Day 76: 5-28-20 (Thursday)
Today was a pretty good day. Tyler went into a few stores for the first time in almost 80 days!! We went to Lowe's (we were looking at flooring so he needed to be there) and then to Albertson's. He wore a mask and gloves and didn't touch anything. I did all of the shopping and he spent most of his time dodging people! He thought it was definitely weird...people in masks, plexiglass protective screens, and one-way aisles. The shelves are all stocked with everything again...including toilet paper. He completely missed out on seeing all of the empty shelves. We have been doing grocery delivery, grocery pick up, Amazon, and sending Kam into the stores for the last couple of weeks so the fully stocked shelves were a delight for me to see too! I was also happy to see more people in masks again now that we have moved into phase 2 and businesses are having to comply to stay open.
I got more plants and flowers at Lowe's. Planting things, taking care of my yard, and tending my flowers brings me more peace and relaxation than anything else. Flowers are getting me through!!
Kam's girlfriend, Abbey, got her wisdom teeth out this morning. Our friend Dave was her oral surgeon. Kameron was waiting when she got home and took good care of her. LOL. It's fun to see his nurturing side come out.
I had a Primary treat delivery for a family in our ward. Ailey and Bryn had fun delivering it with me. I know I say this all the time but I really miss all my little Primary kids. Trying to do something weekly for a family or two in our ward has been fun.
Minneapolis is rioting and burning. Wow. Who could have imagined that? So much for Kam's *safe* mission.
Day 77: 5-29-20 (Friday)
Today was weirdly SUPER HOT. It was in the 90s. That is very rare for us at this time of year. Tyler worked a half day and then we drove to Sandpoint to pick up items that Jordin was storing for me. We had another good visit with Jordin and Ramon. I even finally got to get a HUGE hug from my nephew.
On our way home we stopped at one of our new favorite BBQ places, Famous Willies, in Post Falls. Having lived in Kansas City and in Texas I am ALWAYS on the hunt for good BBQ. Famous Willies has amazing brisket...AMAZING!!! The best I've had since Kansas City or Kirk's house. Their ribs are divine too. I don't like their sauce or their sides though. I knew we were going to stop on our way home so I packed our own sauce from home in a cooler. LOL. This time all we wanted was straight brisket. We got it to go and and ate it at the park by the river. So fun! We also stopped at Lowe's again and bought two new benches for our deck. Yay date night! After that we went home grabbed Ailey, Bryn, and Beverly and headed to the park for a night walk. Even after dark it was still hot.
Riots continue around the US today.
Day 78: 5-30-20 (Saturday)
This morning started off with an exciting visit from the high school dance team captains! They came to tell Ailey that she had made the dance team again. Yay! Year 3! This year it was so crazy with quarantine and tryouts via video. It was good for Ailey to see some of her teammates even if it hurt my heart to hear one of her teammates say, "I'm sorry that I can't hug you." Ailey's not the only one with a family member with a compromised immune system or health issues. :(
After that we headed to the lake to spend the day. It was another hot 90 degree day. It was a little hazier that yesterday but then sun came out for the rest of the day...enough to burn us all...despite copious amounts of sunscreen. The chilly lake water felt good in the muggy hot temps.
I did my first paddleboarding of the season! I love it so much! Tyler and I took off and went around the lower end of the lake. It felt great to be back on my board and out on the water. The lake wasn't very busy and we had a fantastic time!
We ended up leaving earlier than we planned because we kept getting all of these notifications about a crazy "storm of the century" that was supposed to hit that night around 6pm.
All night we kept hearing on the news that the wind would be around 70 mph and then we heard that it could get up to 80 mph. (Our terrible windstorm that knocked out power for 9 days had winds around 70 mph.) Then we heard that there was the chance of a tornado...and then we heard two tornadoes. The news was telling everyone to take shelter immediately in an interior first floor room. Toto, are we in Kansas? It was bizarre and the predictions kept getting worse as the night progressed.
While waiting for the storm to hit we also participated in our ward's virtual talent show on Zoom. Ailey and Bryn submitted a Tik Tok dance video a few days before. Did I say 1,000 times "Make sure the song is appropriate?" YES! When it was being submitted did I ask 1,000 times "Are you sure there aren't any inappropriate words or anything else inappropriate in the video? YES! Did I watch it before it was submitted? NO. Was I unpleasantly surprised...OH YES! In between a darling 6 year old singing and a family performing together...the Johnson girls TIK TOK danced and gyrated around in unison to a song about getting drunk. AWESOME. There is always that one family...and... apparently that one family is us. The church might want us to turn in our membership after quarantine. Yikes.
And while waiting/hoping that the catastrophic storm of the century would take us out (and our humiliation)...it turned out to be a dud of a storm. Nothing...some rain, a little wind, and some thunder. And...I still had to participate in ward council the next morning.
Day 79: 5-31-20 (Sunday)
Yep, ward council on Zoom at 9 am. Ward council where the bishop asked me how I thought our ward activity went (I am on the activities committee) and I had to reply "Great! I thought we had a good turn out!" while my face literally burned bright red! Needless to say I was THRILLED when ward council was over.
This morning was Kameron's *actual* last day of work. Finally. His work did nothing to replace him and just kept him coming in on the weekends. Today was THE END. Now he can focus on getting ready to leave on his mission.
We had home church after Kam got home in the afternoon. The topic was very timely. It perfectly coincided with what is going on in our country right now...racism, protests, riots, looting, businesses and properties being vandalized and burned. There is chaos in all the major cities...including Spokane. It was good to talk in depth as a family about the issues that are affecting people we love and cities we love.
Day 80: 6-1-20 (Monday)
Today is the first day of June and the 80th day of quarantine! When this all started in March I thought it would be two weeks. Wow. I did not anticipate 80 plus days. Kameron leaves for his mission in exactly one month.
Mondays are one of my favorite days. They are always productive even in quarantine. They seem to get progressively less productive as the week goes by but on Mondays we get stuff done and it feels good!
Ailey's Dance Team coaches dropped off her awards and her letter for the year. Tonight they had their virtual awards banquet via Zoom.
Tyler decided that the kids weren't doing enough reading so he (and I) created a mandatory 30 minute family reading time after dinner. Then everyone is to meet back up and discuss what we are reading. Tonight was our first night and it went well. There has been far to much screen time around here. Myself included. Let's see if we can keep this up!
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