A day in the life

With this pandemic going on and on, there's not much to tell since I have not gone anywhere since about March.  I want to tell my daughter S how much I enjoy and appreciate her writing in her blog, since we cannot be together it's a way to see what she's doing and how she's doing (feel better!) 

My days go like this: I wake up around 10:30 AM, I have breakfast usually chocolate milk and a cookie. I check my mail, read my book (yay I can get books at the Library now!), put things away in the kitchen etc.

L works from 8 to 10 in the office at home. After she's done  the 3 of us (Lulu) go in the backyard and take a slow walk around checking the plants, flowers etc. L usually waters them early in the morning. I love my herb area with rosemary, sage, mint, basil, thyme, lavender... We have many geraniums, and many pretty flowers. While we check the plants, Lulu runs around. It's very enjoyable. Then we go in the front yard and check the tomato vine, the zinnias, and the area by the white fence. Everything looks good. The crape myrtle is blooming and looks beautiful.

After that, we discuss the plans for the day, like what to have for lunch or dinner etc.  . We usually have take out at least once a week. We also have Blue Apron  about 3 times a week. Today it was a "free day" meaning we each do whatever we want to do foodwise. I had a brazo de gitano de atun (tuna cake) with fresh tomatoes from the garden. L had a chicken sandwich and chips.

After lunch, L goes to her room and does some of her stuff. I go to my room and do some PSP in my computer, while watching TV and reading. Doing some gardening etc. Sort of multitasking. Today I went to the library and got some new books, then drove around a little to see what was going on in La Mirada (nothing much) lol

Around 8PM we take Lulu for a walk around the block, she likes it and looks forward to it. So do we :)

For dinner I had a repeat of my lunch because I thought it was yummy and wanted more!

L goes to bed around 10:30 or so (she wakes up early and goes for a long walk most days.
I retreat to my room and watch TV shows or movies. Talk to N most days for about 1 hour too. I also watch webcams and spend quite a bit of time  "visiting" different countries of the world (it's interesting how things are changing in Europe from seeing empty streets/beaches/etc to seeing them full of people, especially the beaches. 

 I usually go to bed around 2:30-3 AM.  And so it goes.

I'm missing going to the beach

4th of July and fireworks

I love fireworks, as I said before, I think I am the only one that likes them.

There's some people that shoot illegal fireworks, M80's and M100's, mostly they come from Mexico.They are EXTREMELY loud and they are called bombs, not fireworks. The noise set the car alarms, and scare the dogs ( and people). I don't like those. I like the beautiful ones that light up the sky with colors and shapes, some of the beautiful ones are also loud but not as loud as the "bombs"

Lizzie doesn't like fireworks, they give her anxiety. I didn't know about it and I was surprised last year when she told me about it. It didn't seem to bother Lulu much.

This year I have seen more fireworks from my front porch that any other years. Not only all over La Mirada, and surrounding areas but all over Los Angeles area. They even showed it on the news  helicopters flying over LA saying they had never seen so many fireworks going on.

I sat outside and sat on a chair I placed on the porch, and there were lots and lots of  great displays. Unfortunately among the beautiful ones there were also some bombs. Lulu didn't want to come out  not even to pee. Right now is past midnight and there's still  some going on.

The illegal fireworks carry a penalty of $1000.00, but the police need to see who's lighting them. So they have sent deputies riding bikes trying to catch some in the act. I hope they give some fines because really there's no need for those bombs and the horrible sound they make.

Other than that, it's been a nice day, Lizzie went for a hike, she watched Hamilton and discusses it with Sandy. We worked in the garden, and had an early dinner from Blue Apron, steak with green beans, potato cheese patties and sliced tomatoes, it was really tasty. Later my neighbor Amy brought some smoked BBQ ribs with corn and brownies.

I hope that you all had a nice  4th of July :)