I attempted the zoo today because we are members. I think they let way too many people in, and mask compliance was all over the place. We did the best we could to see animals, avoid people and we wore our masks the entire time except for a few masks breaks here and there away from people.
It was outside and hot. We left quickly. It was good to get out of the house and the kids got stuffed animals on sale and saw some animals but otherwise it was a fail.
I’ve seen pictures from other zoos that were mostly empty so the amount of people they let in was far more than I thought. Hopefully we were not near people unmasked long enough for any kind of transmission.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jul 24, 2020 14:17:59 GMT -5
Beau and I are delivering a puppy tomorrow and then taking a few days to come home. I'm not sure if we're going to the mountains or coast, but our plan is to relax, be away from people and disconnect from everything.
waverly - we were thinking of the zoo today as well. The one near us requires you to reserve a time online, though I have no idea how they would enforce people leaving. Ultimately, we didn’t go because DD2 is on some powerful ABX for Lyme, and it’s messing with her stomach. She feels hungry all the time, because I think she feels nauseous when her stomach isn’t full. They aren’t allowing outside food, so I just assumed that we would spend the whole day in concession lines.
DH and I are going out tomorrow evening. It’s the second time we’ve been out to eat since March 13th. Restaurants are operating in a very limited capacity, so I felt comfortable last time. Hoping for the same tomorrow.
Sunday I was hoping to have my cousin and her family over to swim, but she hasn’t responded. So maybe nothing? Maybe the beach one day? Who knows...
I think it would have been better at the 9 am time instead of the 11 am. I took a minute with the reservation and then by that time 9 am was sold out.
I had a nightmare this morning that woke me up at 5:30am, so 9 am wouldn’t have worked anyway, but with those times admissions the earlier the better because later on you still have everyone from the other times.
I think our plan is to just lay low this weekend. DD has some money burning a hole in her pocket, and she really wants to go to Target to pick something out. I have zero desire to wander around the toy department with her while she decides...
k3am I've actually been letting my older kids (6.5 and almost 8) wander the toy aisle at Target lately while I do my other shopping. They're good about following my instructions of keeping their masks on, not touching things, and staying away from other people. It's nice to not have to stand there with them. Also, my kids recently complained "you don't let us spend our money" because I dare pay for things for them.
Interesting on the zoo waverly . I've actually been thinking about rejoining the San Diego Zoo because they also are only letting in a limited number of people at a time, and the annual pass prices are the same, so that sounds like a nicer experience than normal. It's first come first in, so there are no timed tickets, and we tend to go everywhere by 9 am anyway (since we still have nap/quiet time in the afternoon for younger kids), and it's supposed to be easy to get in at that time. But it's 30 minutes from us and sometimes there's traffic on weekends, so I'm being lazy about it.
DD is doing weekend morning skateboard camp tomorrow and Sunday 9-noon. Tomorrow I'm going to meet the other two pod families and the teacher we hired at the hosting family's house. They're converting their garage to a classroom so we're going to discuss layout and the things we need to buy, and go over and solidify everything with the teacher. There are so many little things to iron out, like PPE. We ultimately decided to have the 5 kids (all 8 and under) not wear masks, but will provide the teacher with face shields, and any adults in the learning area will wear masks. The big garage door will stay open for air flow.
Otherwise no plans this weekend. I think DH will finally camp in the backyard with the older kids this weekend.
DH has today off. I'm ready to scream at my entire household. I just told DD and the dog to leave me alone and go bug daddy. DD left in tears.
Got DD's passport taken care of today since DH was off. I also did mine. DH hasn't renewed his for 18 years so he has to do his on his own as I'm not hand holding him and making appointments and such when all I had to do was fill out the paper get my picture taken and plop it in the mail.
Weekend plans is take the kayaks and SUP out one day. Otherwise we are laying low.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jul 25, 2020 11:13:05 GMT -5
One of DD's classmates is coming over. Which means my plan of sitting around the house in a ratty t shirt with now bra is not an option, ha ha. But it's fine. This is the mom who is REALLY trying to get a pod together b/c she's of the opinion that school will not be in person at any point this semester, which I agree is a waste of time for a kindergartner.
As a way of not thinking about that, I am going to the sherwin williams paint store to get some samples of gray paint (Repose Gray? Seatle? Mindful gray?). Now that my sister has moved out, we're going to move the kids upstairs and need to replace the floor so I'm also having a couple rooms repainted while we're at it.
I want to repaint a lot more than those two rooms...I'm wondering if we should add the other spaces to the job or paint it ourselves? I don't paint a lot and the edge work is what really concerns me. And also the fact that painting is always much harder than you think it's going to be right?
mustardseed2007 , painting is hit or miss for me, but I wouldn't call it hard. I've painted 3 bathrooms by myself in this house, and was only mildly annoyed while doing two of them, and super annoyed with the 3rd. My sister has helped me paint both kids rooms and it was more fun than anything.
I would also like to throw Edgecomb Gray into the mix for paint contenders. It's more of a greige than anything, but I think it's a great neutral. I am working up the motivation to pay someone to paint all the common areas in our house (all the rooms end up connecting for the most part, and there is no way I'm up for the challenge, especially not the vaulted area over the stairs.)
I think our plan is to just lay low this weekend. DD has some money burning a hole in her pocket, and she really wants to go to Target to pick something out. I have zero desire to wander around the toy department with her while she decides...
My oldest is like this. Her sister is like I want X and so she saves for X and buys X. The older one? Wants X saves for X examines ABC at the store for an hour and then buys Y, which has a 50% chance of being terribly disappointing.
Post by librarychica on Jul 25, 2020 13:10:03 GMT -5
It’s hot. All the playgrounds are still closed but we met a friend of DD2’s at the park for a couple hours to ride bikes next to the playground. There is a lake so at least there was a breeze.
I’m ready for winter. If all socializing must be outside and distanced why must if also be 90+ and humid. Why do I live in a swamp?
librarychica, half of DD's list of things she wants to buy are for other people. "Oh, I want to buy tape, since S needs some, and maybe a bracelet kit for M?" And I love that she is kind and generous, but I also want her to be selfish with her money. Never thought I'd say that.
And add me to the group that's over summer. I would appreciate it being.. late October. Pre time change, pre getting "cold" (or our version of it).
It’s hot. All the playgrounds are still closed but we met a friend of DD2’s at the park for a couple hours to ride bikes next to the playground. There is a lake so at least there was a breeze.
I’m ready for winter. If all socializing must be outside and distanced why must if also be 90+ and humid. Why do I live in a swamp?
Now I need to clean, maybe do some work. Meh.
Winter is going suck here. It’s way too cold to socialize outside unless you are all bundled up and going to an outdoor festival and even then we typically don’t go for more than 2 hours, and no festivals will be happening.
Since a large company sent me a list of almost 100 people that need to quarantine at 4 on Friday, I worked all weekend. How does someone have 60 close contacts? I dont have 60 close contacts with different people in a month.
Thankfully today someone agreed to cover me so we can take the kids kayaking. Hopefully it will be a good day.