may monday

It is finally consistently warm! Okay well I say that now and the next thing I know it's going to snow or something... But today was nice and sunny and warm and tomorrow is supposed to be the same.

I woke up and did some yoga. Then I put on real clothes and went downstairs. This morning I made egg sandwiches for me and Soren. I think tomorrow I'll reheat the waffles I made on Sunday. Since we're moving to camp on Friday we haven't gone grocery shopping and we're just eating what we have left here. Neither one of us has a problem with it, it just means are options are ever so slightly limited. While we were eating we watched part of an episode of The Good Doctor. Soren really likes show and I honestly do too. It's easy to watch but still entertaining and it has feel good elements but also some sadness and comedy, it's the total package if you will.

Then he went to work and I went to his mom's. I made the oreo brownies today. Let me tell you, they're yummy. I was worried about making my own brownies because everyone says that boxed mix is better. Honestly, I've never been a huge chocolate fan and I've always just enjoyed boxed mix because it's convenient. I thought that these brownies would be too dry or something would go wrong but they're good. The recipe didn't call for too much sugar so they're fudgy without being too sweet. There also isn't a lot of flour, only 3/4 cup so they are primarily chocolate. For the melted chocolate I used all semi-sweet chocolate chips but for the chocolate chips that are mixed in I used white chocolate and I sprinkled a mix of white chocolate and mini semi-sweet on top along with the crushed oreos. It was easy to make and didn't take too long. I would definitely make them again. Here's the recipe: https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/oreo-brownies/, they also only took 25 mins in the oven which was surprising because normally box mix takes around 40...

I played with Caboose for awhile just because he enjoys it and so do I. I tried to run but I'm going to take a few days off to try and let my hip heal. I think it's just tight muscles, I'll be all good. I did a Nike training abs and arm workout outside, it was beautiful out. I think I'll do something similar tomorrow. Maybe I'll go on a long walk, depending on how it feels. Ibuprofen seems to help and stretching feels good while I'm doing it but I'm not really noticing any results.

I am convinced that my mood is greatly affected by the weather. Now that it's nice and sunny I just feel better. Like I wake up and open my blinds and it's just nice! The trees are turning green, all is right.

I have to get rid of some bananas so I'll be baking some variation of banana bread tomorrow. I was thinking blueberry banana but we'll see. I might just settle on banana chocolate chip, it's a well loved classic. I don't have any plans otherwise. I'm going to journal and read, I enjoy that a lot. I'm sure I'll play with Caboose too.

Sorry these past couple of days haven't been more exciting... my French class will start soon, we'll see how that goes. I hope everyone is staying healthy!