hello from the other side of covid

 last monday was another day at home. ashford spent a little time at the playground with arlo (who also recently had covid) and i ran an errand in the afternoon (masked), but that was it. the days were starting to wear on us, but we had more to go. after thatcher and i went on our evening walk, i decided to test myself again because my nose was feeling a little stuffy and my test was finally positive. i'm glad i didn't feel any sicker, but man was i over this sickness in the house. when you have 4 people who can potentially get it, it feels like it goes on and on because you test positive at different times. 

tuesday through thursday was more of the same. we were all bored and tired of looking at each other ;) ashford went to arlo's for a while in the afternoon on tuesday. thatcher finally developed symptoms on tuesday but was still testing negative. of course he had it. he had been working from home since the week before just in case. i took ashford to elliot bay park thursday afternoon to get out. 

friday we were all feeling back to normal, wahoo! while i'm thankful our symptoms were very mild; this was not how i expected or wanted to spend 1/3 of the month of august. after thatcher finished up work, we all walked to mod pizza for dinner and sat outside. it felt so good! then thatcher and i finished up the last episode of 'bbq showdown' on netflix :) 

saturday morning we made waffles, eggs, and bacon for breakfast. thatcher and i had our coffee on the deck.

we spent most of the day at home, we're still organizing the bins we brought back from minneapolis. we also hung some pictures we brought back.

 after dinner, thatcher and i walked down to the locks. it was the the most magical night there! there were harbor seals with whole fish in their mouths, sea gulls swooping down to steal the fish, and tons of salmon in the salmon ladder and jumping in the bay.

sunday morning azalea had a virtual babysitting class through seattle children's hospital. she loves kids and hopes to start babysitting, but i want her to have some formal training first. it's a two-part class. the second part is next week. in the afternoon i took azalea and her friends sisi and bridget to the alderwoood mall for a little shopping excursion. they shopped on their own for most of the time, but we met up for some check ins. i think they all had fun. i had to snap a picture of the mini backpack crew :) 

we hung out at home with thatcher and ashford the rest of the evening. thatcher made two loaves of chocolate chip banana bread over the weekend. we inhaled the first one, so we begged him to make another. ha! 

the kids are back at boys and girls club for one more week this morning. i can't believe school starts in a little over 2 weeks.