Quarantine Day 76: Slip N' Slide, Work, Dave Matthews

Today I had to go to work. So I set my alarm for 7:30...and got out of bed about an hour or so later! This getting up early thing is not something I'm used to! When we go back to work it is going to be a tough adjustment for all of us in terms of getting up early! I used to get up at 5:30 for work each morning, now I roll out of bed around almost 9 each morning! The kids have been sleeping later too. Naomi got up today at 8:45. JP is the only one who consistently gets up in time to log in to work at 8am every day, the rest of us are enjoying the flexibility of remote learning!

Anyway, I left JP asleep while Naomi and I got up and dressed and walked Pip. Then I made the kids breakfast and headed to Needham. I spent the day designing and printing the graduation program and award certificates.

The kids & JP had second breakfast once Dad got up and then set up the slip n slide. Apparently they spent all morning into the early afternoon slipping and sliding!They even brought the chicks out to enjoy some the back yard!

When I got home from work, JP was sitting on the front porch, Naomi was playing a computer game on the laptop and Juliet was no where to be found. After looking around the house and neighborhood, turns out she was asleep in her bed. (She napped for about 3 hours.) So JP and I walked Pip and then got dinner ready. I made home made sub rolls from scratch while JP grilled the sausages. We were half way through dinner when Juliet stumbled in ready to eat. We finished dinner and then put on the live stream Dave Matthew's show. The kids watched the first song, then we walked Pip, and got home and ready for bed. Juliet wasn't very tired, so she sat up reading a bit. She's already come down stairs to ask us stuff twice. We'll see if she's still awake when we go to sleep tonight after the concert! Watching Dave Matthew's is so nostalgic. I keep thinking about high school, college, the first few years dating JP. Its wild. I love it!

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