Oddly, I don’t have much to report this week, so I will keep it short and sweet. Our life has continued with this new-normal. We ate out a few times and had our friends, Julie and Ryan, over for dinner. Generally, we have not been seeing friends, and we have been avoiding big gatherings, but I feel safe with Julie and Ryan, as they are just a two-person household and they work from home. They’re being cautious.

Bigger than Covid this week are the Colorado wildfires. The air quality has been horrendous, but the sunsets have been stunning.

Our community recreation center is nearly finished and the pool is being filled. Due to Covid, we can’t actually use the center, although I think they’re coming up with a plan to open it with a reservation system to keep social distance. I hope we have the chance to use it before it gets cold. The weather has been in the 90’s, but I know that cooler temperatures are just around the corner. I need to start working on those snow shoveling muscles!

A few fun pictures of birthday presents that Dan bought me: A floating flamingo tea infuser and the “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” sign. We didn’t go to Disney World last week, but we did make it to Disney’s Springs for some shopping. Disney’s fans will recognize the quote from the sign! Is the song stuck in your head? Also, we saw similar desk signs (non-Disney themed) in Vail and for essentially the same product/same quality, they were triple the price. I was happily surprised that the Disney item was affordable- especially as it was a gift from my husband! All of this is to say that not everything at Disney is outrageously priced….but everything in Vail is insane!!!

Ending with our cute cat picture of the week: Tom dominating his toy!