Lily started the day by making a delicious chocolate cake. Also, the kids have been loving their new art area and all of the art supplies Lily purchased for them. They have especially been utilizing the clay.
Today I went to Qualtrics to pick up my monitor, my keyboard, my mouse and other office supplies. I did this because my back was starting to hurt always hunching over and looking down at my laptop. To get access to the office, I had to e-mail and schedule the time I was coming. When I arrived, the building was completely empty except for the receptionist and the cleaning crew. It strikes me how so many workers aren’t able to shelter in place the way that I can. My heart feels for people in that situation, especially for my friend Elena on the cleaning crew. She is so friendly to me in the office and tells me about her grandkids. I hope that she and all of the workers who still have to go out into the world every day can be OK.
On the way home, I had the idea to buy pizzas from Papa Murphey’s. Either I’ve never shared Papa Murphey’s with the family, or we’ve all forgotten that I did at one point. Either way, tonight felt like a first. Why is Papa Murphey’s significant to me? Because after my parents divorced, it was one of the go-to dinners for my dad (I assume on nights when he didn’t have much time or energy to cook). Even though it probably felt like a cop-out to my dad, it was exciting for us kids. My favorite memory is eating the two-layer Chicago style pizza. My family liked the pizza well-enough. It was yummy, nothing mind-blowing, but a sweet walk down memory lane for me. Thanks dad for all the fun memories you created for us!
Lily has been reading a Shakespeare speech to the family over and over again during meals to help the kids memorize the speech. Tonight, Lily was playing YouTube videos of the speech. Clarissa was laughing at the speech and we were very amused by it.
Here is a video of Clarissa laughing at the video. At this point I think she realized we were all amused by her laughing, so she is fake laughing just to get attention. I love that girl 🙂
Below are more clay creations 🙂
