For a minute there I thought I would be posting something here every day. Oh well.
Today was OK, all things considered.
Poppy had to watch a little bit of the Franco Zeffirelli “Romeo and Juliet” from 1968. She says Romeo looks like “an off-brand Zach Efron.” She asked for my help paraphrasing Romeo’s description of Juliet (“she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night.”) for her assignment, and I regret to inform you that she did not go with “Like OMG, she is so hot I literally cannot even.”
Pete wasn’t assigned to talk to his teacher during his virtual office hours, but he decided to check in anyway. They chatted for awhile, and Pete showed off his LEGO creations.
After Poppy finished her assignments, we went for a drive to do a few errands. I had to go into the post office, where I encountered the largest congregated group of people I’ve seen in more than a week. There were about five people in there, and it made me pretty uncomfortable. I was glad Poppy stayed in the car. The other errand was a stop by our local bookstore to pick up my pre-ordered copies of NK Jemisin’s new book, “The City We Became,” and Emily St. John Mandel’s new book, “The Glass Hotel.” That did involve speaking to a human, but she just opened the door and handed the books to me. Very limited interaction.
We had Breakfast For Dinner tonight. It sounds like it should be a quick and easy meal, but it always turns into a production here because of our varied dietary issues. Tonight Rockford made pancakes for the kids, bacon for everyone and Malt-O-Meal for himself and I made terrible hashbrowns for myself and scrambled eggs for my in-laws. Far too many dirty dishes.
I took a nap this afternoon in hopes that it would chase of the headache I’ve had on and off all day, but it did not. Of course, every time I have any sort of ache or pain or sneeze now I assume it’s The Virus. Even though I know I have allergies and I always have a headache this time of the month and my legs hurt because I’ve been doing Pete’s PE class with him.
Good Things