Day 43

For a day in quarantine, we had a crazy busy day!  My day started with my early riser joining Missy and I for a walk.  These walks with one of the boys has been one of the best unexpected benefits of having a dog.  Quiet time just chatting is just lovely!

Back at home I am experimenting with the Sourdough starter that Seth named Dwight after one of his favorite characters on the TV Show the Office.  With the discard I made the now family favorite sourdough pancakes.  

We had plans at 2pm so we decided to get out for an early hike.  

The first half of the hike was lovely!   Blue skies and smiles.  

Right after this, the path turned muddy.  For reasons we cannot understand, we did not consider turning back.  We tried to go off the path around the mud, but we got caught in other mud and thorns.  After 20 minutes we were back on the path, basically where we started.  We still did not consider turning back.  We ended up trudging through ankle high mud for about a half a mile.  I had to carry Missy part of the way.  All of our shoes were caked in mud.  Jerald was a complete rockstar using his arms to pull his prosthetic leg out of the mud each time as it got stuck.  I don't know how long it took us to get out - but we did it with a pretty good attitude.  A friend of Jerald's theory of life is "if we will laugh at this one month from now, try to laugh at it now."  

We rushed home and ran to the backyard and hosed off before throwing clean clothes on, grabbing some lunch and getting ready for our 2pm paint party.  

Seth had been asking to do a Paint Bar night for a long time.  Now that they are all happening on zoom I figured this was a perfect time.  I bought the supplies separately, and we logged in for 2 hours of painting.  It was super fun!  

Our final big activity of the day, was to try to groom Missy.  All the groomers are closed and she is getting very matted.  Seth was amazing.  So gentle and patient.  When I took the clippers for a few minutes, he said "you are not being gentle enough."  She looks a bit better!

Showers all around - here is Justin's shower bag for his cast.  Half way there!

Saturday night movie night - Oceans 11.  It was a big hit.  We might do the sequels next.  When the movie was over, the boys practiced pickpocketing each other using a fake diamond.