Day 36 of Phase 3 - California Covid spike - bars and wineries are closed

Nosy neighbors…

Tuesday. 6/30/20

7:00-8:00 - Up, but I definitely slept much better without listening to true crime podcasts last night. I listen to The Daily and Start Here. The dog starts barking at 7:30, so I go downstairs and take her out. Cheese. I warm up my coffee and go upstairs.

8:00-9:00 - Shower. Fake eyelashes just to mix it up and light make-up. I wear shorts and a Fila tank-top.

9:00-9:30 - My neighbors approached my ex when he was here taking care of the dog a few weeks ago and told him they thought it was a problem that one of my grapevines is growing under the eave of my roof. Why is this their problem? I get the ladder and set it up, so I can cut the grape vine away, but I’m too short. I’ll have to call Cesar, my handyman, for this task. Better call Cesar.

9:30-9:45 - My neighbors also approached my ex with the problem that the grout between four cement blocks in the community retaining wall is cracking. Although this is a shared wall that faces the street, the cracked grout is on my side, but I guess the neighbors don’t like it. I email my HOA and ask if this is something the HOA can handle since it’s a community wall. I’m hopeful, because they responded that they will check out the dead grass issue in the same area and fix the sprinkler.

I start a load of laundry.

9:45-10:00 - I pull the hose from my backyard, over the wall, to the front of the house, so I can water the dead grass that my neighbors pointed out to me a few days ago. If only they would LEAVE ME ALONE!

10:15-11:30- I leave in time to pull money out for my therapy session, then arrive for my appointment at 11:00. As always, it’s great seeing my therapist. I eat the last of my overnight oats en route.

-I’m finally able to schedule an OBGYN appointment for L., tomorrow, at 8:30 a.m. It’s the only time they had available.

12:00 - 2:30 - Return home and I make a spinach salad and have L.’s leftovers from The Rooftop the other day. I’ve got nothing going on and L. isn’t working so L. and I watch two episodes of Love After Lockup.

3:00 - L. leaves to pick up Udan noodles that she ordered for herself and I hang my laundry items. Then, I read Panic and Joy.

3:45 - 5:00 - L. returns and we watch another episode of Love After Lockup and scream at the TV.

5:30-6:30 - I do a 30-min cardio app and a 30-min lower body work-out. I kill the sound and listen to PBS Newshour segments and Today Explained while I work out.

6:30 - 7:30 - L. leaves to pick up R. for boba and I go downstairs to catch up on my blog. I talk to B. and we agree to start our hike tomorrow at 6:00 a.m., due to L.’s 8:30 newly scheduled appointment.

8:00-10:00 - I prepare various correspondence for work in order to send tomorrow morning.

10:30 - L. returns home.

11:00 - L. and I watch Love After Lockup and scream at the TV. Some days, nothing much happens.