Well, we didn’t go to a Rockies game or do any gardening or run the Bolder Boulder or host a family BBQ, but MDW 2020 was the best it could be considering the circumstances. We still ate Blue Pan pizza, watched a bunch of movies, spent some time with family, grilled bratwurst and to top it all off, I got to attend our virtual book club, so while it may have been different from any other year, it was still good and happy ♥
Um, how is Blue Pan so good?! Well worth the indigestion I had after eating it (a fun new daily pregnancy symptom :P). Afterward, we watched The Lovebirds, which I won’t say is a good movie, but is at least a funny movie. I laughed SO HARD at that milkshake monologue Kumail gave.
Andi was busy taking 300 naps on Saturday, while Joey was busy doing a little project in our back room. We’ve been trying to rent out our house and a huge drawback seemed to be our “second bedroom,” which is already small and probably felt even smaller since we had a bunch of boxes we’d packed stacked up in there. Thursday afternoon, Joey felt inspired to clean out the boxes, then that turned into re-flooring the room somehow. I wasn’t going to interfere and I’m glad I didn’t because it turned out so nice. WHY DIDN’T WE DO THIS YEARS AGO?? We made black bean + tempeh tacos for dinner and watched Laggies, which I’d seen recommended last week after the death of the director, Lynn Shelton and… I’m sorry, but it was really not good. Oh well!
Sunday morning, Joey went golfing (I finally gave in!) and we had showings from 9-noon, so Andi and I hid out at my parents’, where my mom fed me a blueberry scone and bacon quiche that were both SO GOOD, my dad entertained me with Quarantine Life videos and my little sissy even joined us, which was the happiest surprise. My mom showed us this box of our baby stuff, including our baby books and this teensy t-shirt one of us had. I cannot believe how small newborns are! ♥ Back at home, I sat outside for a little bit until the rain clouds rolled in and when Joey got home, we watched the 1994 version of Little Women (which we’d watched a few years ago after I finished the book, but had to watch again now that Joey’s finished the book). Gotta say… it’s pretty damn good!!! We also watched Shoplifters and it was really interesting and sad as hell.
Memorial Day! Felt weird to not wake up early and run the Bolder Boulder but also pretty nice, plus Joey had made us buttermilk waffles. I don’t know why we make any other kind because these are clearly superior! I spent a good chunk of the day finishing my book club book, Circe by Madeline Miller and I absolutely LOVED it! If you’re into Greek mythology (or even if you’re not), I highly recommend it. Then I made us some potato salad for later and did some yoga. We grilled bratwurst to have alongside our potato salad for dinner and then Joey went to watch some scary movie while I “went” to book club. I hadn’t been in months (um, reading is hard when you’re falling asleep on the couch at 8 PM every night), and it felt SO GOOD to be back! I was in the best mood for the rest of the night ♥
I hope you made the best of your Memorial Day Weekend too!
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