@easyas123, so glad there was a happy outcome for the doggie!
I was going to post yesterday, but Josh had quite the meltdown just before his last online class. He was sulking and throwing things at me while online and I think his teacher saw him do it. Our mail arrived and the shark "Happy Napper" that I ordered arrived. I did not know that the box said "HAPPY NAPPER" in huge letters on the bottom - and I didn't realize that my kid could read that well! I left it out in the porch, thinking I'd smuggle it upstairs later, but he found it first. I did not give it to him yet, but I've heard about it just about every 2 minutes since then (and I'm a horrible mother who likes to make him sad). I told him that because of the coronavirus, Santa is having the gifts delivered to parents so we can disinfect them and so he can get in and out of our house quickly.
My SIL and her partner got their tests done, but it will be about 4 days before they get results. Bill is happy, because now he has time to go hunting
They are both feeling perfectly fine, too, and I hope they stay that way (and not be positive-but-asymptomatic).
Today Josh only had his morning meeting, then they do asynchronous learning (the teacher just sends assignments, no online meetings). The due date for the assignments is sometime next week, though, so we're in no hurry to get them done right now. He did his music assignment and some math, then we did some running around with my mom. Mom made several loaves of pumpkin bread to give out, so our first drive was up to my SIL's parents' house (Josh's honorary "Nana and Papa"). We were going to stay outside, as Nana is finally in remission from a second round of cancer and Papa has lung problems from a lifetime of working around asbestos. But they insisted we come in the house, so we wore our masks and stayed near the door. When we left, we stopped at McDonald's for a Happy Meal for lunch. After having lunch at home, we went back out in the other direction, to deliver a loaf of bread to one of Mom's friends, then a stop at the assisted living center for her BFF of over 40 years, who Josh knows as "Grammy Louise." We can't go inside, but we dropped off some bread, a fresh cup of pumpkin spice coffee from Dunkin (her favorite), and Josh made a handprint turkey for her...
Then home for the afternoon. Josh refused to do any more of his assignments, but he did help my mom with tomorrow night's dessert, so he wasn't complaining/yelling at me
I would love to try to meditate more, but I just never seem to have time! There is a channel on Josh's school tablet/TEAM where they've uploaded some short meditation videos. Last week we were assigned to watch one with a monkey (animated monkey) called Chop Chop. It was nice, but I still couldn't relax my shoulders. I think I'm beyond stressed out now! I might need a massage at this point to force my muscles to loosen up...
11/25, QOTD: What types of things do you enjoy to help you relax, take pleasure in life, and lower your stress?
I'm a gamer. Not shoot-em-up type games, but I like hidden object games (Hidden City is my favorite), room escape, and one called City Girl Life, which I think is basically role playing. Used to be owned by Disney. I also play Jigsaw World and Cross-Stitch World. It's probably backward, because I've heard that sitting in front of a computer adds to your stress and anxiety, not to mention that the scenes in the hidden object games are timed, so you'd think that's stressful. But for some reason, I find that I can actually relax playing these games.
I also like to read and do word puzzle books. Not just crosswords or word search, I like the variety puzzles. I like these...
I like my photography. I like to take artistic photos, then download them and play with different filters and effects, and make books and other projects on Shutterfly.
I also like to look at homes on Realtor.com and the FB page For The Love of Old Houses.
) and I need that recharging time.
