Because Being Ordinary Is Boring: work from home

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Week in Review (March 24 - March 30)

Tuesday (29,708 steps) - Work from home. Took Pika for a walk during lunch and ran 10 miles after work.

The end of the line...

Wednesday (17,641 steps) - Work from home. Took Pika on a walk during lunch and another after work.

Thursday (26,838 steps) - Work from home. Walked Pika, ran 6 miles after work.

Friday (14,971 steps) - Work from home. Walked Pika.

Went to 4 Noses to pick up beer. Snowed. Had a fun zoom call with some Belmar folks.

Saturday (18,966 steps) - Thought about doing a really long run. Ended up just doing 4 miles. Why run longer, there are no races...

Sunday (23,880 steps) - Ran 6 miles with Ben in the afternoon.

Monday (21,977 steps) - Work from home. Took Pika on a long walk during lunch and another after work. The end...

As an aside, this was supposed to be the day that we left for London/Paris to run the Paris marathon. I think that is partially why I was in a grumpy funk all week. Wonder if/when travel will resume...

Thoughts:
Until quarantine is over, this is a very abbreviated recap - more for me than anyone else. Every run we do is from our front door. We are not driving anywhere and we are not going any anywhere. Things are... not interesting.

Stats:

153,981 steps
26.4 miles run
No gym classes :(

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Week in Review (March 17 - March 23)

Tuesday (16,967 steps) - Work from home, day 2. Went for a run at the lake with Ben during lunch. We were invited over to Kristin's house for a St. Patrick's Day dinner, and since we had already been socializing in the past week, we figured it was safe even with the new social distancing regulations.

Fun evening, and again, probably the last time that will happen for a while :(

Wednesday (17,908 steps) - Work from home, day 3. Very frustrating day with a super slow network, so didn't get much done. At least Ben has me set up with a pretty cool home office.

Waited until after work to go for a run with Ben, another 6 miles done.

Thursday (11,913 steps) - Snowpocalypse and work from home day 4.

Batman needs treats!

Doug works at a restaurant downtown, and to help support small business we ordered food and Kristin delivered it to us.

Only time we really got outside was to take Pika for walks. Ugh.

Friday (12,798 steps) - Work from home day 5. Cold AF, and again, only took Pika out for walks. Between isolation & the storm, we aren't getting out as much as I'd like.

We went to 4 Noses to pick up a growler and got Pho for dinner.

Saturday (23,184 steps) - In this new world when time has stopped, I didn't need to get up early. Ben and I decided that we spend enough time together now, so I did my "long" run alone. It wasn't terrible, and I ran a bit further than I had initially planned.

Ted stopped buy to pick up the beer I had picked up for him, it was good to see someone "new."

Sunday (20,962 steps) - Set the alarm for 6:30 in the morning so we could get to the grocery store right when it opened. What a sad time we are in! We had to go to three stores and still couldn't find any fresh meat, but we got most of what we needed. I went for another solo run that was faster than I normally do, but the headwind made me super miserable on the way back.

We invited Tyler over for a "watch party" before watching Walking Dead.

Monday (18,495 steps) - Work from home, mixed in with a few walks with Pika. Ariel and I went to the Asian market and managed to find meat and fresh veggies to make stir fry. We also made a cheesecake!

We had a fun group video chat with the folks from Belmar, and then we facetimed with Greg for HOURS - the next best thing to being at the brewery, I guess. Up way too late.