I worked most of the day again today but outside of work, it was a good day. We got to enjoy a nice sushi lunch, courtesy of grandma's casino winnings. When my mom wins money and treats us to a meal, we have to let her. If we don't and she doesn't win again, then it's our fault. She believes that if she wins and if she shares the wealth, she will win again.
After lunch, we had a nice virtual playdate with Auntie Tenderheart, her daughters Anita and Ariel and nephew Nathan. We played Pictionary and Family Feud. I liked Family Feud but the kids seemed to like Pictionary better, probably because I can't draw, and it's so much harder using that mouse pad on a laptop. Ariel also read us a story - it was like those old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books that I grew up reading. In the end, I think I was supposed to get some money, so I need to remind Ariel about that when I see her next, after this lockdown is over.
After the online game session, I went back to work and the girls baked a cake for their cousin Addison's birthday, which is today. It was a triple layer cake with lots of icing. It was a bit sweet but it tasted pretty good. It's kind of a family tradition that the birthday boy or girl has a drumstick to eat on their birthday so Pepe went to get Church's chicken for dinner - that seems to be becoming a tradition too. By the way, Pepe lives next door to us so we have been in each other's social circle this whole pandemic. Still, he is very careful and although we share food, we don't eat together. But after dinner, we did go over to give the cake to Addison. We all wore masks but did have to take them off to eat a slice of cake. Addison's sister, Pearl and her boyfriend, Jimmy joined the celebrations via Face Time.
My mom did not join because she was going to play her online casino, in hopes of a repeat win like yesterday. Or so we thought. I mentioned before that she is a clean freak. So with no one around to make sure she rests from her shingles pain, she decided to clean the bathroom on the main floor! It was on my to do list for the weekend but she claims she was feeling better today so she cleaned it. What kind of a person cleans the bathroom on a Friday night after dinner? Anyway, that's my mom. Sometimes I find it stressful to have to race her to do stuff around the house. But she tells me to take comfort in the fact that she still has energy to do housework. And if she is doing work that means her shingles pain is getting better.
The next thing we did was play Codenames - Lockdown edition. This was created by mainly M2, with ideas from M1 and M3. They came up with their own words - all related to the pandemic. Some examples include virus, sanitizer, mask, and Doug Ford. This actually proved difficult because most of the clues given could apply to more words than intended. It was still fun, though. It's a nice thinking game - teaches you to think about what other's are thinking.
Our final activity was to watch The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, which has become a constant in our Friday night routine. All in all, it was a good day with lots of fun activities. But now the girls realized that the April Break is effectively over. It'll be just like any other weekend and they have to go back to school. But I think I will do another blog to wrap up the week.
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