This is Quarantine: Day 53

I dare you to have a bad day when it starts with one of these bad boys:

Sourdough waffle...glorious.

And two of these bad boys:

Minions 1 & 2 reporting for duty

I woke up this morning feeling right as rain after last night's self-medication regimen.

Ready for Day 2!

With the sun shining and our bellies full of carbs, we got down to business. It took us longer than expected to finish up the mulch, but finish we did and then got a start on that pesky rock pile before lunch. I suspect it took longer in part due to the vast amount of this:

 

and this:

that transpired compared to yesterday. 

Some may argue that an unconscious 3-year old could do wonders for productivity and they wouldn't be wrong, but when the 11-year old charged with keeping an eye on her ends up taking up the space next to her for her own little siesta, well then the absence is noted. 

To be fair, E did eventually pry herself off of the grass and return to work without being asked, and did put in another solid effort today, whereas her sister was more window dressing than workhorse. 

Did we eliminate the piles? Well, no. We may have overestimated on the rocks a bit, but we're also thinking we'll let things settle and maybe go in with a second round. 

But we achieved our goal for the weekend and you've never seen four people devour their bowls of pasta at dinner, along with seconds...or thirds...with such fervour. I only know it was cheesy sausage rotini because I made it; I don't think any of the rest of them could tell you what they had eaten, or rather, inhaled.

Speaking of food...(never gets old)...here's one thing that has changed drastically during quarantine. There is NO WAY in any realm before this one that we would have gone an entire weekend of solid manual labour without eating out at least twice. At least. In fact, the phrase "we should order pizza" was uttered at least 6 times in the last 48 hours. In the past we would have probably started both days with a Tim Hortons run for motivation, had pizza or sushi for dinner one night and most likely lunch at Five Guys one day too. 

This weekend, instead, I made three proper meals both days. And it wasn't much additional work, because I've learned to be prepared. We have oatmeal squares in the freezer. I've been cooking extra meat when I make a meal so I have something to add to a quick pasta dish or to throw in a tortilla. I've been making a point to use up leftover vegetables to round out lunch. And recipes that have to sit overnight (like those beautiful waffles) make it easy to whip up something awesome quickly in the morning. 

Plus, you don't feel like garbage AND you save money! 

You know, I'm so pumped about what rockstars we were this weekend that I barely even noticed that it was grocery day! 

We also got groceries. *shrug*

Now THAT's saying something.