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    So far, this is officially the longest, weirdest week of the year. Hopefully, this is where all the drama ends. Though, something tells me it may not. Unless you've been living in a cave somewhere, you'll already know that a group of people stormed the US Capitol this week while Congress was working on certifying the election results. While I have lots of opinions, this isn't where I'll be sharing them. Rather, I want to share this for historical reference along with how I felt and some other things that happened this week.

    I started the week off poised to get some major work accomplished now that the holidays are over. It went fairly well and I honestly did better than I thought I would. Albeit, I didn't finish my quarterly taxes, so I'll have to work on it this coming week. 

    Monday, D made dinner for the both of us; a Mediterranean inspired chicken. It was delicious and only further reminded me of how much more he should probably cook! Ha! Tuesday, though, I saw his delicious dish and raised him some slow-cooked barbacoa street tacos. So, we ate well the first couple of days of the week.


    Then Wednesday came and threw us all for a bit of a curve. While I was working, I decided to turn on live coverage of the election certifying process. I was interested especially with the buzz around how the Vice President would handle things. All seemed to be going pretty standard (people arguing, basically) and then in my passive listening I heard, "Everyone get under your seats." It was such a surreal moment going from listening to a pretty normal process to literally watching chaos ensue live on television.

    I immediately felt a little concerned. What would this mean for our day-to-day life? Would we start seeing more of this activity and, if so, how dangerous could things get? I've kept a close eye on the news since this all went down. Since then the president has lost his Twitter privileges along with a lot of other people. I'm pretty conflicted about this too. I mean, I understand these companies can reject service to anyone they want at any time. However, I'm not exactly sure that it's ethical. If nothing else it's opening up my eyes more and more to the fact that our social media pages aren't ours and they can be stripped from us at any time. Kinda scary stuff.

    After a day of chaos, my grandfather came over and we had some chili that night. Wednesday nights we've basically reserved for having Papa over and just hanging out. It feels good especially since Grandma passed away to have a day reserved for just us. We can sometimes talk about her or other life happenings and it's just a nice landing spot in the middle of the week. 

    Thursdays are our date nights every week. This week we decided to stop at a local Neapolitan pizza place (Il Lazzerone). It's one of our favorites and I think this is the second week in a row we've had it. However, we are very choosy about when and where we do sit-down meals during Covid. We go when it's not standard dinner hour and we pick places that don't have a crowd. Both times we've been to Il Lazzerone, there may only be one other couple since it was later in the evening so it felt safe and we were able to enjoy a meal out.


    We then came back home to play "Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game". It came with 3 cases along with a practice case. So we decided to pull out the practice case. It took us a span of two evenings to complete (mostly because I fizzled out), but it was really very fun. It includes an online database for matching DNA and fingerprints and stuff, so it feels pretty legit. We're looking forward to delving into the other 3 cases. We did end up figuring out who the murderer was and a loose interpretation of a motive. We called it a win, though.


    Friday was spent hustling to get some more work done (and finishing the game from the previous night) and Saturday I spent cleaning the house. Once we got all that done, we ordered some Applebees via Door Dash and settled in. I've also now completed 9 days of my 30-day yoga challenge and Saturday (day 8) was my favorite yet. Whenever Adriene tells you to pull out a pillow and blanket, you know you're sleeping well that night!


    We had church services yesterday and I then took a nap (again, longer than I intended). Now we ready ourselves for a jam-packed week. Stay tuned. Hopefully, next week's recap won't involve any national headlines.

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    This week has actually been more relaxing than I initially expected. I started off the week getting back to my work routine. Thankfully, my week off the week before didn't set me back too much and I didn't have to dig out of a deep, dark hole of work. It actually gave me hope that I can have an actual vacation this year without worrying that the business is suffering.

    Our NYE decorations...

    The winter weather did finally set in this week, though. We had one day towards the beginning of the week of mostly ice. Power was out in many areas around town, but fortunately, we kept both our power and our internet. There were a lot of down tree limbs because of the heavy ice, but I've actually seen it much worse. This is another perk of having a home-based business because we didn't have to get out in any of it.

    Most times on New Year's Eve, D and I stay home and celebrate with just the two of us. So this year, that was nothing new. We celebrated the 8-year anniversary of the day he proposed...right at midnight. We reminisced, made homemade sushi (which was actually quite messy this time), and played "Dead of Winter" for the first time. We actually beat the game with just the two of us. Though, D informed me we played the easiest level of the game. So, our next games may really be the test. At any rate, we had a good time ringing in the new year together

    A cooperative, zombie apocolypse survival board game. 

    The game all set up.

    Our DIY sushi setup.

    My sushi creations. Not really my best work.

    My forever NYE midnight kiss!

    On New Years Day, we got to finally celebrate Christmas with my side of the family. I spent most of the day preparing and then that evening we went to my Dad's for our planned Christmas celebration. I contributed a charcueterie plate which I've been studying to perfect one day. It looked pretty great, but I would really love to kick it up a notch the next time. This was also the day we happened to get a few inches of snow, but it wasn't enough to deter us from celebrating.

    After dinner, we opened gifts (which always tends to be kinda chaotic but awesome all at once). I loved everything I got...and it's clear that my family knows how much I really love the "Friends" TV Series. I also got the Healthnut cookbook which I hope to employ in the new year.

    This wasn't everything, but it was all my "Friends" themed gifts.

    Saturday I tried to get things organized and back together after all the activity of the previous two days. Though, I was also feeling exhausted, so I can't say I got everything done that I originally intended. I did start a 30 Day Yoga Journey with Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. For 30 days, I will be doing yoga  every day. I used to do yoga very regularly and had built quite a bit of strength and flexibility. With the virus this year, I fell out of it for some reason. The first couple of days back have been challenging, but also felt good. It's clear that I'm starting from the beginning again, though. I'm certainly not as flexible and yesterday I was kinda sore. I'm looking forward to seeing my transformation at the end of the 30 days. If it's anything like the first time I did this, I'll be pleased with the outcome and how much strength and flexibility improves.

    Yesterday we had church service and I took the longest afternoon nap that I've taken in such a long time. I definitely didn't plan to sleep as long as I did, but my body was definitely telling me I needed sleep. So I listened. I really just lounged the rest of the day to try to build up my strength and energy for the week ahead. The first few days of 2021 have been enjoyable, and I'm certainly praying this year is a recovery year after a very tumultuous 2020!

    How would you rate the first few days of 2021? Your predictions for the New Year? Will we finally get rid of this virus or run out of TP again?

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