. I mean, how much rest and relaxation, and streaming of content, can we really do?

Heading back to the J-O-B soon

I got the email today that my coworkers and I are expected back at our workplace in a few days. I mean, yeah, of course that's good news because work is a good thing, but still, I'm hesitant. Tentative. Unsure. Leery. Arizona has growing COVID case numbers, and they're not flattening out. And the governor will let the stay-at-home order expire on the 15th, and my work counts among those that are gearing back up. I'm excited to see my coworkers again, but I'd really rather be told by the people who know viruses if it's time. I am not interested in seeing a spike and resurgence of sick people in this state, but I fear that I will.
The best part about going back to work? I'm going to need to put in a days-off request for the end of the month. Going out to California to see my mom! Sadly, no Disneyland, but it'll be super nice to see her and my friends ... from a safe distance, of course!

Dude, just jump or stomp or something

I don't even want to tell you what took priority over the blog last night, but I will. It was "Resident Evil 2," and Brian was playing it, and I ended up watching him play for a few hours. He played a couple hours tonight. It's fun because I help solve the puzzles and give good advice on how to kill the zombies. Though I'll tell you that this particular game is a bit frustrating because the main character can't jump, or slam his foot into a zombie skull, or jump, or slam his foot into a zombie skull. Also, he doesn't, so far, have a decent sword or large knife, nor does he have a club or hammer. He really doesn't have anything that we've seen is most useful in "The Walking Dead." And yes, when the video game character can't do what you want it to do, it is very frustrating.

I can NOT stop yawning tonight!

ITEM!: I am beset by the most aggressive yawns tonight. It's like, it starts as a normal yawn, just the open mouth, normal yawn. But then, right when you would initially think, "yeah, good yawn," and start to be done and exhale, there's this secondary extra yawn, which requires a must bigger inhale, and a much wider yawn. The kind of yawn that makes you close your eyes so tight you see stars? Yeah, those have been my yawns for the last hour. They are getting ... tiring. Also tiring is the weird back pain I've got going on, which makes the large and extra yawns a little bit painful and wretched. I am looking forward to this yawn situation finishing itself out soon.
ITEM!: I guess I've admitted defeat somewhat, as I just took my first Claritin of the allergy season. I've been taking some decongestants, but they're not helping much. I found the Claritin in the bathroom cabinet yesterday, and woke up terribly congested this morning, so the Claritin has become my hope for a comfortable future.
ITEM!: Little to nothing of productivity got done today. I couldn't even get my a/c filter changed. I did have a six-foot visit with Leslie, which was awesome, and a Houseparty chat with my mom, which was wonderful, so the day did have some very bright spots. I won't even speculate on what I may get done tomorrow, so as not to be disappointed when nothing happens. Such is life in the stay-at-home, right?

Hamburger, large tots, large unsweetened tea

Blogging is a much better exercise for me when I've been busy for the day.
This morning, I replaced the mattress pad on my bed, and spun the mattress, too. As a family, we went to Harkins and bought some popcorn and had Sonic for lunch. My book illustrator and I had many, many texts, and now have a plan we're both happy with. And this afternoon, I cleaned out my makeup, nail polish and beauty accoutrements drawers and containers!
I WAS CRAZY PRODUCTIVE.
What else? I watched the entirety of both "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" and "Napoleon Dynamite;" fell down an "Age of Ultron" Twitter wormhole; cheered on the Death Diving Championship competition on ESPN 8 - The Ocho; forgot to text like four -- no! five! -- people; and still didn't get my fingernails polished. Also, I have to restrain myself from throwing out Brian's repulsive Rice Krispy treats every time I open the fridge. So, while some things were insanely productive, some were less so but equally important.

It's gonna be May

Last month's avatar was indicative of the quarantine; this month's avatar is more about what I'd rather be doing. I'd rather be out and about, perhaps not on safari, but definitely going to the movies or having lunch some places. But rather than be out there taking pictures of animals, I'm still home and hanging out, you know, like everyone else.
I didn't go through my makeup drawer, but I did get a new mattress pad for the bed. So, for a first day of May in 2020, it was a pretty decent one.

Makeup goes bad; that's a fact

I've decided on my next project, and I'm quite intimidated by the size and scope of it, so I'm kind of avoiding it. I'm talking about cleaning out and tossing the old makeup and beauty accoutrement in my bathroom.
There is no small amount of stuff that I've had for a hundred years but am holding on to for no good reason, as well as stuff I never liked but still keep "just in case." I'm over it, and am in the mood to purge, but really, it's daunting. Honestly, I'm thinking I'll make myself do it tomorrow, since Brian will be home and monopolizing the TV downstairs, and I'll be looking for something to do so I don't have to watch his programs.
Really, you guys, it's all going: lipsticks, eye shadows, glosses, old and gross brushes, and any number of other random stuff. Even maybe hair ties and lotions and such. I'm feeling the purge urge growing, and now I think I may have psyched myself up for it.

I said it, it will be done

I have a list on a piece of paper on my refrigerator that is titled, "Post-Corona," and it is about four items long of things that need to be taken care of after this whole situation is passed. You know, stuff that is needed, but not necessary. I have garden gloves on it, and bacon-grease cups, and a couple other things I can't remember right now.
I added something else to the list tonight: new lenses for my favorite reading glasses. It occurred to me, yet again, that I'm having issues with my glasses and especially the right eye. There's a few, staccato-like dings in that lens, right across my eye line, and when I'm looking at a screen or lit surface of any kind, the light fractures through them and makes a blur to see through. After a while, this makes for a pretty special headache.
I have no idea why sometimes it takes me so long to figure out what a problem is and how simple it will be to solve it, but tonight I finally put two and two together and said out loud, "I need new lenses for these glasses." Having said that, the task is now a viable project in my brain, and I'll begin to schedule and figure out how to get it done. First and foremost, write it down. And now it's on my list, and I'm using all my other pairs of glasses until I get this taken care of.

Oh, that doughnuts could cure allergies

My allergies are driving me crazy, and giving me terrible sinus headaches and congestion. I don't really like taking allergy medications (they don't seem to work too well on me), so tonight I took one of Brian's congestion and sinus pain Sudafeds. I don't know if it's working too incredibly well, but perhaps it just needs more time to work with the first dose. I'll be sure to medicate myself regularly tomorrow and see if that'll help with the general daytime issues.
I worked too late this afternoon for Sydney and I to indulge in our Super Secret Girl Lunch, so I'm looking forward to that tomorrow. Since it's a super secret, I can't tell you where we're going, but I haven't been there in a long while, and I hope it's good or else I won't go back in a long while. Like our last visit to California Pizza Kitchen; it wasn't good, and we probably won't go back for a long time. But something that I can tell you about is the strawberry-glazed doughnuts at Krispy Kreme this week. We haven't tried them yet, but they are on our agenda.

Indeed, a change of pace

This was the most un-Monday Monday ever. I had to stop myself a couple times and remember that it was indeed Monday, and not Sunday. What a weird thing this is, this stay-at-home situation.
So let's see. What happened today. I faxed my unemployment paperwork into the place, and we'll see how that progresses. I took Elliot to the vet for her annual appointment. It was bizarre though to have them come out to the car, take her in, come out with questions and whatnot, and then for them to bring her out after I paid via phone. I didn't like it. Elliot gets nervous at the vet and shakes a lot, so it was bothersome to me that I wasn't able to hug and cuddle her as much as I do while she was in there.
I didn't watch any movies or television shows today. I did start a book today, though, so that was fun.

Avenge the Missing Hot Dog!

We should have a talk about drive-through restaurants, and how f*cking difficult it is, apparently, to be sure a customer gets their goddamn hot dog for dinner. It's not often that Brian suggests Portillo's for dinner, so when he did tonight, Sydney and I jumped at it. My go-to Portillo's meal: hot dog with ketchup, and a large fry. It's not summer yet so there's no lemon cake, but my hot dog and fries are usually very delicious.
Of course the food is always more delicious when you f*cking get what you order. Brian got his beef sandwich and onion rings; Sydney got her cheeseburger and fries. I got ... fries ... and that's it. I wanted a hot dog; I paid for a hot dog; I was denied my hot dog. It's irritating because I usually always take the time to double check my food bags before leaving, but Brian gets impatient, and there were so many people in line behind us, and the bag *felt* heavy enough to have everything, so I just drove off. We didn't realize until we got home and unpacked the food that my entree was missing.
I'm super disappointed and annoyed by this. I wanted a hot dog, and I had to eat a homemade sandwich that wasn't as good. I've been planning my lunches for this week, and now I'm even more hungry for these other places where I hope they will get my order correct.

Movies, a puzzle and sadly, air conditioning

We watched movies today: "Extraction," starring Chris Hemsworth, and "Angel Has Fallen," starring Gerard Butler. And I'm currently watching "A Good Day to Die Hard," starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney. So today clearly is a day full of dudes shooting up a bunch of other dudes.
But I was not without a good amount of estrogen today, as well. Andrea sent me a surprise, and it is a most amazing "Golden Girls" puzzle. Five hundred pieces, and it took me a few hours to get it done, but that was a dose of girls into my day.
As for household projects for today, I didn't get anything done except a load of laundry here and there. But I guess the big news is that the temperature outside reached 100 degrees, and that means that my air conditioner was cycling on and off all day, and my windows were closed. So summer is coming, and that's the end of the good times in the desert.

Cinderella with a Swiffer

Today was the day in quarantine wherein I mopped the floors of my house. -- It occurred to me as I saw doggy prints and random smudges on my floor, that it doesn't do much good to have clean carpets if we're just going to track dirty wood floor onto them. So Sydney and I visited Target; I got some Swiffer wet mop pads, and then I got to mopping. Truth be told, it wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be. Confession: I didn't vacuum first, and whatever the mop left, it left. (It hadn't been that long since I vacuumed, so it wasn't bad at all.) And really, with so much wood flooring, the mopping went relatively quickly. Anyway, I feel much better about my floors as a whole, and all is well.
I threw out the rest of my Easter candy this morning. You see, last night I took a couple pieces of chocolate bunny to eat before bed, and consequently, I had terrible acid reflux as I laid down. I felt so gross and pained, and all I could think about was the candy that I absolutely should not have eaten. So this morning, after breakfast, I tossed out the last of the bunny and all the Peeps. Everything else is easy enough for me to bypass, but the bunny and Peeps are my kryptonite. So now they're gone, and I felt better all day.
I also managed to find a new home for a couple mugs from my collection, which was an unexpected pleasure, and a couple other random tasks were completed. It was a more productive day than I thought, I suppose!

So far, Stevie is a hero

You want to know something that makes me laugh my butt off? Playing "Song Quiz" with my husband. We tend to stick with the '80s and '90s, and sometime venture out of that comfort zone, but mostly it's about the music we grew up with. And we giggle and laugh about the different stuff that we each somehow know that surprises each other. Anyway, tonight he made me laugh my ass off several times, and we tied. Two wins each. Although my wins are always convincing, when he wins, he only wins by like 20 points or whatever. I'm not competitive.
Last night, I started watching "Schitt's Creek." This show is delightfully fun. I especially love that the episodes are only about 20 minutes long, which means I could power through like 10 of them last night. I'm watching more tonight, and I have no idea how many episodes are in each season, so this entire show is a mystery to me. I'm here for it though; it's so funny.

That's about it then, for today

So turns out when I don't really do anything during the day, there's nothing to write about.