August 4, 2020
Thor keeps finding new hiding spots:)
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We just had the tropical storm Isaias passing by. Blue sky now. Giant trees across from our apartment came down and the roof of the apt building across started to come off a couple of hours ago. We lost power at one point to. Storms here always sounds and looks worse from the inside our apartment than they usually are, and I always freak out a little bit. It was very windy and the streets are green from leaves now, but not too bad. When we were in Florida in July there was apparently a tropical storm hitting CT then as well, and these two are just the beginning of this hurricane season. I read that because of the warmer temperatures this year storms might not be more than usual but stronger. We’ll see.
This weekend we drove to costco, our first outing in three weeks and first visit in a store together since early March. To our surprise there weren’t many people, quite pleasant shopping actually. Of course there’s always idiots who doesn’t understand what social distancing means, but at least everyone had their face covered. They didn’t have as much food and stuff as usual and the humidity these days makes veggies and fruit kinda bad, but Jim still got some meat and I got lots of berries. I also, as always, found some cozy clothes:) Pjs, leggings and a pair of sweatpants. Back home J watched the first hockey game of the year (so weird to see hockey in August), I washed the new clothes and wiped off all the food we bought and ran around organizing like always. Gaah, daily life is just about constantly cleaning and organizing, hahah.
On Sunday we worked out together in the living room which was nice but very sweaty. I wonder if there’s something wrong with our air conditioner, sometimes it’s on all day long and other days it can be a couple of hours in between, and it can say 78 degrees inside and we feel cold or it says it’s 71 and sweat is dripping down our bodies, weird. And speaking of air conditioner, I think that’s the one to blame for why I’m now not feeling too awesome. I have been congested, tired and had a headache for almost a week now and this morning I woke up with a swollen throat. And no, it does not seem like covid symptoms (although you never know), it’s probably just a cold and body reacting to the air conditioner, the hot temperatures outside and the fact that we have spent the past month mostly inside among dust and stuffy air.
In the afternoon on Sunday we drove over to Daniela and Gareth. Little George turned 1 last week and we had a fun gift for him (so fun that I had to put it away before Sunday so I wouldn’t play with it myself hahah). I don’t know who thought this toy was more fun, baby G or us grownups 
It was a veggie garden teaching thing that I ordered online. Aah, it was so nice to see the three of them! I saw D and baby G before my birthday but this was the first time since February we actually spent time with others at their house. We stayed for two hours, Thor isn’t used to be alone anymore so we didn’t want to be away from him for too long.
All of last week I tried to take it a bit easier since I didn’t feel good and I was ready for a busy week this week, but well, I feel worse. Gentle yoga poses, breathing exercises and some pilates is just perfect for me now until I feel well again. Jim found out today that he won’t go back to the office until earliest January 2021, so not much is going to happen anytime soon anyway hahah, I can take my time to feel better:)
On Monday at 6:20 am I took Thor for an hour long walk.
It’s good to take him for walks that early before the sun comes up and the wind turns into a warm blanket
Little cutie really loved that onion (part of the toy we gave)
One giant tree blocking the entrance and there were more trees that had fallen
and landed on the parking lot (we think it may have been on top of someones car).
Hard to see on this picture but some pieces of that roof is gone
When it was calmer outside and blue sky we took Thor for a walk.
This is how it looked outside the church by us