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Day 7 - Hump Day!

Day 7 - Thursday, June 24
Temp 55° - Wow! A perfect Winter's day!
Walk time: 3:10 - 4:00 - great day to be outside

Today marks the halfway point! 7 days has gone fairly quickly actually and we are now on the downhill side - woohoo!!!   A wee glass of something to celebrate? Why not!





Laundry?  Well, yes I do have some thanks - 8 days worth if you count day 0, which apparently we don't (like, it's really a total 0!) although did I have 0 dirty clothes that day?  I think not.  There's a laundry process (of course there is!) which does not involve a washing machine or a clothesline!.  Put your laundry in a special bag, label it and put it outside your door.  Wow, that seems so much easier than what I usually do! 
 


Spent lots of time on Facetime today - talked to my boss, caught up with my cousin in the UK for a very long and lovely chat, Sheryl (of course), Mum (of course), a friend in Welly and a principal friend in OKC...whew!  Did some professional reading and then...THE WALK!  Out to the yard with 6 of my closest (socially distanced!) friends.  Playground monitors today were some Aviation Security guys (the army had the day off?). The pic is from yesterday - playground monitor might not make it at Arbor Grove since he doesn't appear to be closely monitoring!


Playground Monitor Duty




Food Report!




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