Month Three of ~Quarantine: May 14-June 13, 2020

Actions, Learnings and Observations

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1. We mourned our mid-May wedding trip and Memorial Day Colorado trips-not-to-be
2. There were threeish freeze watches after I finally put my cold weather clothes away—poor plants
3. I tried to finally buy a pretty mask
4. The dang Backstreet Boys pushed back their concert a whole year
5. I developed a phobia of drinking water before walks then not being near a restroom
6. Will got the best haircut of his life
7. I went on a real hike
8. We got Thai takeout and ate in the park again (finally!!!)
9. I had my first two major (distant) plans with humans almost canceled due to rain
10. We made delicious pickles and then started picking beets, onions and everything else 
11. I got to pet two puppies that came into my midst
12. Will audited his book stash 
13. We stopped doing free workouts online (just picking miscellaneous exercises instead)
14. I survived getting a rental car
15. We spontaneously grabbed good New York-style pizza 
16. Will asked a beloved author if he needed someone to edit a book for him then he wrote a whole chapter!
17. I made chocolate strawberries for a birthday celebration
18. That far-off "end of quarantine" day set in April finally came and yet COVID-19 still didn't feel distant
19. We thought about maybe traveling again
20. I faced some definite seasonal allergies, part two
21. We finally got some good hugs
22. We found and started eating the world’s most epic watermelon (the rest is frozen for many slushes to come)
23. We had a virtual game night with Will’s sister and husband and for once, Will did not win every round
24. I finished audiobooks: “We Should All Be Feminists” and “A Year of Less”
25. We decided we could start depleting the mini-freezer and pantry stockpiles
26. The late July bachelor party was canceled
27. I decided to keep growing out then donate 8 inches of my hair
28. We failed at multiple attempted Goodwill drop-offs
29. Yoga went down on the priority list but higher on the wish list 

Probably just us:

1. I gave up on the Hawaii trip then two weeks later we started booking (cancellable) ground arrangements for the Hawaii trip
2. Will biked the whole Mount Vernon Trail
3. I ripped a hole in my Walmart Miley Cyrus jean shirt from 2009...and several old pairs of socks and shorts 
4. We had a distant picnic complete with key lime donuts
5. I had two rounds of exercise GPS tracker drama and bike rental drama
6. Will encouraged his dad to become a voter registration leader and recycling advocate
7. We learned how bad we are at guessing south Arlington home values
8. I enjoyed a honey lavender latte and ancho chili cafe con leche to go from an actual coffee shop (remember those?!)
9. We enjoyed homemade lentil curry, strawberry basil margarita, baba ghanoush, Will’s first ratatouille, and many more vegan pancakes
10. I researched, read and wrote about cancer survivorship for hours and then jumped to prostate cancer for more hours—work project
11. Will and his dad washed the truck 
12. I jogged to pick up tequila, bringing a new meaning to tequila run
13. We savored SC biscuits and finally found good peaches and tomatoes
14. I tried eggs for the first time since January
15. My keys fell off their designated carabiner perfectly in between two grapefruit causing a 15 minute panic
16. I jogged past the historic White House protests and glimpsed the brand new Black Lives Matter street “art”
17. Will read the Frederick Douglass biography
18. My brother let a surprise slip a year in advance
19. Will read up on the love languages and the enneagram
20. We toured three apartments and made miniature models of them and all our furniture 
21. I realized that 2020 will not be chill but THE year of family celebrations 
22. Will dried his own Serrano chilis 
23. We listened to the masterpiece that is the entire compilation of Sarah Mae mix CDs since January 2015
24. I wrote a haiku for work
25. My hardcore electric toothbrush got possessed and was banished to the truck bed
26. I finally made it to 2019 in my photo library audit
27. We enlisted Will’s grandparents to help throw a surprise birthday for his dad
28. Based on a bonfire, we now really understand “like a moth to a flame”