the wag saga continues - part 1

I wrote this last week and then circumstances got even crazier so I never got a chance to post: 

Well. Life. Amaright? So, last time I posted we were just a couple of days from everything getting back to normal. We recovered from Omiron, the mold guys were wrapping up their demolding work and Dan was going to put our floor back together in time for my mom and aunt to come live with us for a month. 

He wanted to double check that the mold didn't go into the living room. He and the mold guys both didn't think it went that far BUT he lifted up some vinal plank and there it was. A little bit of mold here and there all over the living room. So he pulled up all the floors and cleaned all the mold spots. 

I picked Mom and Aunt Debie up from the airport and broke the news to them that they probably couldn't stay with us for a couple of nights since my aunt can't really get upstairs and there wasn't anywhere for her to sit, let alone sleep.

After a couple of nights in a nearby hotel, Dan put the house back together enough to have them stay here. We are still without some floors and a stove. Dan has been busy pouring cement, cleaning mold off of floors, moving furniture, and problem-solving in his sleep when he's not working at his actual job. He amazes me. We go to sleep and he has one plan, and then when he wakes up the following morning he has a new plan. This happens all the time.

We were supposed to drive up to Napa for a family reunion last weekend. Me, Mom, Deb and the kids. (Dan worked that weekend) The night before we were supposed to leave, Deb came down with the stomach flu. We decided not to go and expose the other 20 people at the reunion. Personally, I think the stomach flu is more frightening than Covid. And the thought of my kids getting sick on the way to Napa gave me a shiver. I've dealt with them getting the stomach flu away from home a couple of times and I believe I'm traumatized.

We were super bummed to miss not seeing our Northern CA family. But I wasn't sad to miss the 7 hour road trip up and back down the coast if I'm being honest. There would have been a lot of "are we there yets." I used to make that drive once or twice a month when I went to college up North, and let me tell you, it was way more fun as a college student.

One more unfortunate piece to missing the reunion is that mom and I prepped a bunch of food for 30 people that we now have to figure out what to do with. Dan helped us chop the cilantro and lettuce because he couldn't bear to watch us attempt the chopping any longer. He's fast and efficient and mom and I were slow and tired but also chatty and silly. So we ended up with 6 pounds of grated cheese, 3 giant bags of lettuce, tons of chopped cilantro, cucumber, green onions, 15 tomatoes and 10 avocados. If you're wondering what was for dinner, we were going to have haystacks. Basically tostadas with fritos on the bottom instead of a crispy tortilla. I took the 8 bags of fritos back to Vons. On the up side, we had lunch and dinner ready to go for the next few days. Also, did you know you can freeze cheese? 

Mya lucked out and changed her mind a week prior and chose Winter camp over the family reunion so she chose wisely. 

Here we are sitting around the dinner table last week.

Hanging out outside with Grandma so Dan could finish working on the floor. The neighbors think we just love spending time on our front porch. It is a lovely time of year to be kicked out of the house.

This was our floor situation... My mom and I would sit on these couches like two strangers in a movie theater not making eye contact as we carried on conversation.

I got a new toaster oven that holds everyone's breakfast orders. Waffles, toast, sausages, Jimmy Dean's egg sandwiches, hash brown patties, you name it. It also holds two full size pizzas in case that's what's for dinner. It's huge and my new best friend, especially since our stove is out of commission for the next week or so. Dan's not a huge fan since we already have a very nice new oven with red nobs that are apparently all the rage. But my version of cooking is different than his. I "cook" by warming things up, and that's what this thing does best. Lets not talk about the fact that it blew a small fuse. I had the toaster oven, the instant pot and the coffee maker all going at the same time and everything shut down. It's fine. I just transferred everything to the other side of the kitchen where the outlets were still working. I'm just going to ride this wave as long as I need to. Dan comes home tomorrow morning so he'll fix it.

Jr. High camp sweeties 💖

Besties 💕

Silver lining: 

I remembered to return AND LOCATED all of the 10 DVDs and 17 books I rented from the library for the road trip we didn't take. Angus hid 3 of them in a "safe place" but luckily he remembered where that was.

I have one recommendation. I know I'm a bit behind the times as usual but I'm loving Walker Hayes's album "Country Stuff." I love me some good country. And there are some elements of hip hop (my other great love) in his songs. And it makes me happy that he has a wife and 6 kids who he tours with. IF you like country, check it out.

Happy Saturday! Part 2 coming soon...