lawn care saturday

I know, not alliteration but it defines what I did today.

Today was a fairly eventful day for me as far as quarantine days go. I woke up at 9:00 and I was surprised that I stayed asleep for that long and didn't wake up once. I probably could've gone back to bed but I told myself that once I woke up I was going to go for a run so that's what I did. I drove to the high school's track and ran intervals and of course it started to just barely sprinkle but I got out of the car because I knew if I didn't I wouldn't run. Intervals are when you sprint for a set distance or time and then jog for 45 sec-1 min, depending on what you decide, repeatedly. So, when I run on a standard track, I do each interval based on distance. If I'm running on a treadmill or on the road I do it for time. They help increase your speed and endurance. I hadn't done real intervals like that since spring break so that was a little over two months ago. They were hard. I'm glad I did them though.

On my way home I picked up Dunkin' Donuts and I stopped at the Walgreen's to get a few toiletries, don't worry I wore my mask! Soren's Gram made us masks, I don't know if I mentioned that or not, I think I did. I also sent my mom a picture of me wearing my mask because she wanted to see it and she said "you look very serious." I don't know how she could tell when all you could see were my eyes. I read a post where someone said they miss smiling at people and I agree. The lady at the register at Walgreen's was so nice to me and I wish she could've seen me smiling back at her, I hope that my friendliness was conveyed in my "thank you!"

After I showered and we ate, Soren and I headed out to the lake so that we could help his grandparents get their camp ready so that we can all move out there. I say camp but it's actually just like one lake house and three small cabins that are just beds, one has its own bathroom too. It is not literally camping. So basically today involved cleaning the cabins, bathrooms and house as well as lawn work and dock work. Soren and I raked, he probably did more than I did, but I helped. We'd fill his truck bed up with leaves and then drive into town and drop them at his grandparents lot, we did that twice. Soren helped his Granddad fix his dock, he had to wear waders because the water is still really cold and then it was like 6:00 PM and we all called it a day. Towards the end of the day it turned out to be a really nice one and it was a beautiful evening. We picked up pizza because we were both super tired. I had some pieces of a chicken pesto pizza, it was delicious. Soren had cheese, we get our own because he gets a large and I get a medium and that way we normally have enough leftovers for both of us the next day.

Soren's been super tired everyday this week that he has come home from work and I now understand why. He's been raking leaves and doing a lot of outdoor work and I only helped rake leaves for one day and I'm pooped. I think we'll probably do some more of the same tomorrow. I don't think there are anymore leaves but I could be wrong. I guess I'm just hoping that there aren't anymore leaves.

I guess now that I've written out my day it doesn't seem as exciting as it actually was. Maybe exciting isn't the right word, I guess it was just full. Like I didn't have any time to just sit and be bored which is a rare thing now. I was barely on my phone too. Partially because I was busy and partially because there isn't any service at the lake. That isn't a bad thing either, we could all use some time away from our phones.

Oh! Soren and I started watching The Good Doctor, it's pretty good, I'd recommend. It's one of those shows that you feel all of the emotions. It's heartwarming but sad but also a little funny. For those of you who are wondering, it's not on Netflix it's on Hulu. I don't have the fancy version of Hulu so we watch a few ads here and there but it isn't anything too bad. It's worth it. I guess we're sort of giving up on Criminal Minds for now. That show is harder to watch because someone episodes are super realistic and I freak out, others are kind of gross, and others don't seem to bother either one of us. It's easier to watch at school when we could just sit and watch an episode together. I don't know, I guess I just feel super safe in the confines of the Naval Academy, maybe that's naive... Maybe we'll watch both. I know that right now I really prefer The Good Doctor.

Well that's all for today. I have no idea what we're doing tomorrow, I believe his grandparents are going to get his Granddad's seaplane in the morning so I think I'm going to make waffles. It's supposed to be really nice tomorrow, I think that makes yard work more bearable. Actually I'm more motivated to do anything outside when it's nice weather. This upcoming week it supposed to be really nice the whole week. I'm looking forward to it! Okay, I'm going to go to bed now.