Today, after 401 days since that Friday the thirteenth when I was sent home from work, I got my first vaccination shot. Pfizer. It’s weird to sit in an upholstered oak chair in front of the aisle end-cap of tortillas in a Vons in Nipomo. Weirder yet was when I approached…
On Saturday, Nate’s baseball team had our third game of the pandemic ten-game season. Which based on my year’s of Snack Shack expertise is exactly the perfect ratio of chips to cheese in Little League scheduling. Unfortunately, the Tigers may need less chips and more days of baseball if we’re going…
Friday morning I wake-up in the 4:00 hour and lay in bed till the 5:00 hour, when I can no longer take it anymore and climb out to put on the kettle. Somehow the first few days of Daylight Saving Time leave me incredibly groggy until my internal alarm kicks-in…
Happy to report some seriously good news. Today I put on a pair of real work dress pants and they completely fit– possibly even a little loose. Successfully fending off the COVID-19. I’m a strong believer in celebrating small pandemic wins.
Remember those days when we couldn’t fathom being out of school for three weeks? I felt so bad for those poor sods in Washington state. How would they survive? I was completely convinced we could not make it, having barely made it through two-week holiday breaks before we practically threw the…
We are deeply saddened to proclaim the passing of her royal highness, Princess Fucillo, of the kingdom of San Luis Obispo, Saturday, the sixth of March, two thousand and twenty one. Princess is survived by her not-so-evil step-sisters, Perfect and (probably) Pipsqueak. The story behind the probably is better covered under a different…
We seem to run nine to twelve months behind the rest of the pandemic hobbyists. While everyone was gardening last spring, Nate and I planted our butterfly garden a few weeks ago. And when the grocery store shelves in the baking aisle were bare, I don’t know what we were…
The last night of Christmas vacation I was lying in Jake’s bed with him having just finished our book reading for the night. We’re deep into the 5 Ancestors series and it is sheer Chinese brotherly 1600’s Cantonese kung-fu bliss. As we said our goodnights, I asked Jacob if he…
A day or so ago, the Tooth Fairy finally showed-up and emptied the little kitchen glass where Jake’s never-ending tooth torrent temporarily tarries until she has time. We’re pretty sure she must have either had COVID, or has been in quarantine, as two teeth sat on the windowsill for close…
The pandemic life seems to have left some people questioning why they bathe so much, and by some people I mean the littlest person inhabiting our pod. He’s always enjoyed bath time and never put up a fight. But, a few months ago I noticed that after dinner, Nate would…