There were some nice IMs I received this week. Two more weeks until we find out results if we got a job or not. Counting down the days.

Emmy spends time in my room when I don’t have any meetings for a while or if Dad was cooking. She’s really respectful when I’m in a meeting. Such a sweet girl.

We would take thirty minute walks during the day and an hour at night. She ran after I said to stop and she ended up with two bandaids. I taught her how to walk and she hasn’t fallen since.

Id try to get off at a reasonable hour and we’d play with chalks and bubbles outside.

Then we did some shopping, drawings and letter tracing. She’s doing way better with her alphabet!

We even made biscuits and smeared Nutella on a few of them. She gobbled majority of them up through the last few days.

Rizzo loves Emmy here because, extra pets, but he also gets jealous. He’s been sleeping so close to me to where I saw this when I turned over.

June ordered some fried yummies from Black Pearl. I made a nice steak meal since I had a blood donation the next day. I think I got this steak making down!

Friday morning, third time in three weeks. They finally didn’t have an error and I was able to donate. I got a different shirt as well. Probably one of my favourite ones and it’s so soft!

Saturday, after buying groceries with Mum I went and picked up Timothy and headed over to Gordon’s and Patsy’s. Our last crawfish boil of the year. Patsy makes dang good chicken wings and I was able to pack a couple to go.

Brudda have Dad a massage gun which I’ve been using every day. It’s probably the best thing I’ve used since the bed I have currently is so old. New bed coming soon!

It’s been a very tiring week with Emmy but oh so worth it. One more week with her. What activities should we do?

Many said that since my name appeared on the list of recognitions for our Asset’s townhall on Tuesday, I have a higher chance to get a job when we reapply this upcoming week. I’m not sure that’s how it works so wish me luck!

I stopped by work and picked up a care kit Thursday during lunch. They decided to give each employee a bottle of hand sanitizer made in house as well as four cloth face masks. It was nice that I just drove up and they dropped it in the car.

It was also nice seeing one of the maintenance/movers that I’ve known for over a decade there yelling my name when he saw me.

When I headed home after picking up the kit, I decided to pick up a cheeseburger for the red meat I needed since Mallory and I signed up to donate Friday afternoon.

Mum was nice enough to bring home red meat kabobs to help my iron levels as well.

Friday morning Ed came over and we walked Rizzo around the park across from my house. We both wore masks and caught up and after almost an hour we headed back since Rizzo was dying from the heat. I said bye to Ed and ended up going Rizzo a bath since it’s been a while.

After relaxing for a bit I met Mallory at the Blood Center to donate. My screener was horrible at using a temperature gun and deffer me even after I told him to get a different one to ensure I really didn’t have a fever first. I ended up not being able to donate due to human error which is the stupidest reason especially at a time like this.

I ended up going over to Mallory’s house. Mallory, JJ, Jacob and I went and got snowcones from Texas Sno. They had colour changing cups which was pretty cool. We took them home and JJ literally slurped up the syrup. I threw away the last half since it was too much for me. I’d probably opt for a kids size next time rather than a medium.

The treat was great for such a hot day and probably the one and only snowcone I’ve ever had that’s worth the money. I joked wanting to come every time I come over now.

After hours of hanging out I stopped by Starbucks and got my free bakery treat then to Chick-fil-A for my free birthday cookie. The rest was ordered since I was there anyway and knew others might enjoy.

Saturday we went to Souq International Market. It opened last Sunday and we were able to do ALL our shopping in one place. I found my name as a brand and found it funny. I miss Mediterranean food and exited to see so many ingredients. I need to look up some recipes and get to work! If anyone wants to share, I’m not opposed.

We picked up pho and Smoothie King on the way home. I’ve been craving a good veggie juicing and this hit the spot. A little too sweet for my taste but beggars can’t be choosers.

At 2 pm, Thuy and Vu had their Zoom Baby Shower. It was nice seeing everyone’s faces. They had so many friends on the call that there was a page two but I could only get so many in the pic. We all did a round of shots to celebrate Baby Chloe. I cannot wait to meet her as she’s due anytime soon!

Later that night we did hot pot. We are having less and less foods on the table and more vegetables which means our stomachs are getting smaller and we’re eating healthier which is good. It’s taken me years to get to this state.

Today has been straight relaxing. Rizzo and I chilled outside listening to the birds and wind chimes. I cannot believe the weekend is already over but it’s been a very relaxing weekend so no complaints.

12 weeks.

It’s been 12 weeks in quarantine. 12 weeks of working from home. No one really knew it’d be this long. And we really don’t know how long it’ll be this way. But better safe than sorry.

Since let gos are around the corner, hearing this from a pretty high source is always nice. Maybe one day I’ll get there but I am not amazing at work politics so who knows if it’ll actually happen.

We celebrated Dad’s birthday on the actual day with petit fours. Nothing fancy since we already did all of that last weekend. I gave him the second part of his present, hip jackets, that is for Father’s Day as well.

I killed it on making a medium rare steak all thanks the the air fryer. Will need to make a post on it for rememberance sake so I can do it again!

I offered to go to Sonic to get milkshakes and June tagged along. She saw the menu and wanted everything possible. So unhealthy but she was happy. My favourite were the pretzels after I dusted off some of the salt.

I promised to make blueberry muffins but ended up making a Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake. It tastes amazing and June couldn’t stop eating it. Will definitely share this recipe as well to save for future bakes.

What else should I make?

Our week of ordering out, Pizza Hut and Wingstop. Ever since June’s become a vegetarian she only craves pizza and it’s getting a little too much for me. Thank goodness they serve other things.

Is anyone still in quarantine? I am majority of the time but went to Mallory’s on Friday after hearing I wasn’t going to be mapped into a role – meaning I have to reapply in two rounds within the company and if I don’t get anything, I’ll be jobless come September.

We ordered food from Local Table and drank mimosas and screwdrivers and had some random conversations before I had to leave and pick up Dad’s birthday present from the store.

Rocky and Rizzo still love sitting outside. The rain has helped cool the weather and our fans help to keep the flies away.

Saturday morning we decided dad can finally chauffeur us for our errands. He couldn’t get out of the car but it was better than nothing.

Mum thought first stop to the garden center to buy literal chicken shit was the best idea. I thank goodness for masks since I couldn’t breathe without wanting to hurl if I didn’t have it on.

Sissy, Brudda and I planned a surprise birthday call with the whole entire extended family. It was BYOD: Bring your own device. Bring your own dinner. Bring your own drinks.

His surprise was also that we gave him the laptop the Zoom call was on and Sissy and BIL came and sat the the kitchen table while we were in the dining.

Dad finally got his steaks and it was nice to get everyone together. The kids played a few rounds of online Pictionary before calling it a night.

I’ve been putting random things in spring rolls all week and making special sauces for them. Since I couldn’t finish my burger yesterday night, I rolled the rest without the buns into rice paper along with the leftover green beans. I made a delicious ketchup hot sauce to dip it in.

It’s been a crazy week and this one won’t be any different. I’ll be fixing up my resume, applying to jobs outside of my company if I find any that fancies me and wait until the two rounds open within the company to apply to. Wish me luck!

The week started out a little rocky. I used T-Mobile’s free Popeyes sandwich deal but I didn’t get it. A little peeved, I went out of character as you can tell from my Tweet. T-Mobile made up for it so I’m happy again.

Pizza Hut was giving away a one topping medium pizza Friday so I took advantage of it. Luckily this actually came and my family was able to enjoy it.

I got a little surprise in the mail from Patricia. Second part of my birthday gift! Now I just need a place to wear it to. Thanks, boo!

The second surprise was my Origins delivery. I was ordering the week of my birthday and Sissy decided her and BIL will pay for part of it as my gift. Buying the left four gave me the right nine things and a bag for free. Eek!

The third surprise was from Caitlin. It was her birthday Friday and I texted her my usual happy birthday message to which she replied by calling me on video chat! It was a nice surprise since we hadn’t spoken since pretty much when Scruffy and I broke up. She works in the same company as I do now and caught up on a lot of other things. There was a lot of laughter. I wonder if it’s a one time thing but it was nice nonetheless to be able to see how everyone was doing.

Rocky, Rizzo and I are still doing the usual outside chilling as much as possible. I think it’s been helping them, getting so much outside air and sun.

Gordon and Patsy decided to have another Crawfish Boil Saturday and invited me and Timothy again. We are now pros at the Asian sauce you tend to eat at restaurants. So unhealthy but so delicious. We had a lot of conversations, one of which was what is the difference between walk, run and jog in Chinese/English. A debacle that I ended up calling Mum and it was still questionable.

This morning, Sissy and BIL came and delivered pastries. The crawfish etouffee and elote ones were the best! We all sat outside with them 6 feet away. We video called Brudda and made it a party. We’ve been doing a lot more calls than before and if you know my family that was already a lot. It’s been nice though.

We had Hot Pot, because as Mallory says, that’s what my family does to celebrate things. Since June has to work next weekend, we figured this can be a super early birthday celebration for Dad. For his day of birth we would do delivery from somewhere he’d want … maybe steak.

June wanted mojitos and asked me to make her some. I’ve never really mixed drinks before but I gave it a whirl and made pineapple mojitos. They actually liked it! Dad even wanted seconds. It doesn’t look traditional since I didn’t put in mint leaves for decoration but for my first time, I’m happy.