The high of my week was… visiting my mom and stepdad’s new home! They closed on it yesterday and my mom invited me over to see it after work. They’re planning on doing a lot of work before officially moving in (tiling the living room, having new carpet installed in the bedrooms, and painting the bedrooms) and their lease isn’t up until mid-August so they can take their time moving in, which is nice. I got to dip my toes in the pool and I am very excited to spend oodles of time there. 🙂
The low of my week was… watching Florida’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise. We’re now seeing 2,000+ cases on a daily basis and passed the horrific milestone of 3,000 deaths this week. Our governor attributes the rising case numbers to more testing, so he refuses to take any further action. Right now, I’m paying close attention to how many hospital beds we have available. (35 in my county—it was at 61 at the beginning of the week.)
An anti-racism resource I’d like to share is… Anti-Racism Daily, an e-newsletter written by Nicole Cardoza. I believe it is free to subscribe, but I’ve joined her Patreon to support her work. This newsletter gives you one anti-racism task to do every day and explains the why behind it. I have found it instrumental as I go about my own anti-racism work and I truly appreciate what Nicole is doing.
A podcast episode I enjoyed was… American Police by Throughline. (I feel like I am constantly recommending Throughline episodes, but they are just so informative!) This episode talks about the history of American police and it’s as horrific as you might imagine.
The best money I spent was… $80 for my keyboard replacement! My laptop is FIXED and I am oh-so-happy to have it back in working order. I am going to be so careful with keeping open containers on my desk now because I definitely don’t want to go through something like this again. (Especially right now, when I need my laptop to work!)
My plans this weekend include… painting at my mom and stepdad’s new place, a Zoom writing date, and family game night! I’m also planning on doing virtual tours for two apartments… and I’ll talk more about why I’m doing that next week. (Suspense!)
What was the high of your week?
Yay for some pool time! I’m envious and wish I could sit next to you (6′ away of course). Very nice of you to help out with painting at your mom’s. Our house really needs to be painted indoors but we are both terrible painters so will wait until we can safely have a crew come in and do it- hopefully before the baby is born as one wall in the room he’ll move into is pink! Ha!
Ooh, virtual tours of 2 new places – curious to find out what’s going on! 🙂
High of my week was hearing the baby’s heartbeat. I’ve had so much anxiety this pregnancy so hearing that whooshing sound is very calming and reassuring.
I have all the heart eye emojis for that pic! That is fun they are doing some renovations. I’d love to see before and afters!
I really hope more testing is a lot of that… but yeah… good idea to keep a close eye on the hospital bed count 🙁
I don’t think I remember Throughline so I will check them out. Thank you!
Your weekend sounds fun! I bet you are doing virtual tours so you can find a place that allows 3-4 cats. Right? RIGHT?! LOL.
The high of my week so far was feeling so awesome on my run this am. Stay tuned to me crashing this afternoon for waking up before 4:00 am to run.
I’m so envious of your pool access! And of your weather to enjoy it. Although we are expecting temps in the 80s next week, it’s unusual for Oxford U.K.! My high this week is yet to come and it’s visiting my step son and his family tomorrow after not being able to see them since March. Although we can only sit in their garden. And then sitting in my parents garden on Sunday, seeing them for only the second time since lockdown.
Both are journeys of 2+ hours and I’ll be listening to one of your book recommendations to pass the time.
That pool looks BEAUTIFUL omg. It was hot here yesterday (40 C, which I know is probably nothing to folks living in Florida but here…it was a lot) and man, was I wishing we had a pool. Or a working air conditioner in the car. I would have been OK with that lol.
Thanks for the newsletter tip! I’m going to check that out — sounds interesting!
My high of the week was definitely the decision to take Friday off. Yes, it was RIDICULOUSLY hot but it was nice to be off work…especially since I’m also taking Monday off 🙂
It’s been 90-100F here the last week and I wish I had – or knew someone – with a pool, sigh. Please enjoy it for me LOL
Ahhh! Congrats to your mom on the new house! That is so exciting.