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We went to bed very late Friday night so we all woke up late. I made breakfast, chocolate chip pancakes, beans, rice, and eggs. I was watching Lord of the Rings as I was making breakfast, and the kids commandeered my iPad to watch it. We spent the rest of the day watching movies onlyContinue reading “Day 108”

I’m writing day 107 on the morning of Day 108. It was a long day and I collapsed in bed around 1230am last jiggly. Or early this morning. Rent is due and I decided to walk to the bank. It’s a 2 mile walk and it was great getting out of the house. I tookContinue reading “Day 107”

Today is April 30, it is Children’s Day in Mexico. Today children are celebrated in Mexico as important members of this society, and are showered with gifts and candy all day long. I went to the corner store to buy some items and the store owner gave me four lollipops for my kids. After school,Continue reading “Day 106”

Today I woke up to my youngest child standing over me looking at himself in our mirror, styling his hair. He is very particular about his hair and what he wears. I realize I’m getting old because I got excited about the plates my wife bought at the local grocery store. The plates and bowlsContinue reading “Day 105”

Today I appeared for the first time in court over zoom. It was an abatement petition brought by the city of Vallejo I was opposing on a probate I was hired on at the 11th hour before a home was sold by the county for lack of payment of property taxes. Sorry for the runContinue reading “Day 104”

Today marks a milestone I wasn’t thrilled to hit. My mom has been gone for twenty years. I’m married to a doctor of clinical psychology, who has a huge amount of experience in neuropsychological testing. She has admitted to me that she has never met someone with a better memory. It’s a photographic memory, IContinue reading “Day 103: Gone 20 Years”

Today we had online church and a great breakfast. I made bacon and eggs with toast instead of tortillas. It’s been a long time since we had toast, and the kids devoured it. They almost forgot what toast was. We ate lunch during the church service our home church in Castro Valley. We made fishContinue reading “Day 102”

Today was a lazy day. We had eggs and chorizo for breakfast with refried beans and rice. Of course no breakfast here is complete without tortillas hot off the stove. After breakfast I promised our third child he could play an hour on the Nintendo Switch. For lunch we had cheese and crackers. The lastContinue reading “Day 101”

We made it to triple digits. Today is day 100. It’s Friday and we tried to go back to a regular school day but the kids weren’t really having it. Later on one of our kids first grade classes on zoom ended early and the teacher wanted to have a meeting with the parents. TheContinue reading “Day 100”

I got 99 days but a…. Sorry I couldn’t help myself. Today we had to get out of the house. Our house keeper took the month off to shelter in place and called recently to see if we needed her to come over. We needed her to come over. So instead of homeschooling the kidsContinue reading “Day 99”