Mellie Dee ♥

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.

One of my friend’s sent this to me and my answer was “what’s not to like?!”, pretending to be like Joey loving the feet trifle. I don’t think I can say it enough that quarantine life is SO good to me – less stress for sure. Mostly because I can work from home and do not need to bother with the traffic. I think if I continued this and being able to see people when I want, it would be the perfect medium.

Anyway, this past week was my birthday week. And I don’t feel any bit different. Still a kid as you can tell from these pictures.

The only difference is that I’m starting to feel more like an adult, only because I have to put in my Individual Development Plan (IDP) and Talent Card into the HR system at work for the first time. I had to use a lot of brain cells to figure out what I want to do with my career. I hope I get to climb up some kind of ladder because boy am I getting old to be where I am right now.

This was my last picture at being 30. And the only picture I took of Rizzo this week. I look beat. It’s been hard to sleep but if I keep my job, I’m going to get me a whole new bed.

I took off work “early” on my day of birth. And we ordered Yummy Seafood and Oyster for dinner. The shirt Lily gave me was perfect for this occasion!

They had a deal going on where you buy 4 pounds and get 1 free and also every 2 pounds you get one free potato and corn. We ended up with sweet potato fries, 10 pounds of crawfish + 5 corn and potatoes, 2 dozen shrimps, and 5 clusters of snowcrab. They gave us an extra snowcrab for free!

We had a lot leftover for me to enjoy the next day as well.

June got me a birthday cheesecake and a fruit tart. I got to make two wishes this year. During this part of my celebration, we video called Brudda and Sissy so that both of their families can celebrate with me.

I’ve been receiving gifts all month but this week, other than my usual red envelopes, I got something from Wacko, Monica and Emma on the right. Amazon does some dang good packaging! I was joking to June that we need to put everything as a present so that we can collect those bags.

I also got some sweet earrings that reflect rainbows depending on how the light shines from June and a mug from Patricia.

I felt so much love this year. Phone calls, text messages, Facebook messages, Instagram messages. ALL the ways you can message, I got them all. But my favourite would have to be the video messages from Emmy, Katrina, and Jasmine. They all sang happy birthday to me in the sweetest way that I will forever cherish.

This weeks outside orders also includes Popeye’s, Black Pearl, Ten Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodles, and Gong Cha. I applaud Ten Seconds for their innovative way of delivering food. The noodles stack on top of the soup and comes with a lid. This way, you know which one is exactly yours and you can eat right out of the bowl. AND the noodles won’t get soggy. Pho places and other noodle places need to learn!

Is there such a thing as too many beets? I ate three in one sitting because it was going bad and let me just say, my stomach was not a happy camper.

I also finally went and got myself chicken fingers and fish filets. These bring back memories. I’m glad I stuck with fish filet rather than fish fingers. They just wouldn’t have the same meatyness.

Has anyone created their Facebook avatar yet? They have better features than Bitmoji even though Facebook has more limited choices.

I found it hilarious that I’ve been living without pants on as much as I can and have funnily been wearing an oversize sweatshirt at times so seeing that was perfect!

I found some pictures and did some comparisons. The top one is Bitmoji and the bottom one is the Facebook avatar. How do you think I did? Ignore the fact my braid is on the wrong side! haha I don’t think I did too badly. I also realized I have no eyebrows with my hat on in the avatar.

The weather has been super amazing this week. The cool breeze and little to none on humidity made walks easier. One night it was so cold that I put on my ski overall pants and a sweater with Rizzo wrapped inside. I nearly fell asleep with comfort. Rocky for sure did.

I celebrated the fact that Cinco de Mayo landed on Taco Tuesday this year by going and grabbing lunch from Los Roberto’s. Legit Mexican tacos. I forget how much deliciousness fried tripas are!

There is a website that turns your picture into an Anime character. I submitted the picture on the left and the right is what came out. What do you think? I wish I was that cute! Haha

Some of my creations this week. The air fryer created majority of this. The pizza tastes legit, just like when you order out, all thanks to the mini pepperonis. Funny thing is that the pepperoni did fly a bit in the fryer and had to sop up a lot of the grease before I ate but it was worth it.

I received a surprise in the mail. Right when I saw Kendra Scott I knew it was from Mallory as my birthday present. It’s a friendship bracelet and super cute. Can’t wait to wear it when things go back to somewhat normal. Thanks again!

Funny enough I got to see her Saturday as we had decided to make some tie dye shirts with Beth. Before anyone gets all crazy, I kept my mask and gloves on and even kept sanitizing my gloves just in case!

JJ and Jacob grew up so much! Since I haven’t been over for such a long time JJ was super super excited to see me. Now I know why he loves Trey so much. Note to self: kids love you more when they see you less.

Rizzo slept on top of my head which is out of the norm. He’s been cuddling more with me and June said that he whined a lot when I left the house. I think he’s getting separation anxiety from me being home for such a long time period. Yikes.

We celebrated Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary with hot pot. I never knew how little I ate until recently. With less people for me to serve food to I finish eating faster. If you know June, I could eat less than her!

Top: What we ended up with yesterday before I left Mallory’s. Beth’s were in plastic bags on the other side.

Bottom: I went back today to wash them out and take home the ones I made. I’m going to vinyl some that look a little plain. Just need some ideas. Hmm … Any suggestions?

June and I had at home haircuts. I did my own per usual and June started hers and I helped finish it off since it was uneven. I think we did a good job.

To celebrate Mother’s Day I ordered succulents from Etsy, Sissy and BIL got rest to eat Dungeness Crabs delivered, and Brudda and SIL got her money to spend at a garden center she likes. I’m sure even though we couldn’t get together and she couldn’t see her grandkids, she knows she is loved.

It’s been a pretty eventful week. Mostly because I went out and saw someone other than my family or random people when I go grocery shopping. Now to figure out what to vinyl on the shirts.